Broken Strings Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays454

Broken Strings by Nashville Cast is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm, A, F#m and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro - | D  G | D | x2 

      D             G                   D 
I'm a rusty set of strings that I keep windin' 
          D          G                D 
There's a melody in Me and I'm gonnna find it 
  G                                     D               Bm 
I try to get the words right, but they mostly come out wrong 
       D            A            D 
I'm a broken guitar workin' on a broken song 

      D              G                     D 
I'm a busted cowboy looking for a horse to ride 
      D                    G            D 
I'm a gust of wind looking for another sky 
      G                                 D                Bm 
I got moving in these worn out boots, a restless in My bones 
      D             A             D 
I'm a broken guitar workin' on a broken song 

          G               D   
And I'm a whole.. lot of tryin' 
          G                       D 
And I'm fallin' down right after flyin' 
           Bm          A            G              F#m              Em            A 
I spend a whole lot of time in this life tryin' to find something I rhyme with... 

       D            G                D 
I'm a story that I don't know how to tell 
       D              G             D 
Just a penny looking for a wishin' well 
   G                                     D             Bm 
I guess I'll keep on singing till I hear someone sing along 
      D             A             D 
I'm a broken guitar workin' on a broken song 

          G               D   
And I'm a whole.. lot of tryin' 
          G                       D 
And I'm fallin' down right after flyin' 
           Bm          A            G              F#m              Em            A 
I spend a whole lot of time in this life tryin' to find something I rhyme with... 

| D G | D |  
| D A | D .. 

..        G               D   
And I'm a whole.. lot of tryin' 
         G                       D 
And I'm fallin' down right after flyin' 
           Bm          A            G              F#m              Em             
I spend a whole lot of time in this life tryin' to find something I rhyme with... 
      A           | D  G | D | D G | D ... 
Can I rhyme with  You? 
    	

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