Breakdown Chords by The Alan Parsons Project

Tempo:
84.4 bpm
Chords used:

A

Am

G

D

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Alan Parsons Project - Breakdown chords
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[A]
[G] I [A] break down in the middle of the blues, my friend.
[F] No one can understand the words that [A] I say.
When I break down just a little, [A] I lose my head.
The [F] love and the pride that you can word the same [A] way.
[Dm] Anytime you have a little, you can say,
I get on [D] grip with a little help [A] from my friends.
[Dm] Anybody else could see [D] what's wrong with me,
but they walk [D] away and just [A] breathe to me.
[Am]
[G]
[Am]
[G]
[Am] [A] I break down in the middle of the blues, my friend.
[F] No one can understand the [A] words that I say.
When I break down just a little, I lose my head.
[F] The love and the pride that you can word [A] the same way.
[Bb] Where are all the friends who used to talk [D] to me,
only ever told me what's [A] good for me?
[Bb] People that I've never seen, not kind to [D] me.
Is it any wonder I've [A] come to
[G]
[Am] [A]
[A]
[Am] [A]
[Am] you?
[G]
[Am] [A] [Am] Freedom, freedom, [A] take the ball from me.
[G] Freedom, freedom, [Am] take the ball from me.
[A]
[G]
[Am]
Take the [G] ball from me.
[Am] Take the ball [A]
from me.
[G] [Am]
[G]
[N]
Key:  
A
1231
Am
2311
G
2131
D
1321
F
134211111
A
1231
Am
2311
G
2131
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To start learning The Alan Parsons Project - Breakdown chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: G, A, Am, A, Am, G, Dm, C, D and A. Set your pace at 42 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 85. Considering the song's key of D Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ I [A] break down in the middle of the blues, my friend.
[F] No one can understand the words that [A] I say.
When I break down just a little, [A] I lose my head.
The [F] love and the pride that you can word the same [A] way.
_ _ [Dm] Anytime you have a little, you can say,
I get on [D] grip with a little help [A] from my _ _ _ friends.
_ _ [Dm] Anybody else could see [D] what's wrong with me,
but they walk [D] away and just [A] breathe to me. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [A] I break down in the middle of the blues, my friend.
[F] No one can understand the [A] words that I say.
When I break down just a little, I lose my head.
[F] The love and the pride that you can word [A] the same way.
_ _ [Bb] Where are all the friends who used to talk [D] to me,
only ever told me what's [A] good for me? _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] People that I've never seen, not kind to [D] me.
Is it any wonder I've [A] come to _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ you? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] Freedom, freedom, [A] take the ball from me.
_ [G] Freedom, freedom, [Am] take the ball from me.
[A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Take the [G] ball from me. _
_ [Am] Take the ball _ _ [A] _ _
from me.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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This song was authored by Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons.

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