Bm             D
Broke into her house.
                 G
 Saw her sittin’ there,
                  Bm
Drinking coke and whiskey
                     D
 in her bra and underwear.
               G
Saw him in the kitchen, 
                Bm
 hangin’ up the phone.
                   D
I asked him nicely please
                        G
 to pack his things and go.
                         Bm
He gave her a reassuring look,
                       D
 that said he wouldn’t leave.
                     G
But I asked him once again
                             Bm
 and this time pulled out my shiv.
                    D
I struck him in the back
                     G
 and I pulled it out slow,
                 Bm
Watched him fall down,
                       D
And as the morning sun rose,
                    G
He looked at me and said:

[Chorus]
               Bm
“You missed my heart, 
               D
 you missed my heart.
           G
You got me good.
            Bm
 I knew you would.
                  D
But you missed my heart,
               G
 you missed my heart.”

[Verse]
              Bm
Were his last words, 
           D
 before he died.
                G
Looking out the window, 
                Bm
 up at the blue sky,
                 D
Listening to her scream,
                  G
 listening to her cry.
             Bm
A feeling of relief 
              D
 came over my soul.
                       G
I couldn’t take it any longer
            Bm
 and I lost control.
                    D
I chased her up the stairs
                        G
And I pinned her to the ground,
                        Bm
And underneath her whimpering,
                        D
I could hear the sirens sound.
                G
I rattled off a list,
                 Bm
 of everything I missed
                              D
Like going to the movies with her
                       G
And the way she kissed me.
             Bm
Driving into Wheeling
                 D
 and showing her off.
              G
Backyard barbecues
                     Bm
 and reunions in the park.
                   D
I said I loved her skin
                 G
 and she started laughing
                                 Bm
And while I clenched down on her wrist
                         D
She said “That's quite a list.."
                           G
“But there’s one thing you missed.

[Chorus]
              Bm
You missed my heart,
               D
 you missed my heart
               G
That’s quite a list, 
                     Bm
 but what you really missed,
              D
You missed my heart,
               G
 you missed my heart

[Verse]
               Bm
That’s quite a list,
                     D
 but what you really missed.”
                            G
Running through the parking lots
                    Bm
Running through the fields
                D
Policemen on my back
                           G
Something hit my skull and cracked
                       Bm
They dragged me off to jail,
                      D
 set a million dollar bail
                       G
Where I tried to tie a noose,
                          Bm
 but I failed and I broke loose
                               D
Went racing through the prison yard,
                     G
Shot down by a tower guard
                 Bm
He got me in the shins
                     D
And he got me in the arms
                   G
Strapped me in the gurney
                   Bm
Took me to the infirmary
                              D
Where the priest read my last rites…
                                 G
And just before,everything went dark, I said:

[Chorus]
              Bm
“He missed my heart, 
              D
 he missed my heart
                            G
Just before,  my world went dark,
                  Bm
Said he missed my heart,
               D
 he missed my heart”
                                G
And just before,everything went dark,

[Outro]
                Bm
The most poetic dream
                       D
 came flowing like the sea
                G
Lay in there my life,
                     Bm
 but draining out of me
            D
A childhood scene then,
          G
 sky moon beams,
                Bm
Fishing with my friends
                     D
 sitting in the wild lands
                                G
Watching the Ohio river flow at night
                                      Bm
Waiting for the bullhead catfishes to bite
                                      D
Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyards…
                                      G
Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyards…
                                      Bm            D      G
Downriver from the Moundsville prison graveyards...