{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2142149,"song":"Broken Benches","artist":"Mancub","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11463959-broken-benches-chords-by-mancub/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2142149?type=chord","rating":0.03771,"votes":0,"content":"I never saw Ben play live, but to me it sounds like he's playing Barre chords here.\r\nPersonally I play open chords with a capo around the 3rd fret.\r\n\r\nThe chord progression remains the same throughout the song, until the Outro.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] x2\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSometimes broken benches are the only place to sit[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand while our hearts capsized in our chests[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nmy mom clutched a cell phone and was screaming into it[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\ntears streaming from the new sunglasses[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nyea, 17 years of misery and all we've got to show[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nare these hearts divided by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nweekend visitations and strained family relations[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nthank god we saved our tears till bed time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nsomewhere between ventricles a part of my heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbroken so many times it didn't even hurt that much[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhen you packed it in an overnight bag along with enough clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nto last you downtown till you could find a place of your own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut all of that was last February and we're so much warmer now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\natleast until the phone rang today[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nyour eyes accused and his mouth abused[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nuntil you walked out of earshot so my little brother won't be[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nwriting songs about it when he gets to be my age[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nit must be so much harder for him[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\ncuz you're his shining light and while I'm just cynical and sad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe's still, so fragile[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n(muted)\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nthings we said in vain just to salvage peace when we're alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe tears we shed until the pain was dead and this house was finally a home[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand all along you sang a song with words we never knew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nyea it hurt so much to harbor but it was what we had to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I'll go off to college and just try to carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand you can't pretend that you wont bend[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbefore you break when we're all gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nmy father, shouted explanations for why it all went down the drain[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\ncan't hold a candle to the handle[/tab]\r\n\r\nI've gotten to what it's like to break the chains\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n(strum once)\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nof lowered expectations[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand family trees chopped limb from limb[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand it's all broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nit's all broken[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut, atleast now I've got some place to begin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|5----5----3----|\r\nB|6----5----3----|\r\nG|6----6----4----|\r\nD|6----7----5----|\r\nA|5----7----5----|\r\nE|-----5----3----|[/tab]","plain_text":"I never saw Ben play live, but to me it sounds like he's playing Barre chords here.\nPersonally I play open chords with a capo around the 3rd fret.\n\nThe chord progression remains the same throughout the song, until the Outro.\n\n\n[Intro]\nD x2\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n(muted)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI've gotten to what it's like to break the chains\n\n[Outro]\n(strum once)","chords":["D","G","A","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}