Plain White Ts - Broken Record

artist : plain white t’s
song : broken record
album : wonders of the younger ( 2010 )

for those who would prefer chords , this is a chord – only version . the original
key is D# with no capo , but i changed it to capo 3 to keep the chord forms
simpler . so capo 3 , standard tuning : eadgbe
E/G#
E – – –
B – 5 –
G – 4 –
D – 2 –
A – x –
E – 4 –

intro : Am , F , G 2
xam
it was summer love ,

she was like a drug ,
F
fit me like a glove ,
G
everything was all right .
Am
i was james dean ,

she was billy jean ,
F
california queen ,
G
everything was all right .
Am
from the back beat ,

to the back seat ,
F
in the heat , heat ,
G
everything was all right .
Dm
lovers and years have come and gone ,
Am
she’ll always be my favorite song ,
F
she was solid gold ,

she was rock ’n’ roll ,
G
i should have never let her go , go , go .
Am F
kiss me goodbye and i knew it was final ,
C G
got in her Daddy’s car and she was gone like vinyl ,
Am F
her memory pops up when i least expect it ,
C G
and gets stuck in my head like a broken record ,
Am F C G
ba ba ba ba ba ba broken record , uh ba ba ba broken record ,
Am F C G
a broke a broke a broken record .
Am
she was hi fi ,

she was low fi ,
F
burning up july ,
G
everything was all right .
Am
left me with a kiss ,

wonder where she is ,
F G
and does she ever miss me , oh oh oh
Dm
lovers and years have come and gone ,
Am
she’ll always be my favorite song ,
F
she was solid gold ,

she was rock ’n’ roll ,
G
i should have never let her go , go , go
Am F
kiss me goodbye and i knew it was final ,
C G
got in her Daddy’s car and she was gone like vinyl ,
Am F
her memory pops up when i least expect it ,
C G
and gets stuck in my head like a broken record ,
Am F C G
ba ba ba ba ba ba broken record , uh ba ba ba broken record ,
Am F C G
a broke a broke a broken record .
E/G# F
i wish i could find her ,
G
oh , oh , oh ,
E/G# F
’cause i need to remind her ,
G
oh , oh .
Am F
kiss me goodbye and i knew it was final ,
C G
got in her Daddy’s car and she was gone like vinyl ,
Am F
her memory pops up when i least expect it ,
C G
and gets stuck in my head like A . . . ( repeat ) 2nd time : . . broken record
Am F C G
ba ba ba ba ba ba broken record , uh ba ba ba broken record ,
Am F C G
a broke a broke a broken record .
Am
skip skip ,
F
through my head ,
C
skip skip ,
G
through my head ,
Am
skip skip ,
F C G
skip through my head all day .
end : Am

there ya go . plain white t’s are so great at just making a catchy song and i
always love their vocal harmonies .