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This is a capo'd version of xMaxie77's tabs.  Makes it much easier to play.
Standard tuning.
Capo on 1st.
[Verse]
Let me Amhold you
For the Clast time
It's the Flast chance to feel again
But you Ambroke me
Now I Ccan't feel anyFthingDm  
When I Amlove you,
It's so Cuntrue
I Fcan't even convince myself
When I'm Amspeaking,
It's the Cvoice of someone FelseDm  
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh it Ftears Gme Amup
I Ftry to hold Gon, but it Emhurts too much
I Ftry to forGgive, but it's Emnot enough to mFake it all okayC  
[Chorus]
You can't Dmplay on broken Amstrings
You can't Cfeel anyGthing 
That your Dmheart don't want to Amfeel
I can't Ctell you something that ain't Greal
Oh the Ftruth hurts
And Amlies worse
CHow can I give anyGmore
When I Dmlove you a little Amless than Gbefore
[Verse]
Oh what Amare we Cdoing
We are Fturning into dust
Playing Amhouse in the Cruins of FusDm  
Running Amback through the Cfire
When there's Fnothing left to save
It's like Amchasing the very Clast train when it's too FlateDm  
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh it Ftears Gme Amup
I Ftry to hold Gon, but it Emhurts too much
I Ftry to forGgive, but it's Emnot enough to Fmake it all okayC  
[Chorus]
You can't Dmplay on broken Amstrings
You can't Cfeel anyGthing 
That your Dmheart don't want to Amfeel
I can't Ctell you something that ain't Greal
Oh the Ftruth hurts
And Amlies worse
CHow can I give anyGmore
When I Dmlove you a little Amless than Gbefore
[Bridge]
But we're Frunning through the Amfire
When there's Cnothing left to sFave
It's like Fchasing the very last Amtrain
When we Cboth know it's too late (Emtoo late)
[Chorus]
You can't Dmplay on broken Amstrings
You can't Cfeel anyGthing 
That your Dmheart don't want to Amfeel
I can't Ctell you something that ain't Greal
Well thFe truth hurts
And Amlies worse
CHow can I give anyGmore
When I Dmlove you a little Amless than Gbefore
Oh when DmI love you a littAmle less thaGn before
[Outro]
Let me Amhold you for the Clast time
It's the Flast chance to feel Dmagain 

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Broken Strings

by James Morrison

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

This is a capo'd version of xMaxie77's tabs. Makes it much easier to play.

Standard tuning.

Capo on 1st.

[Verse]

Let me hold you

For the last time

It's the last chance to feel again

But you broke me

C F Dm

Now I can't feel anything

When I love you,

It's so untrue

I can't even convince myself

When I'm speaking,

C F Dm

It's the voice of someone else

[Pre-Chorus]

F G Am

Oh it tears me up

F G Em

I try to hold on, but it hurts too much

F G Em F C

I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay

[Chorus]

Dm Am

You can't play on broken strings

C G

You can't feel anything

Dm Am

That your heart don't want to feel

C G

I can't tell you something that ain't real

Oh the truth hurts

And lies worse

C G

How can I give anymore

Dm Am G

When I love you a little less than before

[Verse]

Am C

Oh what are we doing

We are turning into dust

Am C F Dm

Playing house in the ruins of us

Am C

Running back through the fire

When there's nothing left to save

Am C F Dm

It's like chasing the very last train when it's too late

[Pre-Chorus]

F G Am

Oh it tears me up

F G Em

I try to hold on, but it hurts too much

F G Em F C

I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay

[Chorus]

Dm Am

You can't play on broken strings

C G

You can't feel anything

Dm Am

That your heart don't want to feel

C G

I can't tell you something that ain't real

Oh the truth hurts

And lies worse

C G

How can I give anymore

Dm Am G

When I love you a little less than before

[Bridge]

F Am

But we're running through the fire

C F

When there's nothing left to save

F Am

It's like chasing the very last train

C Em

When we both know it's too late (too late)

[Chorus]

Dm Am

You can't play on broken strings

C G

You can't feel anything

Dm Am

That your heart don't want to feel

C G

I can't tell you something that ain't real

Well the truth hurts

And lies worse

C G

How can I give anymore

Dm Am G

When I love you a little less than before

Dm Am G

Oh when I love you a little less than before

[Outro]

Am C

Let me hold you for the last time

F Dm

It's the last chance to feel again

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