Al Green
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?
From "Let's Stay Together"
Tabbed by thatchadmiller (Twitter)
Intro
[Emaj7]
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[F#m] [A] [B] [A]
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[B] [A] [G#m] [F#m] [Emaj7]
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Verse 1
[Emaj7]
I can think of younger days when living for my life
[F#m] [Emaj7]
Was everything a man could want to do
[G#] [C#m]
I could never see tomorrow
[F#] [B]
But I was never told about the sorrow
Chorus 1
[Emaj7]
And how can you mend a broken heart?
[F#m]
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
[A] [B] [A] [B]
Tell me how can you stop the sun from shining?
[A] [G#m] [F#m] [Emaj7]
What makes the world go round?
Chorus 2
[Emaj7]
How can you mend this broken man?
[F#m]
How can a loser ever win?
[A] [B] [A] [B] [A] [G#m] [F#m] [Emaj7]
Somebody please help me mend my broken heart and let me live again
Bridge
[A6] [E]
La La La Laaaa La
Verse 2
[Emaj7]
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
[F#m] [Emaj7]
And misty memories of days gone by
[G#] [C#m]
We could never see tomorrow
[F#]
Would you believe that no one
[B]
No one said a word about the sorrow
Chorus 1
[Emaj7]
So how can you mend a broken heart?(and mine is)
[F#m]
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
[A] [B] [A] [B]
How can you stop the sun from shining?
[A] [G#m] [F#m] [Emaj7]
What makes the world go round?(and sometime I have to say, yeah)
Outro
*This is Al doing his thing while the background singers & band stay in the pocket*
[Emaj7]
La La Laaa... La La Laaa-haa, Yeah...
[F#m]
La la la la la la la la la la
[A] [B] [A] [B]
(Tell me) Help me mend my broken heart
[A] [G#m]
I just wanna, I just wanna, I just wanna
(and let me live)
[F#m] [Emaj7]
I just wanna, I just wanna live again, baby
(a - gain)
[Emaj7]
How can you mend this broken man?(yeah, somebody tell me)
[F#m]
How can a loser ever win?
[A] [B] [A] [B]
Help me mend my... This old broken heart
[A] [G#m] [F#m]
I think I, I know I, I believe I
[Emaj7]
I feel like I got to, I feel like I wanna live again
[Emaj7]
How can you mend this broken heart? (somebody please tell me)
[F#m]
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
(I wanna know. I know my my clothes are all wet, tell me)
[A] [B] [A] [B]
How can you mend my, please help me mend my broken heart
[A] [G#m] [F#m] [Emaj7]
I think I, I believe I, I've got a feeling that I want to live and live and live
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