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When You Break

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Eminor

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Standard tuning and capo on the first fret or open d with a capo on the fifth fret (which they play live) 
with these chords
  |     Em|      C|      D|     Bm|
  ---------------------------------
d |---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|
A |---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|
F#|--(8)--|---5---|---7---|---3---|
D |---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|
A |---9---|---5---|---7---|---4---|
D |---9---|---5---|---7---|---4---|
All relative to the capo
[Intro]
  Em    C    Dx3
[Verse 1]
EmSpoiled, selCfish little childD  
EmWent out to Cplay out in the wildD  
EmI found you Cshaking like a leafD  
UndernEmeath your Cfamily treeD  
[Verse 2]
EmYou could never lCive out in the Dopen
EmRegretting Cevery word you've Dspoken
EmWhen you break it's too Clate for you to fall Dapart
EmAnd the blame that you Cclaim is all your Down fault
[Chorus]
CAnd you've been crying out for Emforever
But forBmever's come and Cgone
         (C)          Em  
You keep begging for forgiveness
But you Bmdon't think you've done Cwrong
            (C)            Em  
You've been crying out for forever
                     Bm        C(C)
But forever's come and gone
My bBmleeding hands, my shaking Emhead
[Interlude]
C  D
Em  C  D
[Verse 3]
EmAs your Clove starts to surrDound you
EmAll of their Cwords are Dtrying to drown you
And Emyou break, it's too late Cfor you to fall aparDt
And the Emblame that Cyou claim is all your own Dfault
[Chorus]
CAnd you've been crying out for Emforever
But forBmever's come and Cgone
         (C)          Em  
You keep begging for forgiveness
But you Ddon't think you've done Cwrong
            (C)            Em  
You've been crying out for forever
                     Bm        C(C)
But forever's come and gone
My bBmleeding hands, my shaking Emhead
[Interlude]
C  D
Em  C  D
[Bridge]
EmSo tell me anCother beautiful Dlie
Tell me everything I want to Emhear
Won't you Clay here by my Dside?
I want to fuck away all my Emfear
Tell me anCother beautiful Dlie
Tell me everything I want to Emhear
Won't you Clay here by my Dside?
I want to fuck away all my Emfear
Tell me anCother beautiful Dlie
Tell me everything I want to Emhear
Won't you Clay here by my Dside?
I want to fuck away all my Emfear
Tell me Canother beautiful Dlie
Tell me everything I want to Emhear
Won't you Clay here by my Dside?
I want to fuck away all my Emfear
[Interlude]
Em  C  D
Em  C  D
[Outro]
                               C      D(Bm)
And I have seen all that you've seen
                            C         D(Bm)
And I have been where you've been
No, our Chands will never be Dclean
At least we can hold each Cother
D  Bm
                         D(Em)
At least we can hold each other
instead of the D and Bm at the end)

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When You Break

by Bear's Den

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Standard tuning and capo on the first fret or open d with a capo on the fifth fret (which they play live)

with these chords

Em C D Bm

| | | | |

---------------------------------

d |---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|

A |---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|

F#|--(8)--|---5---|---7---|---3---|

D |---0---|---0---|---0---|---0---|

A |---9---|---5---|---7---|---4---|

D |---9---|---5---|---7---|---4---|

All relative to the capo

[Intro]

Em C D

[Verse 1]

Em C D

Spoiled, selfish little child

Em C D

Went out to play out in the wild

Em C D

I found you shaking like a leaf

Em C D

Underneath your family tree

[Verse 2]

Em C D

You could never live out in the open

Em C D

Regretting every word you've spoken

Em C D

When you break it's too late for you to fall apart

Em C D

And the blame that you claim is all your own fault

[Chorus]

C Em

And you've been crying out for forever

Bm C

But forever's come and gone

C Em

()

You keep begging for forgiveness

Bm C

But you don't think you've done wrong

C Em

()

You've been crying out for forever

Bm C C

()

But forever's come and gone

Bm Em

My bleeding hands, my shaking head

[Interlude]

C D

Em C D

[Verse 3]

Em C D

As your love starts to surround you

Em C D

All of their words are trying to drown you

Em C D

And you break, it's too late for you to fall apart

Em C D

And the blame that you claim is all your own fault

[Chorus]

C Em

And you've been crying out for forever

Bm C

But forever's come and gone

C Em

()

You keep begging for forgiveness

D C

But you don't think you've done wrong

C Em

()

You've been crying out for forever

Bm C C

()

But forever's come and gone

Bm Em

My bleeding hands, my shaking head

[Interlude]

C D

Em C D

[Bridge]

Em C D

So tell me another beautiful lie

Tell me everything I want to hear

C D

Won't you lay here by my side?

I want to fuck away all my fear

C D

Tell me another beautiful lie

Tell me everything I want to hear

C D

Won't you lay here by my side?

I want to fuck away all my fear

C D

Tell me another beautiful lie

Tell me everything I want to hear

C D

Won't you lay here by my side?

I want to fuck away all my fear

C D

Tell me another beautiful lie

Tell me everything I want to hear

C D

Won't you lay here by my side?

I want to fuck away all my fear

[Interlude]

Em C D

[Outro]

C D Bm

()

And I have seen all that you've seen

C D Bm

()

And I have been where you've been

C D

No, our hands will never be clean

At least we can hold each other

D Bm

D Em

()

At least we can hold each other

instead of the D and Bm at the end)

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