Breakdown

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[Verse 1]
C
We all come in from the cold
Bb
We come down from the wire
F C
An' everybody warms themselves to a different fire
C C
'N sometimes we get burned
Bb
You'd think sometime we'd learn
F G
The one you love is the one that should take you higher
F C G C
You ain't got no one, you better go back out and find her
[Verse 2]
C
Just like children hiding in a closet
G
Can't tell what's going on outside
F
Sometimes, we're so far off the beaten track
C
We get taken for a ride
F G
By a parlor trick, or some words of wit
C F
A hidden hand up a sleeve
To think the one you love could hurt you, now
G
Is a little hard to believe
C
But everybody, darlin', sometimes bites the hand that feeds
[Verse 3]
C
When I look around
G
An' everybody always brings me down
F
Well, is it them or me?
Well, I just can't see
C
But there ain't no peace to found
F G
But if someone really cared
C F
Well, they'd take the time to spare
G
A moment to try and understand another one's despair
G C
Remember, in this game we call life, that no one said it's fair
[Chorus]
F C F
Breakdown Let me hear it, now
C
Breakdown Let me hear it, now
F G
Yeah Breakdown Let me hear it, now
[Verse 4]
C
I've come to know the cold
Bb
I think of it as home
F
When there ain't enough of me to go around
C
I'd rather be left alone
C
But if I call you out of habit
Bb
I'm out of love and I gotta have it
F
Would you give it to me if I fit your needs?
C
Like when we both knew we had it
F G
Now, the damage's done
C F
And we're back out on the run
G
Funny how everything was roses when we held on to the guns
C
Just because you're winnin' don't mean you're the lucky one
[Chorus]
F C F
Breakdown Let me hear it, now
C
Breakdown Let me hear it, now
F G
Yeah Breakdown Let me hear it, now

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Free chords for Breakdown by Guns N' Roses. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
To think the one you love could hurt you, now
[Verse 3]
Well, I just can't see
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]

Breakdown Chords by Guns N' Roses

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