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AI break down, in the middle and Glose my thread,
Fno one can understand a word that I Asay
When I break down, just a little and Glose my head,
Fnothing I try to do can work the same Away
DmAny time it happens, I get over it,
Cwith a little help from all my Afriends
DmAnybody else could see what's wrong with me,
Cbut they walk away and just preAtend
When I break Gdown
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AI break down, in the middle and Glose my thread,
Fno one can understand a word that I Asay
When I break down, just a little and Glose my head,
Fnothing I try to do can work the same Away
DmWhere are all the friends who used to talk to me,
Call they ever told me was good Anews
DmPeople that I've never seen are kind to me,
Cis it any wonder I'm conAfused?
When I break Gdown, when I break down
AmFreedom, freedom, we will not obey
GFreedom, freedom, Amtake the wall away
Take the wall away
AmFreedom, freedom, we will not obey
GFreedom, freedom, Amtake the wall away
Where are all my friends?
I'm so confused
Take the wall away
Take the wall away
Won't somebody help me?
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Breakdown

by The Alan Parsons Project

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Breakdown chords

A G

I break down, in the middle and lose my thread,

F A

no one can understand a word that I say

When I break down, just a little and lose my head,

F A

nothing I try to do can work the same way

Any time it happens, I get over it,

C A

with a little help from all my friends

Anybody else could see what's wrong with me,

C A

but they walk away and just pretend

When I break down

A G A

A G

I break down, in the middle and lose my thread,

F A

no one can understand a word that I say

When I break down, just a little and lose my head,

F A

nothing I try to do can work the same way

Where are all the friends who used to talk to me,

C A

all they ever told me was good news

People that I've never seen are kind to me,

C A

is it any wonder I'm confused?

When I break down, when I break down

Freedom, freedom, we will not obey

G Am

Freedom, freedom, take the wall away

Take the wall away

Freedom, freedom, we will not obey

G Am

Freedom, freedom, take the wall away

Where are all my friends?

I'm so confused

Take the wall away

Won't somebody help me?

Set8

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