Hand Carved Heart

HAND-CARVED HEART -Tom Russell GCDCGCDG CCDCGCDG Theres an old Spanish oak bent over a country road CGCDCGCDG If it could tell all that it knows of a hand-carved heart CGCDCGCDG Once two lovers slept in its shade, his hands weaving thru her dark braids CGCDCG They shared the edge of a blade, carved their names in the bark GCDG Chorus: The heart it has darkened with the weather of years GCFAD It may never fade away, washed clean with her tears CDGCD The human heart breaks with a hurt that runs deep through the blood GCDG I wish it was made out of wood, like a hand carved heart CDCGCDCDGCD Then he rode away down that old country road Away from the old Spanish oak and the hand-carved heart He said shed be back one day, she waited, she wept and she prayed She vowed he would never betray the hand-carved heart Chorus: The heart it has darkened with the weather of years It may never fade away, washed clean with his tears The human heart breaks with a hurt that runs deep through the blood G C D (G C D C) 3x I wish it was made out of wood, like a hand carved heart GCDGCDC I wish it was made out of wood, like a hand carved heart G C D C G