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[Intro]
E B A A   E B A A B/D#
[Verse 1]
ETook my bag Aunderneath the Eoverpass
EForgot to bend and C#mnow I've broken Ball we Ehave
ENothing's worse than Arealizing Ewho you've hurt
EI didn't bend and now Bwe eat the Aconsequence
[Pre-Chorus]
EOver the edge I Bcan't stop Amyself
EOff the ledge throwinBg puAnches
EOver the edge I Bcan't Asteer myself
EAll over again, I Bdon't want AthisB/D#  
[Chorus]
EIf I bend then I might not BbreakA  
I should think about giving in
EIf I bend then it might be oBkayA  
If we're thinking about how it ends
EIf I bend then I might not BbreakA  
I should think about giving in
EIf I bend then it might be oBkayA  B/D#  
[Verse 2]
EPut down the bag in the Acalm before the Eaftermath
ECan we pick up all the C#mdebris of our Bbitter pastE  
Nothing's worse than Arealizing Ewho you've hurt
EI didn't bend and now Bwe eat the Aconsequence
[Pre-Chorus]
EOver the edge I Bcan't stop Amyself
EOff the ledge throwinBg puAnches
EOver the edge I Bcan't Asteer myself
EAll over again, I Bdon't want AthisB/D#  
[Chorus]
EIf I bend then I might not BbreakA  
I should think about giving in
EIf I bend then it might be oBkayA  
If we're thinking about how it ends
EIf I bend then I might not BbreakA  
I should think about giving in
EIf I bend then it might be oBkayA  
If we're thinking about how it B/D#ends
[Outro]
E B A A   E B A A   E B A A   E B A A B/D#

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Break

by Frightened Rabbit

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

B/D#

C#m

[Intro]

E B A A E B A A B/D#

[Verse 1]

E A E

Took my bag underneath the overpass

E C#m B E

Forgot to bend and now I've broken all we have

E A E

Nothing's worse than realizing who you've hurt

E B A

I didn't bend and now we eat the consequence

[Pre-Chorus]

E B A

Over the edge I can't stop myself

E B A

Off the ledge throwing punches

E B A

Over the edge I can't steer myself

E B A B/D#

All over again, I don't want this

[Chorus]

E B A

If I bend then I might not break

I should think about giving in

E B A

If I bend then it might be okay

If we're thinking about how it ends

E B A

If I bend then I might not break

I should think about giving in

E B A B/D#

If I bend then it might be okay

[Verse 2]

E A E

Put down the bag in the calm before the aftermath

E C#m B E

Can we pick up all the debris of our bitter past

A E

Nothing's worse than realizing who you've hurt

E B A

I didn't bend and now we eat the consequence

[Pre-Chorus]

E B A

Over the edge I can't stop myself

E B A

Off the ledge throwing punches

E B A

Over the edge I can't steer myself

E B A B/D#

All over again, I don't want this

[Chorus]

E B A

If I bend then I might not break

I should think about giving in

E B A

If I bend then it might be okay

If we're thinking about how it ends

E B A

If I bend then I might not break

I should think about giving in

E B A

If I bend then it might be okay

B/D#

If we're thinking about how it ends

[Outro]

E B A A E B A A E B A A E B A A B/D#

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