Broken Chords
by Tift Merritt
Broken by Tift Merritt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords F, C, G, Am and Am7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F C G F C F C G F C
G F
Once you were a straight shot
C G F
A shiny quarter in a new slot
C G F
Night would keep the dreams that you got
Am G
For afternoon
F
Then telling the truth got so hard
C G F
We were dancing in the backyard
C G F
Once I knew the end and the start
Am G
But now that's through
F C G
Now you're broken and you don't understand
F C G
What is broken falls into place once again
F C G F
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a rainstorm
C G F
Again and again and again
G F
Well, morning comes to clean up
C G F
Like nothing happened when your heart stopped
C G F
Like all the lawyers calling all cops
Am G
To wave days through
F
So, close your eyes for this long
C G F
Something's mixed up and something's gone
C G F
Only finger can you count on
Am G
And one leaves two
F C G
Now you're broken and you don't understand
F C G
What is broken falls into place once again
F C G F
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a rainstorm
C G F
Again and again and again
C G F
I think I will break, but I mend
Bridge:
Am
And it's these most loved losses
C
And they're just old coin tosses
Am F Am7 G
And it's these most loved losses, are the hardest to carry
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