The Breakdown

Capo: 4th fret

[Intro]
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[Verse]
          Em
Well, the car broke down in a one stop town
 C
Just before he's 'bout to turn around
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Not a single city limit sign to see where he's at
 
            Em
When you're out that far you're only options are
 C
Getting gone in the town dive bar
    D                                        G
And if you knew him you'd know he's good at that
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
             Em                           D                   G
Well he was looking for peace with every new drink that he'd start
         C
But the words that made him leave
       B                  B7
Stuck with him like a scar
 
 
[Chorus]
               Em
She said "When I'm with you, life spins around
       C
I can feel us flying so don't look down
           D                                    G
Won't you hold my hand real tight so you don't drop me?"
 
           Em                                         C         D    G
She said "There ain't a better time to decide if you want me."
 
 
[Verse]
      Em                                  C
Well that bartender saw him and those 11 empty shot glasses
 
So he went and started guessing
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What it was that was tearing him apart
 
         Em
Well the man said listen my story is kinda different
 C
Pay close attention 'cause you might not get it
     D                                      G
But let's just say it was trouble from the start
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
     Em               D
She told me that she loved me
              G
And I should feel so blessed
         C
But the thought of hurting that girl
 B                     B7
Scares me half to death
 
 
[Chorus]
          Em
He said "When I'm with her life spins around
       C
I can feel us flying but I weigh her down
    D                                               G
If she's got me she'll never get where she needs to go
 
    Em                                       C     D    G
She may not see that now but one day she'll know."
 
 
[Verse]
          Em
Well the girl back home found that note
 C
Tears started staining all the words he wrote
      D                                          G
While he was tryin' to get that old Ford on the road
 
     Em
She read his words again and again
    C
He broke her heart with truck keys and a pen
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But she'll keep this letter 'til she's old
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
      Em                D
Well I'll just talk to God
        G
And we feel this is best
 C
Trust me if I didn't love you
    B
Or I'da never left
 
 
[Break]
 Em        C
Truck got fixed
 
Note got flipped
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The breakdown's over but another's setting in
     Em        C
And they said hang a left
D        B
66 will take you west
 
 
[Verse]
            Em
But as the years went by life spun back 'round
     C
He's on the knee the last one never found
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Soon there'll be diamond ring and wedding bells
 
         Em
But she still has nights where her eyes don't close
 C
Breaking down by her porch window
 D                                        G
Hoping some way somehow she can wish him well
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
     Em        D
And he's all alone
       G
And nobody knows where
           C
But if he listens real close
          B                   B
He still hears her in the air
 
 
[Outro]
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