Broken Chords by Tracy Chapman

One, two, three, four.
[F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ The picture makes a [A] promise, the flesh lets it [E] be _ [A] broken.
[F#m] _ _
[A] The [D] picture makes a [A] promise, the flesh lets it [E] be _ [A] broken.
[F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You can never think, you can't even [D] stop yourself,
for the words [E] have been spoken.
_ _ [F#m] You've already said, you would give _ [D] everything,
and [E] something for nothing.
_ [F#m] Everybody thinks you're joking.
_ [D] The picture makes [A] a promise, the flesh lets [E] it be _ [F#m] broken.
The _
[D] picture makes a [A] promise, the flesh lets [E] it be _ [F#m] broken. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You want to be the one, [D] made over, be your own,
[A] for and after, _ [E] and the _ [F#m] supermarket's beauty in a [D] bottle.
You're the queen, who one day [A] graced the checkout counter,
[E] magazine front [F#m] cover, though the fine printer [D] reads.
The picture makes a [A] promise, the flesh lets [E] it be [A] [E] broken.
[F#m] _ The _
_ [D] picture makes a [A] promise, the flesh lets it be broken.
[E] _ [A] Let's it be [F#m] broken, broken. _ _
[A] Let's it [Bm] be broken, broken. _ _ _
[F#m] _ Broken, broken, _ _ [D] let's it be [F#m] broken, woken. _ _
[E] Let's it [F#m] be broken, broken. _ _ _
_ [Bm] Broken, broken.
Broken, _ _
[F#m] _ broken, [A] broken
When [F#m] your life is never what you wanted
[A] Not even halfway normal
[D] Just tarnished and soiled
[E] When in your [A] reach
[D] A framed and frozen moment
[A] So far from perfection
[D] Not truth or [A] transcendence
[E] Will set you free
[F#m] Still you don't believe
[D] Picture makes a [A] promise
The flash that should [E] be broken
[F#m] _ The _ _ [D] picture makes a [A] promise
The flash that should [E] be [A] broken
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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