Breaking Bread Chords
by Johnny Cash
Breaking Bread by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D, Am and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(intro) G
G Em
Breaking bread, breaking bread,
C D G
we are gathered here together to break bread. (2x)
D G C D
It’s not the barley or the wheat, it’s not the oven or the heat,
G
that makes this bread so good to eat,
C Am D D7
it’s the needing and the sharing that makes the meal complete.
G Em
Breaking bread, breaking bread,
C D G
we are gathered here together to break bread. (2x)
D G C D
Upon the water bread is cast, the last is first, the first is last,
G
for everyone who eats this bread,
C Am D D7
there are thousands maybe more that will be fed.
G Em
Breaking bread, breaking bread,
C D G
we are gathered here together to break bread. (2x)
D G C D
It’s not the barley or the wheat, it’s not the oven or the heat,
G
that makes this bread so good to eat,
C Am D
it’s the needing and the sharing that makes the meal complete.