Broken Strings

by James Morrison

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Verse:

-3' 4   -5   5
Let me hold you

-3'  4   -5   5
For the last time

 -3'  4   -5    5    4   -4 -4  4
It's the last chance to feel a-gain

-3'  4   -5   5
But you broke me

-3' 6  -5    5  -4 -4  -4
Now I can't feel a-ny-thing

 -3' 4  -5   5
When I love you

-3'  4  -5  5
It's so un-true

-3' -5  -5  5   4   -4   -4  4
 I can't e-ven con-vince my-self

 -3'  4   -5    5
When I'm speak-ing

-3'   6   -5   -4  -4  -4   4
It's the voice of some-one else

Chorus:
-8 7   -6   -7 7
Oh it tears me up

6  7  7   7   -7
I try to hold on 

-7  -6   6   -7   -6
But it hurts too much

6  7  7   7  -7
I try to for-give 

-6   6   -7 -6   6
But it's not e-nough 

6   -6  7   7 -6  7
To make it all o-kay

 -6  7     -8  8   -8  7    -6
You can't play on brok-en strings

-6   7    -9  8 -8 7   -8
You can't  feel  a-ny-thing 

 -6   7    -8    8     -8  7   -6
That your heart don't want to feel

-6   7    -9   8
 I can't tell you

 -8    7    7    -8    -8
Some-thing that ain't real

-6  7    9    8
Oh the truth hurts

 8  9  9  8    8
And a lie is worse

 8  -8  7  7  -8 8   -8
How can I give a-ny-more

 -6  7  -8  -8
When I love you 

8  -8 -8   7    -6  -6 -7-6 
A lit-tle less than be- fore


Verse:
-3' 4   -5   5 -5  5
Oh what are we do-ing

4   4   -5   5  -4 4   4
We are turn-ing in-to dust

 -3'  4   -5   5  -6  6 -5  6 5  4
Play-ing house in the ruins  of  us

 5   4    -5     5     4 -5  5
Run-ning back through the fire

 4     4      -5   5  -4   4   4
When there's noth-ing left to save

 -3'  4   -5    5
It's like chas-ing

 5  -6  6  -5   -5 
The ver-y last train

 4    4   -4   4
When it's too late

Chorus:
Oh it tears me up
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
I try to forgive, but it's not enough 
To make it all okay
You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything 
That your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell something that ain't real
Well the truth hurts,
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before


 7   -8   -9   8      7     9 -9 8
But we're run-ning through the fire

 7     8      -9   8   -8  -8 -8
When there's noth-ing left to save

 7    -8   -9   8  -8   7  9  -9    8
It's like chas-ing the ver-y last train

 -6  7   -9   8   -8    7   -8    5   8
When we both know it's too late (too late)



You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything 
That your heart don't want to feel
I cant tell you something that ain't real
Well truth hurts,
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before

-3' 4   -5   5
Let me hold you 

-3'  4   -5   5
For the last time

 -3'  4   -5    5    4   -4 -4  4
It's the last chance to feel a-gain