Breathing Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays400

Breathing by Suzzy Roche is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, Bm, C, D7, Em, G7, E7 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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Intro: G  Bm  C  D7  (2x) 

verse 1 
       G     Bm  C 
What's wrong 
          D7 
Hold it a minute 
    G     Bm  C 
I'm happy 
          D7     Em 
Send up a flare 
            G7 
Some of the dreams 
     E7        Am 
I forgot, they came true 
    D7     G  C 
I'm happy 
        D7 
Just to see you 


verse 2 
G         Bm  C 
Breathing 
        D7 
Fifteen years old 
   G      Bm  C 
We made it 
            D7     Em 
In from the cold 
      G7 
Lovey 
             E7       Am    D7 
When you were hardly alive 
           G  C 
We had some  
           D7 
Biggies to climb 


verse 3 
    G     Bm  C 
I'm tired 
               D7 
Can't climb anymore 
  G          Bm  C 
I see you put 
         D7            Em 
One foot out the door 
        G7 
Go ahead open it and 
E7        Am   D7 
Find your way 
             G    C 
You can come back  
     D7       G  Bm  C  D7 
Home any day 
            

verse 4 
    G      Bm  C 
But listen 
           D7 
Be who you are 
    G      Bm  C 
And listen 
        D7         Em 
To your own heart 
         G7 
Sometimes I listen  
   E7          Am    D7 
To nothing and hear 
              G         C 
The secret of breathing 
           D7       G  Bm  C  D7 
Out in the clear 


Verse 5 
    G     Bm  C 
I'm happy 
          D7      G 
Hold it a minute 
             Bm  C 
Please dear 
                D7    Em 
Don't come home late 
         G7 
Tomorrow  
             E7             Am 
You've got to clean up that mess 
    D7           G    C 
You left in your room 
              D7  
And she said, yes 


Outro 
G         Bm  C  D7 
Breathing 
      G         Bm  C  G 
She's breathing 
    	

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