Broken Strings Chords

by James Morrison
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Difficulty: beginner
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Chords

Bm
D
G
Em
A
F#m

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[Verse 1]
 
  Bm
Let me hold you
        D
For the last time
         G
It's the last chance to feel again
        Bm
But you broke me
      D            G     Em
Now I can't feel anything
       Bm
When I love you,
        D
It's so untrue
  G
I can't even convince myself
         Bm
When I'm speaking,
         D               G   Em
It's the voice of someone else
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
      G    A Bm
Oh it tears me up
  G          A         F#m
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
  G        A            F#m            G              D
I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay
 
 
[Chorus]
 
          Em            Bm
You can't play on broken strings
          D      A
You can't feel anything 
          Em                 Bm
That your heart don't want to feel
        D                            A
I can't tell you something that ain't real
       G
Oh the truth hurts
    Bm
And lies worse
D                A
How can I give anymore
       Em               Bm       A
When I love you a little less than before
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
        Bm    D
Oh what are we doing
       G
We are turning into dust
        Bm          D       G   Em
Playing house in the ruins of us
        Bm              D
Running back through the fire
             G
When there's nothing left to save
          Bm              D                       G   Em
It's like chasing the very last train when it's too late
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
 
      G    A Bm
Oh it tears me up
  G          A         F#m
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
  G        A             F#m            G              D
I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay
 
 
[Chorus]
 
          Em            Bm
You can't play on broken strings
          D      A
You can't feel anything 
          Em                 Bm
That your heart don't want to feel
        D                            A
I can't tell you something that ain't real
       G
Oh the truth hurts
    Bm
And lies worse
D                A
How can I give anymore
       Em               Bm       A
When I love you a little less than before
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
          Bm                 D
But we're running through the fire
             G
When there's nothing left to save
          Bm                   D
It's like chasing the very last train
        G                       Em
When we both know it's too late (too late)
 
 
[Chorus]
 
          Em            Bm
You can't play on broken strings
          D      A
You can't feel anything 
          Em                 Bm
That your heart don't want to feel
        D                            A
I can't tell you something that ain't real
       G
Well the truth hurts
    Bm
And lies worse
D                A
How can I give anymore
       Em               Bm       A
When I love you a little less than before
       Em               Bm       A
Oh when I love you a little less than before
 
 
[Outro]
 
       Bm              D
Let me hold you for the last time
         G                   Em
It's the last chance to feel again
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8 comments
landrun
At this point... G Em When we both know it's too late (too late) the Em should be F#m. Other than that, perfect
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elindr
nice! :D
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colincc
Not the original key but the progression is spot on.
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