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{title: I can hear your heartbeat} {artist: Chris Rea} {time: 4/4} {tempo: 124} {key: Em} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Nn_KVC410} {start_of_part: Intro} [Em7] [CM9] [G6/D] [Em7] [CM9] [G6/D] [Em7] [CM9] [G6/D] [Em7] [CM9] [G6/D] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 1} in the [Em7]silence of the side street, [CM9] [G6/D] in the [Em7]whisper of the night [CM9] [G6/D] from the [Em7]darkness of the empty hours [CM9] [G6/D] to the [Em7]early morning light [CM9] [G6/D] from the [G]hustle down on [D]main street [Em] [C] with [G]all it's lights so [D]bright [Em] [C] to the [G]trucker on the [D]highway [Em] [C] pressing through the [D]night {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus} [G]I can hear you [D]heartbeat [Em] [C] [G]I can hear you [D]heartbeat [Em] [C] girl, the [G]sound of you is [D]so [Em]sweet [C] [D] {end_of_chorus} {start_of_verse: Verse 2} I'm in a [Em7]European disco [CM9] [G6/D] and it's [Em7]thumping up the beat [CM9] [G6/D] there's a [Em7]jukebox in a cafe [CM9] [G6/D] where the [Em7]younger ones can meet [CM9] [G6/D] we got [G]freezing coca-[D]cola, [Em] [C] we got [G]anything you [D]want [Em] [C] I-[G]I can feel that [D]back beat, [Em] [C] girl, but it's [D]you that sings the song {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus} 'cause [G]I can hear you [D]heartbeat [Em] [C] [G]I can hear you [D]heartbeat [Em] [C] girl, the [G]sound of you is [D]so [Em]sweet [C] to [D]me {end_of_chorus} {start_of_part: Solo} [Em7] [CM9] [G6/D] [Em7] [CM9] [G6/D] [Em7] [CM9] [G6/D] [Em7] [CM9] [G6/D] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} and I'm [Em7]sailing on your wind song, [CM9] [G6/D] oh, I can [Em7]feel the summer breeze [CM9] [G6/D] you've got me [Em7]walking on my tiptoes, [CM9] [G6/D] you've got me [Em7]standing on my knees [CM9] [G6/D] from the [G]Mills way down in [D]Pittsburgh [Em] [C] to the [G]clubs of gay Pa[D]ris [Em] [C] no [G]matter where I [D]roam, girl, [Em] [C] you can [D]always get to me {end_of_verse} {start_of_chorus: Chorus, repeat} 'cause [G]I can hear you [D]heartbeat [Em] [C] [G]I can hear you [D]heartbeat [Em] [C] girl, the [G]sound of you is [D]so [Em]sweet [C] to [D]me {end_of_chorus}