Broken Yolk In Western Sky Chords

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Broken Yolk In Western Sky by Ben Gibbard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Am, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: G   


Broken yolk in western sky 
   D                                  C   Am 
My stomach turned, my mouth went dry___ 
               G                 D 
And I knew I'd never know fear before 


  G 
I pressed my palms into the seat 
     D                                C   Am 
With one last look at you next to me___ 
         G                D 
I kicked open the sliding door 


 
      C                       G 
And I threw myself out on the road 
C                     G 
Torn flesh and broken bones 
           Em                A 
And in the shoulder's patchy grass 
  C                G 
I faded into your past 



I know it was a cowardly thing to do 
            D                             C   Am 
And that an explanation is not an excuse___ 
       G                D 
I just need you to understand 


   G 
My love is like some kind of greed 
   D                                C   Am 
Of equal portions 'want' and 'need___' 
      G                  D 
And I cannot divorce the two 


 
      C                  G 
But I could not sleep at all 
             C                  G 
With all the rumble strip close calls 
       Em                   A 
In the gravel and scattered trash 
  C                G     Em 
I faded into your past 


Bridge: 
               G 
When you think twice 
     Am                   C         Em 
You arrive at the same conclusions 
               G 
And it's bad advice 
D           C 
Only if you use it 


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