When Love Breaks Down

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when love breaks down prefab sprout
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tabbed by : maguri
tuning : standard

prefab sprout
when love breaks down ( 1985 )
( paddy mcaloon )

from : “steve mcqueen”

a very beautiful song and a great recording , too . but instruments and
harmonies create dense layers of chord textures that are very difficult to
recreate on one guitar . so a lot of what is here is my interpretation of
what is played . take the basic chords and try to create your own
arrangement . enjoy!

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chords
capo 1st fret

E – A – D – G – B – E
Fmaj7 ( t ) 1 – 3 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0
C/G 3 – x – 2 – 0 – 1 – 0
G/D x – 5 – x – 0 – 0 – 3
Am7/9 x – 0 – 5 – 5 – 5 – 7
G/A x – 0 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 3
G ( no 3rd ) 3 – x – 0 – 0 – 3 –
xfmaj7/9 ( t ) 1 – 3 – 3 – 0 – 1 – 0 or
( t ) 1 – x – 3 – 2 – 1 – 3
Fmaj7/G 3 – x – 3 – 2 – 1 – 0

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capo 1st fret

intro
| C | % | Am7 | % | Fmaj7 | % | Dm7 | G |

C/G
my love and i ,
G/D
we work well together
Am7 Fmaj7
but often we’re apart
G ( no 3rd ) G Am7
absence makes the heart lose weight , yeah ,
Dm7 [ C/G )
till love breaks down , love breaks down

| C/G | % | Am7/9 | % | Fmaj7 | % | Dm7 | % |

C/G
oh my , oh my ,
G/D
have you seen the weather?
Am7 Fmaj7
the sweet september rain
G ( no 3rd ) G Am7
rain on me , like no other
Dm7
until i drown , until i drown

| C/G | % | G/A | % | G ( no 3rd ) | % | G | % |
| Fmaj7 | % | Dm7 | % | G ( no 3rd ) | % | G | % |

C/G
my love and i ,
G/D
we are boxing clever
Am7 Fmaj7
she’ll never crowd me out
G ( no 3rd ) G Am7
fall , be free as old confetti
Dm7
and paint the town , paint the town

Fmaj7/9 [ Fmaj7/G ]
when love breaks down , the things you do
Fmaj7/G
to stop the truth from hurting you
Fmaj7/9 [ Fmaj7/G ]
when love breaks down , the lies we tell ,
Fmaj7/G
they only serve to fool ourselves ,
Fmaj7/9 [ Fmaj7/G ]
when love breaks down , the things you do
Fmaj7/G
to stop the truth from hurting you
Fmaj7/9 [ Fmaj7/G ]
when love breaks down , the lies we tell ,
Fmaj7/G
they only serve to fool ourselves ,
Fmaj7/9 [ Fmaj7/G ]
when love breaks down , the things you do
Fmaj7/G
to stop the truth from hurting you
Fmaj7/9 [ Fmaj7/G ]
when love breaks down , you join the wrecks
Fmaj7/G
who leave their hearts for easy se
xfmaj7/9 [ C/G ]
when love breaks down , when love breaks down

outro
| C/G | % | G/D | / | Am7 | % | Fmaj7 | % |
| G ( no 3rd ) | G | Am7 | % | Dm7 | % |

| C/G | % | Dm7 | % |
| C/G | % | Dm7 | % |
( fade )