Break Your Knees Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays595

Break Your Knees by Flyleaf is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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Am 
Breaks your knees and leaves you so 
     C                                G 
The sun can burn you up and wear you out 
          F 
It's an angry summer 

Am 
There's no room to smile 
           C                            G 
When the face you make just before you cry 
                        F    Am  G 
Looks so young like a child 

      Am      C       G       F 
The sun will set on this my dear 
       Am     C        G 
Your labors aren't in vain 
           Am     C           G          F 
You're blistered and you're burned from it 
      Am         C      G 

Your wounds are gonna heal 


 Am                              C 
Life on earth will end for all conceived 
                          G 
And prove to be only a breath, 
                               F 
A mist, a womb for what's to come 

How soon forever arrives Am....G 

      Am      C       G       F 
The sun will set on this my dear 
       Am     C        G 
Your labors aren't in vain 
           Am     C           G          F 
You're blistered and you're burned from it 
      Am         C      G 

Your wounds are gonna heal 

Am             C 
Steadfast my love 
     G       F 
The end is near 
       Am       C     G 
Just keep your eyes ahead 
      Am      C 
Grab hold of me 
      G         F 
I'll help you there 
          Am  C       G 
You're never on your own 
         Am   C     G 
You're never all alone 

Am                              C 
Life on earth will end for all conceived 
                          G 
And prove to be only a breath, 
                               F 
A mist, a womb for what's to come 

How soon forever arrives 
Am 
Breaks your knees and leaves you so 
     C                                 G 
The sun can burn you up and wear you out 
         F 
It's an angry summer 

Am 
Don't look at the past again 
      C                                 G 
The first and last has made everything new 
                              F 
And you are too So lift your head 

And let your story be told 

Am                              C 
Life on earth will end for all conceived 
                          G 
And prove to be only a breath, 
                               F 
A mist, a womb for what's to come 

How soon forever arrives 


     Am      C       G       F 
The sun will set on this my dear 
       Am     C        G 
Your labors aren't in vain 
           Am     C           G          F 
You're blistered and you're burned from it 
      Am         C      G 

Your wounds are gonna heal (forever arrives) 

     Am      C       G       F 
The sun will set on this my dear 
       Am     C        G 
Your labors aren't in vain 

Am                              C 
Life on earth will end for all conceived 
                          G 
And prove to be only a breath, 
                               F 
A mist, a womb for what's to come 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante