Breaking Away Chords by Status Quo

Tempo:
96.85 bpm
Chords used:

A

E

D

G

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Status Quo-Breaking Away chords
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[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]
Key:  
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
G
2131
Am
2311
A
1231
E
2311
D
1321
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To learn Status Quo - Breaking Away chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - E, D, C, G, A, Am, A, D and E of chords. Set your pace at 48 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 97. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: A Major.

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[E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [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.
_ [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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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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] _ [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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
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