They Broke Him Down Chords

by Toh Kay
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: 4th fret
Author bedgnarly [a] 43.
1 contributor total, last edit on Nov 12, 2016

Chords

C
E7
Am
G
F
E
Dm

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Capo 4.
Standard Tuning
 
These chord progressions are very Toh Kay's style so it wasn't too hard to figure out
the gist of em. Any and all corrections are welcome! It's a great song that receives the
Toh Kay treatment exceptionally well. Enjoy :)
 
Side note: chords shown are just the formations, not the actual note values.
 
 
                      C
Did I mention he was dreaming
                       E7
When the devil came to town
                    Am
I was awoken by the screaming
                   G
But nobody heard a sound
                        F
And the lies we tell at breakfast
                                  Am
Won't match the lies we share for lunch
                          E
And the lies we serve for dinner
                           F      G
They’re the tallest of the bunch, yeah
                     C
Did I mention he was cold
                     E7
When he finally lost control of the ghost
                   Am
And the epilogue I dreaded
                      G
Now seemed likely to console
                  F
And I'm still not understanding
                           Am
The things he did before he left
                            E
And the one thing that will haunt me
                          F               G
Is right before his final breath, when he said
 
 
                  C                     G
"Oh they broke me down, yeah they broke me down
   Dm                                    Am               G
So I can't be your saint you see, cause I won't be hanging around
                   C                     G
And they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
   Dm                                         Am                       G
So I stood there and I held my breath cause I knew that it wouldn't be long
                   C
Till they broke me down
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
C G F (x4)
 
Am                 G
And no one holds a grudge dear
     F              C       G       Am
Like I do, I see it through
                G
And you may not remember
       F
It was nothing much at the time
C                     G
But I kept it bottled inside
 
E            F
   Oh and we all know how that goes
E            F
   I'd given up on letting go
C            Am                E
  So here we are, with nothing left, dear
               F
And now you've left here
          G
And I was last to know
 
                C
Holy smokes
                           E7
Some say he'd given up the ghost, but he wouldn't do that
                           Am
I think he's hiding in the background
                 G
Of his favorite photographs
                     F
And he's living as a beggar
                 Am
Or maybe a millionaire
                           E
But the one thing that I'm sure of
                         F                G
Is he found some comfort there, that's fair
 
                       C                     G
Because they broke him down, oh they broke him down
   Dm                               Am               G
So he can't be my saint no more, he won't be hangin around
 
Oh no
 
 
[Instrumental]
C G F (x4)
 
                   C                         G
And they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
         Dm                                      Am              G
He said "I can't be your saint no more because I won't be hangin around"
                   C                       G
And they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
   Dm                                           F
So I stood there and I held my breath because I knew that it wouldn't be long
                     C
Before they broke me down
 
 
[Solo]
                                                                       /1
e|---/12---11p9-----9p7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9p7------------------------------/--------|
B|5-------------9~----------------------5/7/9---9h10-7--7h9p7-7-5----/-5--7-5-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------6~-/--------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------/--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------/--------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------/--------|
 
  /2
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|9~--11~--13p11--9--11--9~-|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
 
 
 
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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| ~  Vibrato
 
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They Broke Him Down – Toh Kay
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Ent3r123
CORRECTION! DON'T READ MY FIRST COMMENT! THIS ONE IS RIGHT THOUGH! LOOK AT THIS ONE!(I attemted to edit it and didn't realize once you edit it once you can never fix it again. All I did was save it and it scrunched everything together.) The only thing I see that is wrong is the second half of the bridge. If you really listen to the bass line you can hear that the line is different from what you wrote. What you have there currently crunches really bad with the vocal line. Here are the correct chords: E Am Oh and we all know how that goes E Am I'd given up on letting go F C E So here we are, with nothing left, dear F And now you've left here G And I was last to know I hope you agree! This will get you 5 stars from everyone now man! Great tab! Love this band! :D
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Ent3r123
The only thing I see that is wrong is the second half of the bridge. If you really listen to the bass line you can hear that the line is different from what you wrote. What you have there currently crunches really bad with the vocal line. Here are the correct chords:E Am Oh and we all know how that goesE Am I'd given up on letting goF C E So here we are, with nothing left, dear FAnd now you've left here GAnd I was last to knowI hope you agree! This will get you 5 stars from everyone now man! Great tab! Love this band! :D
+1
TheRazzJazzler
Great tab :) However I think the second last chord is in the shape of a F, not a G
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