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Broken

Tracy Chapman
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
You  can close your eyes
 And see the picture  perfect life
 Inside  of your mind
 Dreaming only  of the days ahead
 Wanted and  wished for more than now
 Or the days behind
You  waste your time
 The picture  makes a promise
 The flesh  lets it be broken
 The picture  makes a promise
 The flesh  lets it be broken
  (same chord pattern the entire song)
 You can never think
 You can't even stop yourself
 Before the words have been spoken
 And you've already said
 You would give everything
 And something for nothing
 Everybody thinks you're joking
 The picture makes a promise
 The flesh lets it be broken
 The picture makes a promise
 The flesh lets it be broken
 You want to be the one
 Made over be your own
 Before and after
 And a supermarket
 Beauty in a bottle queen
 Who'll one day grace a
 check-out counter
 Magazine front cover
 Though the fine print reads
 The picture makes a promise
 The flesh lets it be broken
 The picture makes a promise
 The flesh lets it be broken
 Lets it be broken
 Lets it be broken
 Broken
 Lets it be broken
 Lets it be broken
 Broken
 Broken
 Your life is never what you wanted
 Not even halfway normal
 Just tarnished and soiled
 When in your reach
 A framed and frozen moment
 So far from perfection
 Not truth or transcendence
 Will set you free
 Still you don't believe
 The picture makes a promise
 The flesh lets it be broken
 The picture makes a promise
 The flesh lets it be broke
  (End on )

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Readable chord sheet for Broken by Tracy Chapman

[Em]You can close your eyes
And see the [C]picture perfect life
Ins[G]ide of your mi[D]nd
Dreaming [Em]only of the days ahead [C]
Wanted and[G] wished for more than now  [D]
Or the days behind
[Em]You waste your time

The pic[C]ture makes a promise
The fl[G]esh lets it be [D]broken  [Em]
The pict[C]ure makes a promise
The f[G]lesh lets it be [D]broken  [Em]

           (same chord pattern the entire song)

You can never think
You can't even stop yourself
Before the words have been spoken
And you've already said
You would give everything
And something for nothing
Everybody thinks you're joking

The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken

You want to be the one
Made over be your own
Before and after
And a supermarket
Beauty in a bottle queen
Who'll one day grace a
check-out counter
Magazine front cover
Though the fine print reads

The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken

Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Broken
Lets it be broken
Lets it be broken
Broken
Broken

Your life is never what you wanted
Not even halfway normal
Just tarnished and soiled
When in your reach
A framed and frozen moment
So far from perfection
Not truth or transcendence
Will set you free
Still you don't believe

The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broken
The picture makes a promise
The flesh lets it be broke

         (End on [C])

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