Broke Down
Slaid CleavesVersion1
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Sherry had a pawn shop band of gold,
A sink full of dishes and a love grown cold,
Along came a boy, pretty as the devil,
She took his hand, the whole thing unravelled,
There's no turnin' round,
It's broke down.
Billy took the ring, jammed it in his pocket,
Drove down town and tried to hock it,
Down at the bottom of Lake Ponchartrain,
There's a love not carved inside a wedding ring.
Broke down, cracked and shattered,
Left in pieces like it never even mattered,
Broke down, torn and frayed,
Ain't nothin' left you could give away,
There's no turnin' round,
It's broke down.
Ain't no tellin where love goes,
Maybe down where the black river flows,
Won't be comin' back round,
It's broke down.
Baby in the back seat, another on the way,
Sherry thinks of Billy at the end of every day,
She spends her nights waiting for real life to start,
Listening to the sound of her double crossed heart.
Broke down, cracked and shattered,
Left in pieces like it never even mattered,
There's no turnin' round,
It's broke down.
On the other side of town, two lovers lie still,
Cigarette smokin' on a window sill,
There's a picture locked up in an old suitcase,
Billy closes his eyes but he still sees her face.
Broke down, cracked and shattered,
Left in pieces like it never even mattered,
Broke down, torn and frayed,
Ain't nothin' left you could give away,
There's no turnin' round,
It's broke down.
Broke down.
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Readable chord sheet for Broke Down by Slaid Cleaves
[D]Sherry had a pawn shop band of gold, A sink full of dishes and a love grown cold, [G]Along came a boy, [A]pretty as the devil, She [D]took his [A]hand, the whole thi[Bm]ng unravelled, [G]There's no turnin' [A]round, It's broke [D]down. [D]Billy took the ring, jammed it in his pocket, Drove down town and tried to hock it, [G]Down at the bottom of La[A]ke Ponchartrain, There's a l[D]ove not c[A]arved inside a we[Bm]dding ring. [G]Broke down, [A]cracked and shattered, [D]Left in p[A]ieces like it[Bm] never even mattered, [G]Broke down, [A]torn and frayed, [D]Ain't nothin' le[A]ft you could[Bm] give away, [G]There's no turnin' [A]round, It's broke [D]down. [G]Ain't no tellin where love goes, [A]Maybe down where the [D]black river flows, [G]Won't be comin' back [A]round, It's broke [D]down. [D]Baby in the back seat, another on the way, Sherry thinks of Billy at the end of every day, [G]She spends her nights waiting fo[A]r real life to start, [D]Listening to the s[A]ound of her do[Bm]uble crossed heart. [G]Broke down, c[A]racked and shattered, [D]Left in pi[A]eces like it n[Bm]ever even mattered, [G]There's no turnin' r[A]ound, It's broke [D]down. [D]On the other side of town, two lovers lie still, Cigarette smokin' on a window sill, There's a p[G]icture locked up in an ol[A]d suitcase, Billy c[D]loses his e[A]yes but he sti[Bm]ll sees her face. [G]Broke down, crac[A]ked and shattered, [D]Left in p[A]ieces like it ne[Bm]ver even mattered, [G]Broke down, to[A]rn and frayed, Ain't [D]nothin' le[A]ft you could giv[Bm]e away, [G]There's no turnin' ro[A]und, It's b[D]roke down. [D]Broke down.