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(Dm)Don’t you wan na go for a ride?
Just keep your hands in side and make the most out of life.
Now don’t you take it for grant ed.
I re (Dm)Life is like a mean to ma chine: It made a mess out of me; it left me caught be tween like an an gry dream; I was strand ed.
me?
I was strand ed.
me.
And I’m (Bb)stead y, but I’m start ing to shake,
and I (C)don’t know how much more I can take.
Well, this is it now, ev ’ry bod y get down.
(Bbsus2)This is all I can take; (Gsus2)this is how a heart breaks.
You take a hit now, you feel it break down, (Bbsus2)make you stay wide a wake.
(Gsus2)This is how a heart breaks.
(Dm)Don’t you wan na go for a ride down to the oth er side?
Feels make so good you could cry.
Now won’t you do what I told you?
I re (Dm)mem ber when you used to be shy, yeah, made once mess we were so fine, you and I.
Yeah, why you an got ta make it so hard on me?
Hey, it’s hard on me.
And I’m (Bb)sor ry, but it’s not a mis take.
And I’m (C)run ning, but you’re get ting a way.
Well, this is it now, ev ’ry bod y get down.
(Bbsus2)This is all I can take; (Gsus2)this is how a heart breaks.
You take a hit now, you feel it break down, (Bbsus2)make you stay wide a wake.
(Gsus2)This is how a heart breaks.
Well, this is how a heart breaks.
You’re (C)not the (Bb5)best thing (C)that I know, nev er was, (C)nev er cared too (Bb5)much for all (C)this hang ing a round.
It’s (C)just the (Bb5)same thing (C)all the time: nev er get (C)what I want, (Bb5)nev er get too close (C)to the end of the line.
You’re (C)just the (Bb5)same thing (C)that I knew (back be fore the time when I was on ly for you).
Well, this is it now, ev ’ry bod y get down.
(Bbsus2)This is all I can take; (Gsus2)this is how a heart breaks.
You take a hit now, you feel it break down, (Bbsus2)make you stay wide a wake.
(Gsus2)This is how a heart breaks.
Well, this is it now, ev ’ry bod y get down.
(Bbsus2)This is all I can take; (Gsus2)this is how a heart breaks.
You take a hit now, you feel it break down, (Bbsus2)make you stay wide a wake.
(Gsus2)This is how a heart breaks.
(Gsus2)This is how a heart breaks.
(Gsus2)This is how a heart breaks.
(Gsus2)This is how a heart breaks.
(Gsus2)This is how a heart breaks.
(C)This is how a heart breaks.
(C)This is how a heart breaks.
This page shows “This Is How A Heart Breaks” by Rob Thomas in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.