Broken Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays547

Broken by Andy Childs is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, C, D, C/G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			**  (To Match Recording) 
 
Intro:  (G)  (C)  (G)  (C) 
 
(G) I don't have to hide it 
(C) Yes, it hurts inside 
It's (G) not the way I'd like to (D) feel 
But in (G) love you take a risk 
That your (C) heart could break like this 
Or you (G) just don't (D) get behind the (G) wheel 
 
'Cause I'd rather have it (C/G) brok(G)en 
Br(C/G)ok(G)en 
Br(C/G)oken in (C) pieces on the ground 
I'd rather have it (C/G) ach(G)in' 
Sh(C/G)ak(G)in' 
Makin' that (D) melancholy sound 
If I'm gonna (C/G) taste (G) that (C/G) sweet, sweet (G) honey 
I'm (C) bound to feel the sting 
I'd rather have it (C) broken 
Br(G)oken 
Than to never (D) feel the (G) pain 
 
(G)   (C)  (G)  (C) 
 
(G) You can calculate 
How much (C) love your heart can take 
And (G) still escape before you (D) fall 
But, it (G) you don't cross the line 
There's a (C) chance you'll never find 
The (G) kind of (D) love that's worth it (G) all 
 
'Cause I'd rather have it (C/G) brok(G)en 
Br(C/G)ok(G)en 
Br(C/G)oken in (C) pieces on the ground 
I'd rather have it (C/G) ach(G)in' 
Sh(C/G)ak(G)in' 
Makin' that (D) melancholy sound 
If I'm gonna (C/G) taste (G) that (C/G) sweet, sweet (G) honey 
I'm (C) bound to feel the sting 
I'd rather have it (C) broken 
Br(G)oken 
Than to never (D) feel the (G) pain 
 
Even when I'm (Am) all a(C)lone 
Listenin' to the (G) mornin' (C) come 
I'd rather have it br(G)oken 
Br(C)oken 
Than to have a (D) heart of (G) stone 
 
'Cause I'd rather have it (NO CHORD) broken - broken 
Broken in pieces on the ground 
I'd rather have it achin' - shakin' 
Makin' that (D) melancholy sound 
If I'm gonna (C/G) taste (G) that (C/G) sweet, sweet (G) honey 
I'm (C) bound to feel the sting 
I'd rather have it (C) broken 
Br(G)oken 
Than to (D) never feel the (G) pain 
 
Repeat and fade out... 
 
 

    	

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