Tift Merritt - Broken Chords

CAPO: 3rd Fret




INTRO: F   C G F   C   F   C G F   C

G               F
Once you were a straight shot
  C     G            F
A shiny quarter in a new slot
C           G                    F
Night would keep the dreams that you got
    Am   G
For afternoon
                        F
Then telling the truth got so hard
C       G             F
We were dancing in the backyard
C      G               F
Once I knew the end and the start
    Am         G
But now that's through


CHORUS:
           F              C          G
Now you're broken and you don't understand
        F                 C           G 
What is broken falls into place once again
        F                  C         G         F
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a rainstorm
 C         G         F
Again and again and again


      G                F
Well, morning comes to clean up
     C       G                  F
Like nothing happened when your heart stopped
     C       G               F
Like all the lawyers calling all cops
   Am       G
To wave days through
                        F
So, close your eyes for this long
C           G            F
Something's mixed up and something's gone
C    G             F
Only finger can you count on
    Am        G
And one leaves two


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



BRIDGE:
         Am
And it's these most loved losses
            C
And they're just old coin tosses
              Am          F               Am7        G
And it's these most loved losses, are the hardest to carry


INSTRUMENTAL: F   C G F   C   F   C G F   C


  G             F
I wish I were a freeway
C        G              F
Laid out clearer than a bright day
    C        G             F
I'd run wide open down this causeway
Am        G
Like brand new
                        F
Singing louder than the whole block
C      G               F
All my love would be a straight shot
C           G                    F
Night would dream the dreams that I got
    Am       G
And so would you


CHORUS:
        F            C          G
But I'm broken and I don't understand
        F                 C           G 
What is broken falls into place once again
        F                  C         G         F
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a rainstorm
 C         G    
Again and again
           F            C          G
'Cause I'm broken and I don't understand
        F                 C           G 
What is broken falls into place once again
        F                  C         G         F
Hand of kindness, come and gather me in like a rainstorm
 C         G         F
Again and again and again
 C         G         F
Again and again and again
 C         G         F
Again and again and again
  C            G            F
I think I will break, but I mend