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Things That Break

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[Verse 1]
GI was born a bull in a china Emcabinet
GDrawn to the delicate like itEm's a magnet
AmPerfume bottle on a mEmirror tray
GTempered glass on a window Dpane
AmTimeless face on a pocEmket watch
DTime is ticking
[Chorus]
GI leave it all in rEmuins
G'Cause I don't know whEmat I'm doing
AmI'm hard on things thEmat matter
AmHold a heart so tight it Emshatters
Cadd9So I stay away from thDings that break
[Verse 2]
GCan't make a man a promise With the best of inEmtentions
GDrive two hundred miles on a rundown engEmine
AmPut a blanket underneath a hollow Emtree
GWhen the wind blows hard it will falDl on me
AmStick around long and you wEmill see
DTime is ticking
[Chorus]
GI leave it all in rEmuins
G'Cause I don't know whEmat I'm doing
AmI'm hard on things thEmat matter
AmHold a heart so tight it Emshatters
Cadd9So I stay away from thDings that break
[Bridge]
Cadd9Me, I don't ever wanna get too close
GOr be held responsible
EmFor the pain that you can't see
GSomebody once broke Dme
[Chorus]
GI leave it all in rEmuins
G'Cause I don't know whEmat I'm doing
AmI'm hard on things thEmat matter
AmHold a heart so tight it Emshatters
Cadd9So I stay away from thDings that break

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Things That Break

by Miranda Lambert

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cadd9

[Verse 1]

G Em

I was born a bull in a china cabinet

G Em

Drawn to the delicate like it's a magnet

Am Em

Perfume bottle on a mirror tray

G D

Tempered glass on a window pane

Am Em

Timeless face on a pocket watch

Time is ticking

[Chorus]

G Em

I leave it all in ruins

G Em

'Cause I don't know what I'm doing

Am Em

I'm hard on things that matter

Am Em

Hold a heart so tight it shatters

Cadd9 D

So I stay away from things that break

[Verse 2]

G Em

Can't make a man a promise With the best of intentions

G Em

Drive two hundred miles on a rundown engine

Am Em

Put a blanket underneath a hollow tree

G D

When the wind blows hard it will fall on me

Am Em

Stick around long and you will see

Time is ticking

[Chorus]

G Em

I leave it all in ruins

G Em

'Cause I don't know what I'm doing

Am Em

I'm hard on things that matter

Am Em

Hold a heart so tight it shatters

Cadd9 D

So I stay away from things that break

[Bridge]

Cadd9

Me, I don't ever wanna get too close

Or be held responsible

For the pain that you can't see

G D

Somebody once broke me

[Chorus]

G Em

I leave it all in ruins

G Em

'Cause I don't know what I'm doing

Am Em

I'm hard on things that matter

Am Em

Hold a heart so tight it shatters

Cadd9 D

So I stay away from things that break

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