WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Broken Roads  Chords – American Opera | Version #1
                
                
            
Intro:
Am Dm G C G (x2)
F E
Am        Dm       G                  C         G
You are a bird and I am an old oak tree, 
Am             Dm        G                C          G 
You're free to fly while I am stuck on my knees...
Dm                     Am                       G 
You built your nest in me, placed your trust in me,
                           C        G
Rest your head, rest your wings...
     Dm       Am                   G                          C        G
But opportunity flew you away from me and left me here on my own...
   F                           E
I wonder if you ever will fly home...
           C                Am
I love my home, it's all I know,
              F                       G
My roots run deep under these broken roads...
           C                 Am 
This damn city has been my family,
             F                         G
But I'll be damned if I should up and leave...
             F                            E 
But still I wonder if I should uproot and go...
Am(one stroke)  Dm  G                           C         G 
Stuck in this dirt, my roots are veins for the earth,
Am             Dm                 G                                  C            G
I'll raise my branches high with pride for all the things that I've earned...
    Dm           Am                         G                               C       G 
And I can't walk away, it seems I'm here to stay to sort through this on my own,
     Dm           Am                G                              C         G
Your obligation, no communication, oh, you're serving our nation's home...
   F                                     E
Oh pretty bird, well have you heard the news?
          C                 Am
I love my home, it's all I know,
               F                       G
My roots run deep under these broken roads...
           C                 Am 
This damn city has been my family,
             F                         G 
And I'll be damned if I should up and leave...
 F                                  E
Funny how sometimes life makes you choose,
      F                              E
If I go or stay, well, either way I lose...
      F                                    E
Have you found somewhere new to rest your head?
          F                                 E
Should I wait for you or find someone new instead?
          C                Am
I love my home, its all I know,
              F                      G
My roots run deep under these broken roads...
           C                Am
This damn city has been my family,
                F   
But, sh*t, who knows?
                         C
Maybe you're my family, too...
                      C
I don't know what to do...