When Love Breaks Down Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays580

When Love Breaks Down by Snow Patrol is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E7, F#m, D7M, E, Bm7, A7M, Bm and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			A            E7 
My love and I, we work well together 
F#m                  D7M 
But often we're apart 
E                      F#m 
Absence makes the heart lose weight, yeah, 
Bm7                               A7M F#m D7M E 
Till love breaks down, love breaks down 

A            E7 
Oh my, oh my, have you seen the weather 
F#m                 D7M 
The sweet September rain 
E                   F#m 
Rain on me like no other 
Bm 
Until I drown, until I drown 

D 
When love breaks down 
E 
The things you do 
D 
To stop the truth from hurting you 

E 
When love breaks down 
D 
The lies we tell, 
E 
They only serve to fool ourselves, 
D 
When love breaks down 
E 
The things you do 
D 
To stop the truth from hurting you 
E 
When love breaks down, when love breaks down 

A            E7 
My love and I, we are boxing clever 
F#m                   D7M 
She'll never crowd me out 
E                   F#m 
Fall be free as old confetti 
Bm 
And paint the town, paint the town 
D 
When love breaks down 
E 
The things you do 
D 
To stop the truth from hurting you 
E 
When love breaks down 

D 
The lies we tell, 
E 
They only serve to fool ourselves, 
D 
When love breaks down 
E 
The things you do 
D 
To stop the truth from hurting you 
E 
When love breaks down 

D 
The lies we tell, 
E 
They only serve to fool ourselves, 
D 
When love breaks down 
E 
The things you do 
D 
To stop the truth from hurting you 
E 
When love breaks down 

D 
You join the wrecks 
E 
Who leave their hearts for easy sex 
D 
When love breaks down 
E                   D 
When love breaks down 
    	

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