{"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":2501043,"song":"They Broke Him Down","artist":"Toh Kay","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508914-they-broke-him-down-chords-by-toh-kay/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2501043?type=chord","rating":4.92372,"votes":3,"content":"Capo 4.\r\nStandard Tuning\r\nThese chord progressions are very Toh Kay's style so it wasn't too hard to figure out\r\nSide note: chords shown are just the formations, not the actual note values.\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDid I mention he was dreaming[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhen the devil came to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was awoken by the screaming[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut nobody heard a sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd the lies we tell at breakfast[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWon't match the lies we share for lunch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the lies we serve for dinner[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey’re the tallest of the bunch, yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDid I mention he was cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhen he finally lost control of the ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the epilogue I dreaded[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow seemed likely to console[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm still not understanding[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe things he did before he left[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the one thing that will haunt me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs right before his final breath, when he said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh they broke me down, yeah they broke me down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I can't be your saint you see, cause I won't be hanging around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they broke him down, yeah they broke him down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                         [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I stood there and I held my breath cause I knew that it wouldn't be long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTill they broke me down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental] x4\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDid I mention we were flailing?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhen the angels came around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd they just sat there, they we were waiting[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the first of us to drown[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I started going under[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut I didn’t hold my breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCause the last thing that I needed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWas to owe a holy debt[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh no[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Oh they broke me down, yeah they broke me down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I can't be your saint you see, cause I won't be hanging around[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they broke him down, yeah they broke him down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                         [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I stood there and I held my breath cause I knew that it wouldn't be long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTill they broke me down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd no one holds a grudge dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLike I do, I see it through[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you may not remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was nothing much at the time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I kept it bottled inside[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Oh and we all know how that goes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   I'd given up on letting go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  So here we are, with nothing left, dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd now you've left here[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I was last to know[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHoly smokes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nSome say he'd given up the ghost, but he wouldn't do that[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI think he's hiding in the background[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf his favorite photographs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he's living as a beggar[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr maybe a millionaire[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the one thing that I'm sure of[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs he found some comfort there, that's fair[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBecause they broke him down, oh they broke him down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo he can't be my saint no more, he won't be hangin around[/tab]\r\nOh no\r\n\r\n[Instrumental] x4\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they broke him down, yeah they broke him down[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said \"I can't be your saint no more because I won't be hangin around\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they broke him down, yeah they broke him down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I stood there and I held my breath because I knew that it wouldn't be long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore they broke me down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Solo]\r\n                                                                       /1\r\ne|---/12---11p9-----9p7h9p7h9p7h9p7h9p7------------------------------/--------|\r\nB|5-------------9~----------------------5/7/9---9h10-7--7h9p7-7-5----/-5--7-5-|\r\nG|----------------------------------------------------------------6~-/--------|\r\nD|-------------------------------------------------------------------/--------|\r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------------/--------|\r\nE|-------------------------------------------------------------------/--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  /2\r\ne|--------------------------|\r\nB|--------------------------|\r\nG|9~--11~--13p11--9--11--9~-|\r\nD|--------------------------|\r\nA|--------------------------|\r\nE|--------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n| h  Hammer-on\r\n| p  Pull-off\r","plain_text":"Capo 4.\nStandard Tuning\nThese chord progressions are very Toh Kay's style so it wasn't too hard to figure out\nSide note: chords shown are just the formations, not the actual note values.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental] x4\nC G F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOh no\n\n[Instrumental] x4\nC G F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| h  Hammer-on\n| p  Pull-off","chords":["C","E7","Am","G","F","E","Dm","B","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}