Chords for Robert Downey Jr. - Broken

_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ Broken.
[F#] _ [E] _
That one goes way back too.
_ [C] Deborah [Cm] Falconer, my [G] ex-wife and [Am] mother of young master,
_ _ [A#] [Dm] she kind of [Em] inspired _ [G] this song about being in a [Am] relationship
with someone who's got a lot of [Dm] _ miles [C] to go
before they're kind of [Em]
[G] roadworthy.
In love with a [C] broken heart
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G]
You fell in love with a [C] broken heart _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Love in these [Bm] modern _ times
[C] There'll be someone [G] new every night
Some [Bm] other [G] love [Bm] yarn
_ [G]
To wrap my arms around
No one else can [D] understand
_ [G] I _ _ _ can't hear you Trust [Am] me
[Cm] _ _ _ Not about you
_ [G] And that's the first time Jonathan had [Am] me go into a [C] studio.
It might have even been in New York.
And Deb [Em] sang the _ [G] answer vocal, and I laid [Am] this down.
And the funny thing about [C] it is, even though we moved around the chorus
and [G] there's this middle eight now,
which may or may not be on [Am] anything besides the record,
that song is [Em] largely unchanged.
[G] But when I got together with [Dm] Mark,
we figured out [G] these just great, I think, really kind of,
for my taste anyway, poetic, kind of _ sadistic lyrics
for some of [D] the other verses, and that was [G] great.
_ You'd feel my medicine side effect
Think I'll [D] grab some magazines
[C] I know _ [G] you've never seen me
I promised you
You believed [D#] _
[Cm] me
[G] If Elias, if I had met [Am] him when he was doing picture music
and writing the like, ba [Em]-na-ba-na-ba-na-ba-na, and all, you know,
[G] _ back then, he said, you know, and I'd [Am] go into the studio
and we'd all be doing whatever we were doing [E] in the 80s,
and I'd roll by there with [G] Matt Dillon and some buddies.
It was basically somewhere to just hang [Am] out until the clubs opened or whatever,
[C] and we'd go there and I'd play piano, so I'd lay [D] stuff down.
He goes, you should record that.
[Em]
[G] So honestly, honestly, it would probably still [D] be a hobby _
[G] if Elias [C] hadn't _ [D] _ _ [G] _
grilled me on doing something about it.
It's taken a long time because, you know. _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] Your _ _ [E] _
[A] _ [G] lifestyle [D] has changed over the years.
[G] Oh, yeah.
Has [F] that changed your music a lot?
_ [C] _ _ _ [G]
Well, I'm able to complete [A] recording, yes.
[Cm] It's changed a lot.
I think Robert having [C#] time really didn't do [G] much
without someone [F#] really focusing him and going [F] through the things,
but I don't think that [Em] he was really ready to do it much earlier.
I think [G] we've done three or four albums [F#] already up till now,
but I [F] don't think it was really as focused or [Em] centered as it is now.
[G] What do you want to write about, James?
Well, to tell [D#m] you the truth, this record [F] has _ a_
There's definitely some [Em] hope [G] and prayer and [G#] optimism in it.
[Em] I mean, a lot of it comes from a [Cm] somewhat of a more genuinely dissatisfied and angry place.
I'm not [G] saying that, you know, should I do another one or it would be a love fest,
but [Am] I'm realizing now that_
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ So, love's [F] crossing, _ time [Em] slows down.
This [G] is a love fest, but you'll never [Am] see me.
I want you to [Dm] believe me.
Rats don't [Em] have no [Am] plan.
[Dm] I know [G] what's ahead.
Love with a [Am] broken heart.
So, I'm [F] sitting here, you should kiss me [Em] till the space shows.
[G] You fell in love with a broken [Am] heart. _
[F] I'm alright.
And [Em] it's true.
The [C] future's just really [G] positive.
Little Clowns has an opening message. _ _ _ _
[N] If you fell in love with a broken heart, it's on saying that, you know_
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ It's clearly an [B] exorcism.