Something Broken Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays362

Something Broken by John Hiatt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			                   C                                                      
There's something broken in my heart 
            F 
oh it was nothing you done 
                    C                                                  
There's something broken in my heart 
                F 
I guess that's just the way it come 
                   C                                                    
There's something broken in my heart 
              F 
Something I just can't fix 
                 C                   G             C 
There's something broken, something broken in my heart. 
 
                 C                                                     
I've tried every powder and every pill 
                F 
to put it back together somehow 
                     C                                                               
Rode high with the fool up on the hill 
                     G 
Came down with the draft horse and the plow 
                  C                                                             
I've been to the land of milk and honey 
                F 
but honey I'm broke down now 
                   C                 G            C 
There's something broken, something broken in my heart.  
 
          F                                  C                                                                         
I'm gonna go downtown tonight and find me a woman 
             F                               C  G                                                    
And try to keep those jagged edges from my mind 
           F                                   C 
And if I don't start a fight I'll just keep running 
          F                                 G 
Until I break on through into the morning light 
                    C                            
There's something broken in my heart 
             F 
oh it was nothing you done  
                   C                                                  
There's something broken in my heart 
            F 
I know I'm not the only one 
                    C                                                    
There's something broken in my heart 
              F 
Something I just can't fix 
                  C                  G          C 
There's something broken, something broken in my heart.  
                                G             F   C 
Oh something broken, something broken in my heart.  
    	

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