Broken Strings
James Morrison & Nelly Furtado
tabbed by Klaus Jansen
Capo 1st Fret (Chords relative to Capo)
alternative first Verse:
hold Am and alter the bass-note, finger-picking
[Am] [Am/C] [Am/F]
E|-0----0----0----0---|-0----0----0----0---|-0----0----0----0---|
B|-1----1----1----1---|-1----1----1----1---|-1----1----1----1---|
G|---2----2----2----2-|---2----2----2----2-|---2----2----2----2-|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-0------------------|-3------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|-1------------------|
[Am/F]
E|-0----0----0----0---|
B|-1----1----1----1---|
G|---2----2----2----2-|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|-1------------------|
[Am]
Let me hold you
[Am/C]
For the last time
[Am/F] [Am/F]
It's the last chance to feel again
[Am]
But you broke me
[Am/C] [Am/F] [Am/F]
Now I can't feel anything
[Am]
When I love you, it's so untrue
[F]
I can't even convince myself
[Am]
When I'm speaking,
[C] [F] [Dm]
It's the voice of someone else
[F] [G] [Am]
Oh it tears me up
[F] [G] [Em]
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
[F] [G] [Em]
I try to forgive, but it's not enough
[F] [Em]
to make it all okay
[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
[F]
Oh the truth hurts
[Am]
And lies worse
[C] [G]
How can I give anymore
[Dm] [Am]
When I love you a little less
[G]
than before
[Am] [C]
Oh what are we doing
[F]
We are turning into dust
[Am] [C] [F] [Dm]
Playing house in the ruins of us
[Am] [C]
Running back through the fire
[F]
When there's nothing left to save
[Am] [C]
It's like chasing the very last train
[F] [Dm]
when it's too late
[F] [G] [Am]
Oh it tears me up
[F] [G] [Em]
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
[F] [G] [Em]
I try to forgive, but it's not enough
[F] [Em]
to make it all okay
[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
[F]
Oh the truth hurts
[Am]
And lies worse
[C] [G]
How can I give anymore
[Dm] [Am]
When I love you a little less
[G]
than before
[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)
[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
[F]
Oh the truth hurts
[Am]
And lies worse
[C] [G]
How can I give anymore
[Dm] [Am]
When I love you a little less
[G]
than before
[Dm] [Am]
When I love you a little less
[G]
than before
[Am] [C]
Let me hold you for the last time
[G] [F]
It's the last chance to feel again
