Broken Chords

by Jake Bugg
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Difficulty: absolute beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 1st fret
Author Z5! [a] 106.
3 contributors total, last edit on Sep 28, 2019
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Chords

Em
G
C
D

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Broken - Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
 
The lyrics are kind of difficult to understand so I'm just putting what I hear. Enjoy!
 
Capo 1 (all frets relative to capo)
 
Em*
0-1-1-0-0-1
 
I personally play the C and then pull off on the 2nd string 1st fret to make a Cmaj7
when I play the Cs during the verses, except for the irregular part, which needs a Cmaj7 anyway.
 
 
[Intro]
 
G         Em*      C
I'll wait here for you
         D
For I'm broken
G            Em*       C
Down, coming down this town
       D
For my heart lies
 
 
[Verse]
 
G
Far and away where they took you down
Em                       C
Led them over to your house
          D
Where I'm broken
G
Down by the people if they let you breathe
Em                                     C
Don't give a damn if you still can't see
          D              G
Still my heart beats for you
 
       Em*         C
Have become all I lost
          D
And all I hoped for
    G            Em*   (For this G, Em*, and C here, hammer on the
But I must carry on     the 3rd string second fret and then pull off)
       C         D
Always one never broken
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G
Run to the lobby where I saw you try
Em*                                   C
Don't give a damn for your reasons why
        D
Why I'm broken
C                            D
Down in the valley where the church bells cry
Em*                 C       G
I'll lead them over to your eyes
            Em      C
Whoa
      G       C
I am one
      G (let ring)
I am one
G              Em*
Break, a story of
          C         D
Peace and love in a future
G           Em*        C           (For this G, Em*, and C do the same hammer on
Bright sacrifice came around       and pull off as mentioned above)
      D
Never broken
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
G
Down by the people if they let you breathe
Em
Don't give a damn if you still can't see
C
Travelin' street that I did not know
D
Wheels locked on to the winter lope
C                            D
Down in the valley where the church bells cry
Em*                 C       G
I'll lead them over to your eyes
        Em     C
Whoa
      G
I am one
        Em     C
Whoa
      G      C
I am one
      G
I am one
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5 comments
jammies45xx1
Amazing !! Appreciated
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jscarie1983
Can I ask about the relevance of your “Em*”? Or more or less ask you to pick up your guitar and strum that chord: It sounds like a bad jazz chord. I am curious what chord you are attempting to add here by the way
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morganyossarian
Great. sounds perfect to me
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