Hell Breaks Loose Chords

KeyEm Capo7st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays599

Hell Breaks Loose by Shane Nicholson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 7st fret. It uses the chords Em, G, C and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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Em                                         G 
Ain’t no one gonna win this war, 
                                                           Em 
The first back bends with the final straw, 
                                                         G 
Something borrowed, something blue, 
                                                Em 
Two right legs and one left shoe,  

C                                                 
I could love you but it ain’t no use,  
Em 
Running from a Devil when Hell breaks loose,  
C                                
Black heart hanging in a white, golden noose, 
G 
It gets quiet in Heaven when Hell breaks loose,  

Em                                                      G 
Cut one thread and it comes unwound,  
                                                                  Em 
You pull one nail, and a house comes down,  
                                          G 
And if it’s built, it will be broke,  
                                                         Em 
It starts with fire, then it ends in smoke,  

C 
I could love you but it ain’t no use,  
Em 
Running from a Devil when Hell breaks loose,  
C 
Black heart hanging in a white, golden noose,  
G 
Then lock up all Heaven when Hell breaks loose, 

Am      Em     G            Am 
Grace don’t leave me now,  
Am       Em     G           Am 
Grace don’t leave me now,  

Em                                                  G 
There ain’t no one gonna win this war,  
                                                                   Em 
Our whole world aches when the heart is torn,  
                                                       G 
What once was many is now just one,  
                                                  Em 
And all our kingdom comes undone,  

C 
I could love you but it ain’t no use,  
Em 
Running from a Devil when Hell breaks loose,  
C 
Black heart hanging in a white, golden noose,  
G 
Then lock up all Heaven when Hell breaks loose, 

Am      Em     G            Am 
Grace don’t leave me now,  
Am       Em     G           Am 
Grace don’t leave me now, 
    	

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