Breaking The Girl

by Red Hot Chili Peppers

716
[Intro]
 
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Ab|--0----0--0--10--0-----0--|--0----0---0---0---0------------|
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[Verse 1]
A      A6sus2 Am7  A6sus4       Amaj7(9) A^
I am a man         cut from the know
A         A6sus2 Am7  A6sus4        Amaj7(9) A^
Rarely do friends     come and then go
A         A6sus2 Am7  A6sus4   Amaj7(9) A^
She was a girl,       soft but estranged
A           A6sus2 Am7  A6sus4    Amaj7(9) A^
We were the two,        our lives rearranged
 
 
[Bridge]
C             G         Am
   Feeling so good that day
C               G         F
   A feeling of love that day...
 
 
[Chorus]
Am           Bm6(11)      C6           D6sus4
Twisting and turning your feelings are burning
       E7^
You're breaking the girl
Am  Bm6(11) C6  D6sus4 F
She meant   you no     harm
Am              Bm6(11)    C6           D6sus4
Think you're so clever but now you must sever
      E7^
You're breaking the girl
Am Bm6(11) C6 D6sus4 F
He loves   no one    else
 
 
[Verse 2]
A            A6sus2 Am7  A6sus4      Amaj7(9) A^
Raised by my dad,        girl of the day
A         A6sus2 Am7  A6sus4       Amaj7(9) A^
He was my man,        that was the way
A           A6sus2 Am7  A6sus4   Amaj7(9) A6
She was the girl        left     alone
A           A6sus2 Am7  A6sus4         Amaj7(9) A^
Feeling the need        to make me her home
 
 
[Bridge]
C               G             Am
   I don't know what, when or why
C                  G        F
   The twilight of love had arrived
 
 
[Chorus]
Am           Bm6(11)      C6           D6sus4
Twisting and turning your feelings are burning
       E7^
You're breaking the girl
Am  Bm6(11) C6  D6sus4 F
She meant   you no     harm
Am              Bm6(11)    C6           D6sus4
Think you're so clever but now you must sever
      E7^
You're breaking the girl
Am Bm6(11) C6 D6sus4 F
He loves   no one    else
 
 
[Instrumental]
                                . . .                             . . .
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Bb|-----------1-------|---------1-1-1-|---------1-------|---------1-1-1---|
Gb|.----2-0-2-2-2-0-2-|---2-0-2-2-2-2-|---2-0-2-2-2-0-2-|---2-0-2-2-2-2--.|   x2
Db|.----2-0-2---2-0-2-|---2-0-2-3-3-3-|---2-0-2---2-0-2-|---2-0-2-3-3-3--.|
Ab|---0---------------|-0-------3-3-3-|-0---------------|-0-------3-3-3---|
Eb|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
Eb|-------------------|\
Bb|----------1--------|\
Gb|----2-0-2-2-2-0-2--|\   This leads back into the chorus chord progression.
Db|----2-0-2---2-0-2--|\
Ab|--0----------------|\
Eb|-------------------|\
 
 
[Chorus]
Am           Bm6(11)      C6           D6sus4
Twisting and turning your feelings are burning
       E7^
You're breaking the girl
Am  Bm6(11) C6  D6sus4 F
She meant   you no     harm
Am              Bm6(11)    C6           D6sus4
Think you're so clever but now you must sever
      E7^
You're breaking the girl
Am Bm6(11) C6 D6sus4 F
He loves   no one    else
 
[Fade out]
              I am a man cut from the know
Rarely do friends come and then go
She was a girl soft but estranged
We were the two our lives rearranged

Feeling so good that day
A feeling of love that day

Twisting and turning, your feelings are burning
You're breaking the girl
(She meant you no harm)
Think you're so clever, but now you must sever
You're breaking the girl
(He loves no one else)

Raised by my dad, girl of the day
He was my man, that was the way
She was the girl left alone
Feeling the need to make me her home

I don't know what, when or why
The twilight of love had arrived

Twisting and turning, your feelings are burning
You're breaking the girl
(She meant you no harm)
Think you're so clever, but now you must sever
You're breaking the girl
(He loves no one else)

Twisting and turning, your feelings are burning
You're breaking the girl
(She meant you no harm)
Think you're so clever, but now you must sever
You're breaking the girl
(He loves no one else)              
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