G                 C           G 
Beneath the white fire of the moon  
                  C             G 
Love's wings are broken all too soon  
    Am 
We never learn  
D              Em   Am 
Hurt together, hurt alone  
          F                    Bb                   G 
Don't you sometimes wish your heart was a heart of stone  

G             C                G 
We turn the wheel and break the chain  
              C                 G             
Put steel to steel and laugh at pain  
                          Am 
We're dreamers in castles made of sand  
     D             Em  Am 
The road to Eden's overgrown  
          F                    Bb                G 
Don't you sometimes wish your heart was made of stone 

G 
Look at the headlines  
Em  Bm            C         D 
Big crowd at the crazy house 
G     D            C      D 
Long queue for the jokers shoes 
Em  Bm           C 
Ten rounds in the ring of love 
       D                        G 
Do you lose and win, or win and lose 
  
 G               C            G 
Sweet rain like mercy in the night  
G 
(Lay me down, wash away the sorrow)  
G         C               G 
Caress my soul and set it right  
G 
(Lay me down, show me your tomorrow)  
Am            D              Em       Am 
Summer tears, winter and the moment's flown  
           F                   Bb                G 
Don't' you sometimes wish your heart was made of stone 
        F                 Bb                 G 
Mercy, mercy, wish your heart was a heart of stone  

G 
Get the picture?  
Em  Bm           C       D 
No room for the innocent 
G    D          C     D 
Peak season in lonely town 
Em      Bm         C 
Knocked out of the ring by love 
         D                      G 
Are you down and up, or up and down 

G         C            G 
I ask the river for a sign  
G 
(In a dream, we go on together)  
G            C               G 
How long is love supposed to shine 
G 
(In a dream, diamonds are forever)  
    Am               D              Em   Am 
But you and I, we're hurt together, hurt alone  
          F                   Bb                   G 
Don't you sometimes wish your heart was a heart of stone 

        F                 D                  G 
Mercy, mercy, wish your heart was a heart of stone  
G 
(With a heart of stone, you'll be well protected)  
           F                  Bb               G 
Don't you sometimes wish your heart was made of stone 
G 
(With a heart of stone, you'll be well connected)  
       F                D            G 
Mercy, mercy, wish your heart was a heart of stone  
G 
(With a heart of stone, you'll be well protected)  
          F                    Bb                G 
Don't you sometimes wish your heart was made of stone 
G 
(With a heart of stone, you'll be well connected)  
        F                 D                    G 
Mercy, mercy, wish your heart was a heart of stone (fade)