Swingin’ Doors

Martina McBride (Wild Angels)
By: Chapin Hartford, Bobby Boyd,
Jim Foster Transcribed by: Paul Stranieri

Key of C, F, D

Intro

C F :

Verse 1
You have worn a path right up to my heart
you come in for awhile but you don’t stay
and I’ve come to realize that your promises are lies
to buy you time when you want to get away

Chorus
You must think my heart has swingin’ doors
the way that you keep comin’ back and forth
I can feel it’s gettin’ close to closin’ time
and I won’t be leavin’ my heart open any more

Repeat Intro

Verse 2
Well, I’ve heard you’re back in town I suppose you’ll come around
when nights are cold and friends are hard to find
you always seem to wait ‘til all the pieces are in place
then you walk back in and rearrange my life

Repeat Chorus

Bridge (Key of F)
So if you’re walkin’ down my street just keep on walkin’ by
I’m hangin’ out a sign sayin’ this well has gone dry

Repeat Chorus (Modulate to Key of D)
You must think my heart has swingin’ doors
the way that you keep comin’ back and forth
I can feel it’s gettin’ close to closin’ time
and I won’t be leavin’ my heart open any more

Outro
I won’t be leavin’ my heart open any more
I won’t be leavin’ my heart open any more

D G : D (Stop Cold)

Chord Chart

E A D G B e

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C 3 3 2 0 1 0


D x x 0 2 3 2
G 3 2 0 0 0 3
A7 x 0 2 0 2 0

SAFE IN THE ARMS OF LOVE by Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy, and Pat Bunch (BMI)
As performed by MARTINA McBRIDE / Keys of D, Em, G

1. My heart’s not ready for the rockin’ chair[Bm-G-A]
Need somebody who really cares[Bm-A-D]
So tired of livin’ solitaire
Someday I’m gonna be
Safe in the arms of love
2. Strip your heart and it starts too snow[Bm-G-A]
Love is high-wire act I know[Bm-A-D]
Someday I’ll find a net below
Someday I’m gonna be safe in the arms of love
Safe in the arms of love
CHORUS
I want arms that know how to rock me
Safe in the arms of love
I wanna fall and know that love has caught me
Safe in the arms of love
Em D C (G after verse 3)
Safe in the arms of love

BREAK–Mandolin solo in Em
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3. I want a heart to be forever mine[Bm-G-A]
Want eyes to see me satisfied[Bm-A-D]
Gonna hang my heartaches out to dry
Someday I’m gonna be
Safe in the arms of love
Safe in the arms of love
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Safe in the arms of love[Em-D-G]

CAPO 1

(Intro)

1. Came out west together with a common desire
The fever we had might-a set the west coast on fire
Two months later got trouble in mind
‘Cause my baby moved out and left me behind
And it’s all right ‘cause it’s midnight and I got two more bottles of wine

2.Well, the way he left sure turned my head around
It seemed like overnight he just up and put me down
Ain’t gonna let it bother me today
‘Cause I’ve been workin’ and I’m too tired anyway
And it’s all right ‘cause it’s midnight and I got two more bottles of wine

C.Well, I’m sixteen hundred miles from the people I know
I’ve been doin’ all I can but opportunity sure comes slow
I thought I’d be a big star by today
But I’ve been sleepin’ in a warehouse in West L.A.
And it’s all right ‘cause it’s midnight and I got two more bottles of wine

Yeah, it’s all right ‘cause it’s midnight and I got two more bottles of wine

Well, it’s all right ‘cause it’s midnight and I got two more bottles of wine

(Thanks to Lucy B. for corrections)