Broken Chords
Broken by Tracy Chapman is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Gbm. It uses the chords Gbm, E, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Gbm
You can close your eyes
E
And see a picture perfect life
D E
Inside of your mind
Gbm E
Dreaming only of the days ahead
D
Wanted and wished for more than now
E
Or the days behind
Gbm
You waste your time
D
The picture makes a promise
A E
The flesh lets it be broken
D
The picture makes a promise
A E
The flesh lets it be broken
Gbm / E / D / E
You can never think
You can't even stop yourself
Before the words have been spoken
And you've already said
You would give everything
And something for nothing
Everybody thinks you're joking
D / A / E
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
Gbm / E / D / E
You want to be the one
Made over be your own
Before and after
And a supermarket
Beauty in a bottle queen
Who'll one day grace a check-out counter
Magazine front cover
Though the fine print reads
D / A / E / Gbm
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
D / E
Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Broken
Broken
Gbm / E / D / E
When your life is never what you wanted
Not even halfway normal
Just tarnished and soiled
When in your reach
A framed and frozen moment
So far from perfection
Not truth or transcendence
Will set you free
Still you don't believe
D / A / E / Gbm
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken