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Broken Strings

by J Morrison & N Furtado

Written by: Woodford, Morrison & Thorneycroft-Smith

BROKEN STRINGS Woodford, Morrison & Thorneycroft-Smith J Morrison & N Furtado F#m7 Font key: James Nelly Both | / / ~ ^Let me^hold | DM7 ||: d^you uu ~ ^for the^last | t^time ee ~ ^its the^last | t chance to^feel a ^gain | ||: e^we ee / ~ ^do | o^ing gg ~ ^We are^turn | n^ing gg ^in to ^dust | F#m7 DM7 B9-4 x22220 | nn / ~ ^But you^broke | e^me ee e^now^I^cant | t feel l^a ny ^thing | gg / / / | | tt / ~ ^Play ing ^house | e^in nn / the^ru | u^ins ss ~ ^of f=f^f | f^us ss ss ss | F#m | / / ~ ^When I^love | e^you uu u^rings^so^un | n^true ee / I^cant | | / / ~ ^Run ning^back | k^thru uu / the^fire | ee ee ~ ^when theres^noth | DM7 F#m | t^ev^en^con ^vince my ^self | ff / ~ ^When I'm^speak | k^ing gg g^its^the^voice | | h^ing gg ^left to ^save | ee ee ~ ^Its like^chas | s ing the^ve ry ^last | A D Bm7 D E F#m | e^of ff ^some one ^else | ee ee / / | / / ~ ^Oh h^it | tears ss me e^up | pp pp / ~ ^I | | t train when^its too o | o^late ee / too^late | / / ~ ^Oh h^it | tears ss me e^up | pp pp / ~ ^I | D E C#m D E | try^to^hold^on n^but^it^hurts | s too ^much hh ~ ^I | try^to^for^give e^but^its^not | | try^to^hold^on n^but^it^hurts | s too ^much hh ~ ^I | try^to^for^give e^but^its^not | C#m D A | t en ^ough hh ~ ^to | make it^all o^kay yy | / / ^You cant ^play | | t en ^ough hh ~ ^to | make it^all o^kay yy | / / ^You cant ^play |...Both continue with CHORUS Bm F#m A E | y^on nn ^bro ken ^strings | ss / ^You cant ^feel | l^l ll ^a ny ^thing | gg / ^that your ^heart | Bm F#m A | t^dont tt want^t^o^feel | ll / ^I cant ^tell | l^you^some^thing ^that aint ^real | E DM7 F#m A | ll ll ~ ^Oh the^truth | hh h^hurts ss ~ ^a | lie's s^worse ee / | How^can^I^give ^a ny ^more | E Bm7 F#m E | ee ee ~ ^When I^love | ee you^a ^lit tle ^less | ss ss ~ ^than be^fore | e^e ee ee ee | E 1. | / / ~ ^Oh what^are :|| E DM7 F#m7 2. | / / ~ ^Oh we're^run | n^ning gg g^thru^the^fire | e^e ee ~ ^when theres^noth | A D-2 DM7 F#m7 | h^ing gg ^left to ^save | ee / ~ ^Its like^chas | s ing the^ve ry ^last | t^train nn ~ ^when we^both | A C#m7 | h^know ww ^its too ^late | ee ee / Too | la^te ee ^You cant ^play | Both to CHORUS E Bm7 F#m7 E 3. | / Oh^you know^that^ I^love | ee you^a ^lit tle ^less | ss ss ~ ^than be^fore | ee e^e ee ee | F#m A E | / / ~ ^Let me^hold | d^you uu ~ ^for the^last | t^time ee ~ ^its the^last | t chance ^to feel a | D | gain nn nn nn ||

About this song:

Broken Strings is performed by J Morrison & N Furtado and written by Woodford, Morrison & Thorneycroft-Smith. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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