The Breakdown

Capo: 4th fret

[Intro]
Em C D G

[Verse]
Em
Well, the car broke down in a one stop town
C
Just before he’s ‘bout to turn around
D G
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
D G
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
D G
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
D G
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
D G
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]
Em C D G
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