[Verse]
C             Am 
Broke into her house. 
                 F 
Saw her sittin’ there, 
                  F 
Drinking coke and whiskey 
                     C 
in her bra and underwear. 
               Am 
Saw him in the kitchen, 
                F 
hangin’ up the phone. 
                   F 
I asked him nicely once 
                        C 
to pack his things and go. 
                         Am 
He gave her a reassuring look, 
                       F 
that said he wouldn’t leave. 
                     F 
But I asked him once more time 
                             C 
and this time pulled out my shiv. 
                    Am 
I struck him in the back 
                     F 
and I pulled it out slow, 
                 F 
Watched him fall down, 
                       F 
And as the morning sun rose, 
             G 
He looked at me and said:
[Chorus]
               C 
You missed my heart, 
               Am 
you missed my heart. 
           F 
You got me good. 
            G 
I knew you would. 
                  C 
But you missed my heart, 
               Am 
you missed my heart. 
              F 
Were his last words, 
           G 
before he died.
[Verse]
C                Am 
Looking out the window, 
                F 
up at the blue sky, 
                 F 
Listening to her scream, 
                  C 
listening to her cry. 
             Am 
A feeling of relief 
              F 
came over my soul. 
                       F 
I couldn’t take it any longer 
            C 
and I lost control. 
                    Am 
I chased her up the stairs 
                        F 
And I pinned her to the ground, 
                        F 
And underneath her whimpering, 
                        C 
I could hear the sirens sound. 
                Am 
I rattled off a list, 
                     F 
of all the things I missed 
                             F 
Like going to the movies with her 
                       C 
And the way she kissed me. 
             Am 
Driving into downtown Wheeling 
                 F 
and showing her off. 
              F 
Backyard barbecues 
                     C 
and reunions in the park. 
                   Am 
I said I missed her skin 
                 F 
and she started laughing 
                                 F 
And while I clenched down on her wrist 
                         F 
She said “That's quite a list.." 
                           G 
“But there’s one thing you missed.\
[Chorus]
              C 
You missed my heart, 
               Am 
you missed my heart 
               F 
That’s quite a list, 
                     G 
but what you really missed, 
              C 
You missed my heart, 
               Am 
you missed my heart 
               F 
That’s quite a list, 
                     G 
but what you really missed.”
[Verse]
C                    Am 
Running through the parking lots 
                    F 
Running through the fields 
                F 
Policemen on my back 
                           C 
Something hit my skull and cracked 
                       Am 
They dragged me off to jail, 
                      F 
set a million dollar bail 
                       F 
Where I tried to tie a noose, 
                          C 
but I failed and I broke loose 
                               Am 
Went racing through the prison yard, 
                     F 
Shot down by a tower guard 
                 F 
He got me in the shins 
                     C 
And he got me in the arms 
                   Am 
Strapped me in the gurney 
                      F 
Took me off to the infirmary 
                              F 
Where the priest read my last rites… 
              F 
And just before, 
                G 
everything went dark, I said:
[Chorus]
              C 
"You missed my heart, 
              Am 
you missed my heart 
           F 
you got me good, 
           G 
I knew you would. 
                   C 
Said you missed my heart, 
              Am 
you missed my heart” 
         F 
And just before, 
                G 
everything went dark,
[Outro]
C                Am 
The most poetic dream 
                       F 
came flowing like the sea 
                F 
Laying there my lifeblood, 
                C 
draining out of me 
            Am 
A childhood scene, 
               F 
night sky moon beams, 
                F 
Fishing with my friends 
                     C 
sitting in the wild reeds 
             Am                   F 
Watching the Ohio river flow at night 
                F                     C 
Waiting for the bullhead catfishes to bite 
                   Am                 F           G  C 
Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyards… 
                   Am                 F           G  C 
Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyards… 
                   Am                 F           G  C 
Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyards… 
                   Am                 F           G  C 
Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyards…