BROKEN (Tift Merritt)
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* Actually in Eb; capo 3.
* Each chord is half of a measure.
G# G# Eb Bb G# G# Eb Bb G# G# Eb Bb G# G# Eb Bb
[intro]
G# G# Eb Bb
Once you were a straight shot, a shiny quarter
G# G# Eb Bb
in a new slot, night would keep the dreams
G# G# Cm Cm Bb Bb Bb Bb
that you got for af - ternoon
G# G# Eb Bb
Then telling the truth got so hard, we were dancing
G# G# Eb Bb G# G#
in the backyard, once I knew the end and the start
Cm Cm Bb Bb Bb Bb
But now that's through
G# G# Eb Bb
Now you're broken, and you don't understand
G# G# Eb Bb
What is broken falls into place once again
G# G# Eb Bb
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a
G# G# Eb Bb G# G# G# G#
rainstorm, again and again and again
So morning comes to clean up like nothing happened
when your heart stopped, like all the lawyers calling
all cops to wave days through
So close your eyes for this long, something's mixed up
and something's gone, only fingers can you
count on, and one leaves two
Now you're broken and you don't understand
What is broken falls into place once again
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a
G# G# Eb Bb G# G#
rainstorm, again and again and again
Eb Bb G# G# G# G#
I think I will break, but I mend
Cm Cm Cm Cm Eb Eb Eb Eb
And it's these most loved losses, they are just old coin tosses
Cm Cm Cm Cm Bb Bb Bb Bb
And it's these most loved losses are the hardest to carry
[eight-measure guitar break: F F C G four times]
I wish I were a freeway laid out clearer
than a bright day, I'd run wide open
down this causeway, like brand new
But I'm broken and I don't understand
What is broken falls into place once again
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a rainstorm, again and again
'Cause I'm broken and I don't understand
What is broken falls into place once again
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a rainstorm
Again and again and again, again and again and again
Cgain and again and again, I think I will break but I mend [end on G#]
- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/