Breakdown Chords by The Alan Parsons Project

Tempo:
84.6 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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[G]
[A] I break down in the middle and [D] lose my head.
[F]
No one can understand the word [A] that I say.
When I break down, just a little, and lose my head.
[F] Nothing I try to do can work the [A] same way.
[Dm] Anytime it happens, I get [C] over it, with [D] a little help from [A] all my friends.
[Dm] Anybody else could see what's wrong [C] with me, but they [D] walk away and just [A] breathe to me.
[D] Break [G]
down.
[Am] [G]
[Am]
[G]
[Am]
[G]
[Am] [A] I break down in the middle and [D] lose my head.
[F] No one can understand the word [A] that I say.
When I break down, just a [D] little, and lose my head.
[F] Nothing I try to do can work [A] the same way.
[Bb] When all my friends used to talk to [C] me, [D] only ever told me what [A] good is.
[Bb] People that I've never seen are kind to [Am] me.
[D] Isn't it [Em] a wonder I've [A] come [G] to break down?
[Am] [G]
[Am] [G]
[A] [Am] [G]
[Am] [A] Freedom, freedom, take the bomb away.
[G]
[A] [Am] Freedom, freedom, [A] [G]
[A] take the bomb away.
[B]
[Am] Freedom, [A] freedom, [G]
[Am] take the bomb away.
[G] [Am] [A]
[Am] [G]
[Am]
[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, build your understanding on these basic chords - A, G, Am, G, Am, A and Am in sequence. Begin your practice at a relaxed 42 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 85. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: A Minor.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] I break _ down in the middle and [D] lose my head.
[F]
No one can understand the word [A] that I say.
When I break down, just a little, and lose my head.
[F] Nothing I try to do can work the [A] same way.
_ [Dm] Anytime it happens, I get [C] over it, with [D] a little help from [A] all my _ _ friends.
_ _ _ [Dm] Anybody else could see what's wrong [C] with me, but they [D] walk away and just [A] breathe to me.
_ _ _ _ [D] Break [G] _
down.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] I break down in the middle and [D] lose my head.
[F] No one can understand the word [A] that I say.
When I break down, just a [D] little, and lose my head.
[F] Nothing I try to do can work [A] the same way.
_ [Bb] When all my friends used to talk to [C] me, [D] only ever told me what [A] good is. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] People that I've never seen are kind to [Am] me.
[D] Isn't it [Em] a wonder I've [A] come _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] to break down?
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Freedom, freedom, take the bomb away.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] Freedom, _ freedom, [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A] take the bomb away.
_ _ [B]
[Am] Freedom, [A] freedom, _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ take _ the bomb away.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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It's Eric Woolfson and Alan Parsons who authored this song.

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