Broken Bicycles Chords
by Tom Waits
Broken Bicycles by Tom Waits is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Cm. It uses the chords Cm, C#, G7, G7/5+, G, Fm7, A#7, D#, C, A#madd9/5-, Fm, Gadd9-, Cm7, C9, Gdim, C#7 and G7sus4. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
Cm Cm C# C#
G7 G7/5+ Cm
Cm G
Broken bicycles old busted chains
Fm7 G7 Cm
with rusted handlebars out in the rain
Cm G
somebody must have an orphanage for
Fm7 A#7 D# G7
all these things that nobody wants any more
C A#madd9/5- Fm Fm7
September is reminding July
G7 Gadd9- Cm7 C9
it's time to be saying goodbye
Fm7 A#7
summer is gone
D# Gdim
but our love will remain
Fm7 Gadd9-
like old broken bicycles
C#7 G7sus4
out in the rain
Cm Cm C# C#
Cm Cm C# C#
G7 G7/5+ Cm
Cm G
broken bicycles don't tell my folks
Fm7
there's all those playing cards
G7 Cm
pinned to the spokes
Cm G
laid down like skeletons out on the lawn
Fm7 A#7 D# G7
the wheels won't turn when the other has gone
C A#madd9/5- Fm Fm7
the seasons can turn on a dime
G7 Gadd9- Cm7 C9
somehow I forget every time
Fm7 A#7
for all the things that you've given me
D# Gdim
will always stay
Fm7 Gadd9-
broken but I'll never
C#7 G7sus4
throw them away
Cm Cm C# C#
G7 G7/5+ Cm
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