Breaking The Girl

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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