BROKEN (Tift Merritt)
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* Actually in Eb; capo 3.
* Each chord is half of a measure.
* At least in solo acoustic performances, Tift plays most of the F chords
  as F(9): xx3213.  Some of the Fs are also "accented" with an open G string,
  or a 0-2 hammer-on on the G string.
* The C chords in the verse and chorus are usually x32013.
* In the G at the end of each verse, Tift switches between 320033 and 302033.

F  F  C  G    F  F  C  G    F  F  C  G    F  F  C  G
[intro]

                F        F       C        G
Once you were a straight shot, a shiny quarter
     F    F    C            G                   
in a new slot, night would keep the dreams
     F   F       Am  Am    G   G   G   G
that you got for af - ternoon

                           F   F    C        G
Then telling the truth got so hard, we were dancing
      F     F     C       G             F      F  
in the backyard, once I knew the end and the start
     Am   Am           G    G   G   G 
But now      that's through

             F    F         C           G
Now you're broken, and you don't understand
          F   F           C           G
What is broken falls into place once again
         F       F         C         G
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a
 F        F   C         G         F   F   F   F
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
 F        F   C         G         F   F
rainstorm,  again and again and again
    C            G         F    F   F   F
I think I will break, but I mend

              Am   Am      Am    Am            C   C    C      C
And it's these most loved losses, they are just old coin tosses
              Am   Am      Am            Am          G   G   G   G
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
Again and again and again, I think I will break but I mend [end on F]



- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/