Breaking The Girl
By Red Hot Chili Peppers
* You can scroll down to the bottom for suggested chord voicings.
INTRO
A – – Badd4/A, C/A, C/A –
Dadd9/A – – E/A, A(Type2), A(Type2) – (4x)
VERSE 1
A – – Badd4/A, C/A, C/A –
I am a man
Dadd9/A – – E/A, A(Type2), A(Type2) –
Cut from the know
A – – Badd4/A, C/A, C/A –
Rarely do friends
Dadd9/A – – E/A, A(Type2), A(Type2) –
Come and then go
A – – Badd4/A, C/A, C/A –
She was a girl
Dadd9/A – – E/A, A(Type2), A(Type2) –
Soft but estranged
A – – Badd4/A, C/A, C/A –
We were the two
Dadd9/A – – E/A, A(Type2), A(Type2) – – –
Our lives rearranged
REFRAIN 1
C – – G – – Am – – – –
Feeling so good that day
C – – G – – FM7/C – – – –
A feeling of love that day
CHORUS 1
Am7 – E7/B –
Twisting and turning
Am/C – G/D –
Your feelings are burning
E7 – – – –
You’re breaking the girl
Am7 – E7/B – Am/C – G/D – FM7 – – – –
She meant you no harm
Am7 – E7/B –
Think you’re so clever
Am/C – G/D –
But now you must sever
E7 – – – –
You’re breaking the girl
Am7 – E7/B – Am/C – G/D – FM7 – – F7 – E7 –
He loves no one else
VERSE 2
A – – Badd4/A, C/A, C/A –
Raised by my dad
Dadd9/A – – E/A, A(Type2), A(Type2) –
Girl of the day
A – – Badd4/A, C/A, C/A –
He was my man
Dadd9/A – – E/A, A(Type2), A(Type2) –
That was the way
A – – Badd4/A, C/A, C/A –
She was the girl
Dadd9/A – – E/A, A(Type2), A(Type2) –
Left alone
A – – Badd4/A, C/A, C/A –
Feeling no need
Dadd9/A – – E/A, A(Type2), A(Type2) – – –
To make me her home
REFRAIN 2
C – – G – – Am – – – –
Well I don’t know what when or why
C – – G – – FM7/C – – – –
The twilight of love had arrived
CHORUS 2
Am7 – E7/B –
Twisting and turning
Am/C – G/D –
Your feelings are burning
E7 – – – –
You’re breaking the girl
Am7 – E7/B – Am/C – G/D – FM7 – – – –
She meant you no harm
Am7 – E7/B –
Think you’re so clever
Am/C – G/D –
But now you must sever
E7 – – – –
You’re breaking the girl
Am7 – E7/B – Am/C – G/D – FM7 – – F7 – E7 –
He loves no one else
INTERLUDE
Am – – – Bdim7 – (4x)
CHORUS 3
Am7 – E7/B –
Twisting and turning
Am/C – G/D –
Your feelings are burning
E7 – – – –
You’re breaking the girl
Am7 – E7/B – Am/C – G/D – FM7 – – – –
She meant you no harm
Am7 – E7/B –
Think you’re so clever
Am/C – G/D –
But now you must sever
E7 – – – –
You’re breaking the girl
Am7 – E7/B – Am/C – G/D – FM7 – – – –
He loves no one else
OUTRO
Am7 – E7/B – Am/C – G/D – E7 – – – –
Am7 – E7/B – Am/C – G/D – FM7 – – – – (Fade out)
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