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Something Broken

John Hiatt
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There's  something broken in my heart
 oh it was nothing  you done
 There's something broken  in my heart
 I guess that's just  the way it come
 There's something broken  in my heart
 Something I just  can't fix
 There's something broken,  something broken  in my heart.
 I've tried every powder  and every pill
 to put it back together  somehow
 Rode high with the fool  up on the hill
 Came down with the draft  horse and the plow
 I've been to the land  of milk and honey
 but honey I'm broke  down now
 There's something broken,  something broken  in my heart.
 I'm gonna go  downtown tonight and find me a woman
 And try to keep  those jagged edges from my mind
 And if I don't  start a fight I'll just keep running
 Until I break  on through into the morning light
 There's something broken  in my heart
 oh it was nothing  you done
 There's something broken  in my heart
 I know I'm not  the only one
 There's something broken  in my heart
 Something I just  can't fix
 There's something broken,  something broken  in my  heart.
 Oh something broken, something broken  in my heart.

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Readable chord sheet for Something Broken by John Hiatt

[C]There's something broken in my heart
oh it was no[F]thing you done
There's something br[C]oken in my heart
I guess that's j[G]ust the way it come
There's something b[C]roken in my heart
Something I ju[F]st can't fix
There's something bro[C]ken, something brok[G]en in my [C]heart.

I've tried every [C]powder and every pill
to put it back toget[F]her somehow
Rode high with the fo[C]ol up on the hill
Came down with the dr[G]aft horse and the plow
I've been to the l[C]and of milk and honey
but honey I'm br[F]oke down now
There's something b[C]roken, something b[G]roken in my h[C]eart.

I'm gonna [F]go downtown tonight and find me a w[C]oman
And try to ke[F]ep those jagged edges from [C]my [G]mind
And if I do[F]n't start a fight I'll just keep run[C]ning
Until I br[F]eak on through into the morning li[G]ght
There's something br[C]oken in my heart
oh it was not[F]hing you done
There's something b[C]roken in my heart
I know I'm n[G]ot the only one
There's something br[C]oken in my heart
Something I ju[F]st can't fix
There's something [C]broken, something b[G]roken in my[C] heart.
Oh something broken, something b[G]roken in my he[F]art.[C]

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