Breaking Away Chords by Status Quo
Tempo:
96.85 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
G
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [D]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[Am]
[A] I'm going to make a pile of money, I'm going to take it out every day.
[G] Me [A] and my wife don't need everybody, but we're throwing it all away.
[D] But I'm changing my shoes, [C] and [G] [A] [Am] [A] [Am]
[G] I'm [D] breaking away.
[Bb] [F]
[E] [E] [A] [Am]
[A] Me and my baby, rolling in the rocks on my national wedding day.
[G] [A] Hot boys decked up on the television, and they're getting about to play.
[D] But I'm changing my shoes, [C] and [G] [A]
[Am] [A] [Am] [G] I'm [D] breaking [Bb] away.
[C] [D] [E]
[G] Breaking [D] [Bb] away.
[F]
[Em] [E]
Ballroom is rolling, with a puppet in the wing.
We're [D] throwing [E] it all away.
[D]
[E] Beatles with the road crew, most guys to the white.
Singing [D] the menu [E] of the day,
[A] flying through the breakfast, sleeping on the plane.
Looking a good deal better than we'll [B] ever feel [E] again.
It ain't real to us then, good to you all if you're real.
I'm up, [D] down the [E] street, [D] [E]
sitting in a hotel, falling off the stage.
Too [D] many to [E] wander between, [A]
old men in white clothes, show me how to choke.
Spinning Jesus on the grass, with [B] whiskey [E] and coke.
[D]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[Am] [A]
[Am] [A] [Am] [A] Me and my friends are hating everybody, who's got nothing but the same.
[G]
[A] They're down looking out of the mouth, because they don't live every day there.
[D] But I'm changing my tune, [C] [G] [A]
[Am] [G] and I'm [D] breaking away.
[Bb] [E]
[G] Breaking [D] away.
[Bb] [E] [D] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[Am]
[A] I'm going to make a pile of money, I'm going to take it out every day.
[G] Me [A] and my wife don't need everybody, but we're throwing it all away.
[D] But I'm changing my shoes, [C] and [G] [A] [Am] [A] [Am]
[G] I'm [D] breaking away.
[Bb] [F]
[E] [E] [A] [Am]
[A] Me and my baby, rolling in the rocks on my national wedding day.
[G] [A] Hot boys decked up on the television, and they're getting about to play.
[D] But I'm changing my shoes, [C] and [G] [A]
[Am] [A] [Am] [G] I'm [D] breaking [Bb] away.
[C] [D] [E]
[G] Breaking [D] [Bb] away.
[F]
[Em] [E]
Ballroom is rolling, with a puppet in the wing.
We're [D] throwing [E] it all away.
[D]
[E] Beatles with the road crew, most guys to the white.
Singing [D] the menu [E] of the day,
[A] flying through the breakfast, sleeping on the plane.
Looking a good deal better than we'll [B] ever feel [E] again.
It ain't real to us then, good to you all if you're real.
I'm up, [D] down the [E] street, [D] [E]
sitting in a hotel, falling off the stage.
Too [D] many to [E] wander between, [A]
old men in white clothes, show me how to choke.
Spinning Jesus on the grass, with [B] whiskey [E] and coke.
[D]
[A]
[D]
[A]
[Am] [A]
[Am] [A] [Am] [A] Me and my friends are hating everybody, who's got nothing but the same.
[G]
[A] They're down looking out of the mouth, because they don't live every day there.
[D] But I'm changing my tune, [C] [G] [A]
[Am] [G] and I'm [D] breaking away.
[Bb] [E]
[G] Breaking [D] away.
[Bb] [E] [D] [E]
[Em]
[E]
[A] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[E]
Key:
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D
G
Am
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_ [A] I'm going to make a pile of money, I'm going to take it out every day.
[G] Me [A] and my wife don't need everybody, but we're throwing it all away.
[D] But I'm changing my shoes, [C] _ and [G] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] I'm [D] breaking away.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ Me and my baby, rolling in the rocks on my national wedding day.
[G] [A] Hot boys decked up on the television, and they're getting about to play.
[D] But I'm changing my shoes, [C] _ and [G] _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [G] I'm [D] breaking _ [Bb] away.
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_ [G] Breaking [D] _ [Bb] away.
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_ Ballroom is rolling, with a puppet in the wing.
We're [D] throwing [E] it all away.
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[E] Beatles with the road crew, most guys to the white.
Singing [D] the menu [E] of the day, _ _
[A] flying through the breakfast, sleeping on the plane.
Looking a good deal better than we'll [B] ever feel [E] again. _ _ _ _ _
It ain't real to us then, good to you all if you're real.
I'm up, [D] down the [E] street, _ [D] _ [E]
sitting in a hotel, falling off the stage.
Too [D] many to [E] wander between, _ _ [A]
old men in white clothes, show me how to choke.
Spinning Jesus on the grass, with [B] whiskey [E] and coke.
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[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ [A] Me and my friends are hating everybody, who's got nothing but the same.
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[A] They're down looking out of the mouth, because they don't live every day there.
[D] But I'm changing my tune, [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] and I'm [D] breaking away.
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_ [G] Breaking [D] away.
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_ [A] I'm going to make a pile of money, I'm going to take it out every day.
[G] Me [A] and my wife don't need everybody, but we're throwing it all away.
[D] But I'm changing my shoes, [C] _ and [G] _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] I'm [D] breaking away.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ Me and my baby, rolling in the rocks on my national wedding day.
[G] [A] Hot boys decked up on the television, and they're getting about to play.
[D] But I'm changing my shoes, [C] _ and [G] _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ [G] I'm [D] breaking _ [Bb] away.
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_ [G] Breaking [D] _ [Bb] away.
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_ Ballroom is rolling, with a puppet in the wing.
We're [D] throwing [E] it all away.
_ [D] _
[E] Beatles with the road crew, most guys to the white.
Singing [D] the menu [E] of the day, _ _
[A] flying through the breakfast, sleeping on the plane.
Looking a good deal better than we'll [B] ever feel [E] again. _ _ _ _ _
It ain't real to us then, good to you all if you're real.
I'm up, [D] down the [E] street, _ [D] _ [E]
sitting in a hotel, falling off the stage.
Too [D] many to [E] wander between, _ _ [A]
old men in white clothes, show me how to choke.
Spinning Jesus on the grass, with [B] whiskey [E] and coke.
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[Am] _ _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ [A] Me and my friends are hating everybody, who's got nothing but the same.
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[A] They're down looking out of the mouth, because they don't live every day there.
[D] But I'm changing my tune, [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] and I'm [D] breaking away.
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_ [G] Breaking [D] away.
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