Broke Down Chords by Slaid Cleaves

[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Sherry had a pawn shop bound of gold A sink full of dishes and a love grown cold
[Ab] Long came a [Bb] boy pretty as the devil [Eb] She took [Gm] his hand the [Cm] whole thing _ _
[Ab] unraveled
There's no [Bb] turning round, it's broke [Eb] down _ _ _ _ _ _ Billy took the ring, jammed it in his pocket
Drove downtown and tried to [Ab] hawk it _ Down at the bottom [Bb] a leg-punched train
[Eb] There's a love note [Gm] carved [Cm] inside a wedding ring
[Ab] _ Broke down, [Bb] cracked it and shattered [Eb] Left in [Bb] pieces like it [Cm] never even mattered
[Ab] _ Broke down, [Bb] torn and frayed [Eb] Ain't [Bb] nothing left he [Cm] could give away _
[Ab] _ There's no [Bb] turning round, it's broke [Eb] down _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ Ain't no telling where love goes [Bb] _ Baby, down [Eb] where the Black River flows
[Ab] _ Won't be coming [Bb] back round, it's broke [Eb] down _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Baby in the backseat and another on the way
Sherry thinks of Billy at the end of every day
[Ab] Spends her nights waiting [Bb] for real life to start
[Eb] Listening [Bb] to the sound [Cm] of her double-crossed heart
[Ab] _ Broke down, [Bb] cracked it and shattered [Eb] Left in [Bb] pieces like [Cm] it never even mattered
[Ab] _ There's no [Bb] turning round, it's broke [Eb] down
On _ _ _ _ the other side of town two lovers lie still
Cigarette smoking on a window sill [Ab] There's a picture locked up in [Bb] an old suitcase
[Eb] Billy closes [Gm] his eyes but [Cm] he still sees her [Ab] face
Broke [Bb] down, cracked it and [Eb] shattered Left in [Bb] pieces [Cm] like it never even [Ab] mattered
Broke [Bb] down, torn and [Eb] frayed Ain't nothing [Bb] left [Cm] he could give away
[Ab] _ _ There's no [Bb] turning round, it's broke [Eb] down _ _ _ _ Broke down _ _ _ _ _ _
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