Biography:
Catherine Tift Merritt (born January 8, 1975, in Houston, Texas, but moved to Raleigh, North Carolina soon after) is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, musician. She is currently based in New York.
Merritt's father taught her guitar chords and Percy Sledge songs. She began her professional career in 1998 with her band The Carbines playing small clubs. In her early twenties, though Tift had gigged by herself, she decided she was not very good at music and better suited for writing short stories.
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Other songs:
- Aint Looking Closely
- All The Reasons We Dont Have To Fight
- Another Country
- Bird Of Freedom
- Broken
- Diamond Shoes
- Drifted Apart
- Eastern Light
- Engine To Turn
- Feel Of The World
- Feeling Of Beauty
- Good Hearted Man
- Hopes Too High
- I Am Your Tambourine
- I Know Him Too
- I Know What Im Looking For Now
- Keep You Happy
- Laid A Highway
- Late Night Pilgrim
- Little Birds
- Live Till You Die
- Mixtape
- Morning Is My Destination
- My Heart Is Free
- Never Talk About It
- Plainest Thing
- See You On The Moon
- Shadow In The Way
- Six More Days Of Rain
- Small Talk Relations
- Something To Me
- Still Not Home
- Still Pretending
- Stray Paper
- Sunday
- Supposed To Make You Happy
- Sweet Spot
- Tender Branch
- Too Soon To Go
- Traveling Alone
- Trouble Over Me
- Virginia No One Can Warn You
- Wait It Out
- Write My Ticket
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Tift Merritt - My Heart Is Free
CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: Em
D Em D
Well, the first thing I remember is the last thing that I saw
Em D C Em
Morning hit the barrel of a rifle going off
D Em D
Then the daylight wrapped around me, then I heard the sergeant scream
Em D C Em
Then all my reservations fell gently at my feet
CHORUS:
C G
Now my heart is free_
C G
My heart is free_
C G
And all the things that hold a man
D Em
No longer carry me
D Em D
I was sure there was a reason to take that side and fight
Em D C Em
But when I saw the trembling hands that put that shot in flight
D Em D
Well, I saw the hands of Jesus, saw the shores at Normandy
Em D C Em
Saw a hundred thousand weary lost and homesick boys like me
CHORUS:
C G
Now my heart is free_
C G
My heart is free_
C G
And all the things that hold a man
D Em
No longer carry me
INSTRUMENTAL: Em D Em D Em D C Em
D Em D
Now they don't remember my name, or the girl that I made proud
Em D C Em
And whatever drew me from her arms, is nothing to me now
CHORUS:
C G
Now my heart is free_
C G
My heart is free_
C G
And all the things that hold a man
D Em
No longer carry me
CHORUS:
C G
My heart is free_
C G
My heart is free_
C G
And all the things that hold a man
D Em
No longer carry me
CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: Em
D Em D
Well, the first thing I remember is the last thing that I saw
Em D C Em
Morning hit the barrel of a rifle going off
D Em D
Then the daylight wrapped around me, then I heard the sergeant scream
Em D C Em
Then all my reservations fell gently at my feet
CHORUS:
C G
Now my heart is free_
C G
My heart is free_
C G
And all the things that hold a man
D Em
No longer carry me
D Em D
I was sure there was a reason to take that side and fight
Em D C Em
But when I saw the trembling hands that put that shot in flight
D Em D
Well, I saw the hands of Jesus, saw the shores at Normandy
Em D C Em
Saw a hundred thousand weary lost and homesick boys like me
CHORUS:
C G
Now my heart is free_
C G
My heart is free_
C G
And all the things that hold a man
D Em
No longer carry me
INSTRUMENTAL: Em D Em D Em D C Em
D Em D
Now they don't remember my name, or the girl that I made proud
Em D C Em
And whatever drew me from her arms, is nothing to me now
CHORUS:
C G
Now my heart is free_
C G
My heart is free_
C G
And all the things that hold a man
D Em
No longer carry me
CHORUS:
C G
My heart is free_
C G
My heart is free_
C G
And all the things that hold a man
D Em
No longer carry me
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