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Broken Record

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Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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Step 1 / 1Position: 2
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
For those who would prefer chords, this is a chord-only version. The original
key is Eb with no capo, but I changed it to capo 3 to keep the chord forms
simpler. So Capo 3, Standard tuning: EADGBE
e|E/G#---|
B|-5-|
G|-4-|
D|-2-|
A|-x-|
E|-4-|
[Intro]
Am   F   Gx2
AmIt was summer love,
she was like a drug,
Ffit me like a glove,
Geverything was all right.
AmI was James Dean,
she was Billy Jean,
FCalifornia queen,
Geverything was all right.
AmFrom the back beat,
to the back seat,
Fin the heat, heat,
Geverything was all right.
DmLovers and years have come and gone,
Amshe'll always be my favorite song,
Fshe was solid gold,
she was rock 'n' roll,
GI should have never let her go, go, go.
AmKiss me goodbye and I Fknew it was final,
Cgot in her daddy's car and she was Ggone like vinyl,
her Ammemory pops up when I Fleast expect it,
and gets Cstuck in my head like a Gbroken record,
Amba ba ba ba ba ba Fbroken record, uh Cba ba ba Gbroken record,
a Ambroke a broke a Fbroken record.C  G  
AmShe was hi fi,
she was low fi,
Fburning up July,
Geverything was all right.
AmLeft me with a kiss,
wonder where she is,
Fand does she ever miss Gme, oh oh oh
DmLovers and years have come and gone,
Amshe'll always be my favorite song,
Fshe was solid gold,
she was rock 'n' roll,
GI should have never let her go, go, go
AmKiss me goodbye and I Fknew it was final,
Cgot in her daddy's car and she was Ggone like vinyl,
her Ammemory pops up when I Fleast expect it,
and gets Cstuck in my head like a Gbroken record,
Amba ba ba ba ba ba Fbroken record, uh Cba ba ba Gbroken record,
a Ambroke a broke a Fbroken record.C  G  
E/G#I wish I could Ffind her,
Oh, oh, Goh,
'Cause E/G#I need to reFmind her,
oh, Goh.
AmKiss me goodbye and I Fknew it was final,
Cgot in her daddy's car and she was Ggone like vinyl,
her Ammemory pops up when I Fleast expect it,
and gets Cstuck in my head like a...
AmKiss me goodbye and I Fknew it was final,
Cgot in her daddy's car and she was Ggone like vinyl,
her Ammemory pops up when I Fleast expect it,
and gets Cstuck in my head like a Gbroken record
Amba ba ba ba ba ba Fbroken record, uh Cba ba ba Gbroken record,
a Ambroke a broke a Fbroken record.C  G  
AmSkip skip,
Fthrough my head,
Cskip skip,
Gthrough my head,
Amskip skip,
Fskip through my head all Cday.G  
Am
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