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Nick Lowe – Heart Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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These are the chords for Heart by Nick Lowe on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Verse 1]
   G  Em              Am
Heart,   why are you pounding
        D
like a hammer
 G    Em              Am
Heart,   why are you beating
         D
like a drum
G      G7            C
Heart,   why do you make
          Cm
such a commotion
          G
When I'm waiting for
   Em       Am     D
my baby to come

[Verse 2]
          G    Em
Wo ho ho Heart,   don't do
  Am                D
it if it's not the real thing
G     Em          Am        D
Heart,   I get so easily deceived
G     G7             C
Heart,   there is no other
       Cm
I can turn to
        G  Am      D    G     G7
If not you who can I believe

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[Refrain]
  C              Cm
Heart, let there be no mistake
   G          Gmaj7           G7
Beware special care from the start
 Em                G+
Heart, though I'm glad
      G                           A7
For this first bit of love we've had
    Am7
Be certain now or else
                   D
you're gonna break

[Verse 3]
       G   Em     Am         D
Wooh Heart,   you motor of emotion
G      Em              Am
Heart,   you've never been
             D
like this before
G     G7              C
Heart,   at first I thought
         Cm
you were joking
           G         Am
But now I know deep down
        D           G      G7
in you that you're sure

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[Verse 4]
   G   Em  Am        D
Heart,     wo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh!
G       Em     Am   D
Hea-a-a-art!   Oh yeah
         G            Em
I said heart. I said heart.
        Am
I said heart.
                           D
I said heart. I said ho-ho-ho-ho…
G       Em     Am       D
Boomp! Boomp! Boomp!  Yeah!
G     G7             C
Heart   at first I thought
          Cm
you were joking
            G
But if not you, heart,
 Am     D         D  G
who can I believe

How to play Heart: key, chords and progression

Heart by Nick Lowe is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 11 chords: G, Em, Am, D, G7, C, Cm, Gmaj7, G+, A7 and Am7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Em – Am – D (I – vi – ii – V in G major). In solfa, that is doh – lah – reh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.