Broken Chords
by Joey Cape
Broken by Joey Cape is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C#, F#, D, Dm, E and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
A C#
She, compelled by her caffeine
F#
Our mother's lucid dream
D
Keeper of our keys
A C#
Me, the watcher on her wall
F# D Dm
Our queen again to fall, Involuntary scene. Vicarious defeat
A E
We aren't like her. They aren't like her
F#
Broken
D E7 A E F#
So go the planes that leave. Survivior on the wing
D E7 A E F#
Longer the longing run. Both worlds left undone
D E7 A E F#
Neither one feels like home built from rubble stone
D E7
When all of our walls cave in
A C# F# D E7
If only she weren't broken oh uh oh
A C# F# D E7
If only she weren't broken oh uh oh
A C# D
If only she could leave
E7 D E7
I still believe we lay witness to good deeds
D E7
But none of us are kings or queens
A
Just peasant stock fatigue