The Breakup Song Chords

KeyB Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays583

The Breakup Song by Katrina Elam is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G, C, Am7, D, Em and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
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16
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INTRO:  G C  G C G 
 
 
        Am7 D              G 
Years go by,  The singer's change 
         Am7           D             G 
Same old story but the words get rearrange 
         C                      G 
Somebody loved someone somebody left someone 
         Am7              G                  D       
Somebody swears it wasn't s'pose to end this way 
Em              C      
People dance to summertime 
G                D      
Happy songs with happy rhymes 
Em                    C 
And melodies make you wanna drive 
    C           D  
and sing-a-long  
 
Em                      C 
And Singer's talk about growing up 
G                  D        B7 
The first kiss and being in love 
Em              D        C 
Nothing hits as close to home  
       D       G 
as The Breakup Song 
 
VERSE 2: 
Am7    D           G 
Violins and I love you's 
        Am7                 D                G       
If they slightly miss their mark they ring untrue 
                  C                     G 
There's something about goodbye, Makin' someone cry 
          Am7          G                D   
Sounds to me more like what real people do 
 
CHORUS: 
Em              C      
People dance to summertime 
G                D      
Happy songs with happy rhymes 
Em                    C 
And melodies make you wanna try 
    C           D  
and sing-a-long  
Em                      C 
And Singer's talk about growing up 
G                  D        B7 
The first kiss and being in love 
Em              D        C 
Nothing hits as close to home  
       D       Em   C G D 
as The Breakup Song 
 
OUTRO CHORUS: (PLAY SOFTLY) 
 
Em                      C 
And Singer's talk about growing up 
G                  D        B7 
The first kiss and being in love 
Em              D        C 
Nothing hits as close to home  
       D       G 
as The Breakup Song 
 
           Em                      G 
We need to talk,This ain't working out 
                  Em                       G 
Could we still be friends, I found someone else 
            Em                      G 
I need some space, This just feel's wrong 
            Em      N.C.      G 
Everybody's lived, The Breakup Song
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante