Broken Things Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays396

Broken Things by Matthew West is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F, Am, C4 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro C  Dm  F   
        Am  C  F 

               C 
If grace is a kingdom 
      C4             C 
I've stopped at the gate 
                   Am             G            F   
Thinking I don't deserve to pass through after all of the 
   G           C 
Mistakes I've made 

               C 
But I heard a whisper 
    C4          C 
As Heaven bent down 
                        Am            G              F 
Said, (Child, don't you know that the first will be last 
         G           C 
And the last get a crown?) 

     C                          Dm    F 
Now I'm just a beggar in the presence of a King 
    Am                   C        F 
I wish I could bring You so much more 
             C    Dm      F 
But if it's true You use broken things 
      Am                  C    Dm   F  Am   C  F 
Then here I am Lord, I am all Yours 

              C                         C 
The pages of history they tell me it's true 
                     Am 
That it's never the perfect 
        G        F             G           C 
It's always the ones with the scars that You use 
                          C 
It's the rebels and the prodigals 
                        C 
It's the humble and the weak 
           Am          G 
The misfit heroes You chose 
          F               G       C 
Tell me there's hope for sinners like me 

            C 
Grace is a kingdom 
     C4         C 
With gates open wide 
                    Am           G          F 
There's seat at the table just waiting for you 
     G         C 
So, come on inside 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante