How Can You Mend A Broken Heart Chords by Al Green

Tempo:
73.125 bpm
Chords used:

A

F#m

B

E

G#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
[F#m]
[A] [B]
[A] [B]
[A] [G#m] [F#m]
[E] I can think of younger days when life for my [F#m]
was everything [E] a man could want to do.
[G#]
I could never see [C#m] through my heart.
[F#]
I was never told [B]
about the sorrow.
[E] And can you mend a broken heart?
[F#m]
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
Tell [A] me how can [B] you stop the [A]
sun [B] from shining?
[A]
What makes [G#m] the world [F#m] go [E]
round?
And how can you mend this broken man?
[F#m]
How can a loser ever be?
Somebody, [A] please, help [B] me mend my [A]
broken [B] heart.
[A]
And let [G#m] me [F#m] build [E] again.
[A] I [E] can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees.
[F#m]
And misty memories of [E] days gone by.
[G#] But me could never see [C#m] through my heart.
I know.
Would you believe [F#] that no one, no one ever told us [B] about the [E] [B] sorrow?
So how [E]
can you mend a broken heart?
[F#m]
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
[D] [A] How can [B] you stop the [A] sun from [B] shining?
[A]
What makes [G#m] the world [F#m] go [E]
round?
And sometimes I feel the same way.
[F#m]
La, la, la, la, la.
Somebody, [A]
please help [B] me mend my [A]
broken [B] heart.
I [A]
just wanna, I just [G#m] wanna, I [F#m] just wanna, I just [E] wanna, I just wanna be here with you, baby.
How can you man, this broken man, yeah.
Somebody [F#m] tell me, how can a loser ever win, baby.
I wanna say, [Bm] baby, [A]
you kept [B] me in my, [A]
my soul, [B] broken heart.
[A] I thank God, I know [G#m] I, [F#m] I believe I, [E] I feel like I got to, I feel like I wanna live again.
How can you man, this broken heart, somebody please tell [F#m] me, how can you stop the rain from falling down.
I know my clothes are all wet, [A] tell me, how [B] can you man my, [A]
please help me man my [B] broken heart.
[A] I thank God, [G#m] [F#m] I know I, I believe I, [E]
I got a feeling that I want to live, live and live.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
[F#m] [N]
Key:  
A
1231
F#m
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B
12341112
E
2311
G#m
123111114
A
1231
F#m
123111112
B
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Let's start jamming Al Green - How Can You Mend A Broken Heart chords, Practice these chords sequence - F#m, A, B, A, G#m, F#m, E and F#m. A strategic approach would be to train at 36 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 73. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of E Major in mind.

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ _ I _ can think of younger days _ _ when life for my [F#m] _
_ _ was everything [E] a man could want to do.
_ _ _ [G#]
I could never see [C#m] through my heart.
_ _ [F#]
I was never told [B]
about the sorrow. _
_ _ [E] And can you mend a broken heart?
_ _ _ [F#m] _
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
_ _ Tell [A] me how can [B] you stop the _ [A]
sun [B] from shining?
_ [A]
What makes [G#m] the world [F#m] go [E]
round?
_ _ And how can you mend this broken man?
_ _ [F#m] _ _
How can a loser ever be?
_ _ Somebody, [A] please, help [B] me mend my [A] _
broken [B] heart.
_ [A]
And let [G#m] me [F#m] build [E] again.
_ _ _ _ [A] I [E] can _ _ _ _ _ still feel the breeze _ _ that rustles through the trees.
_ [F#m]
And misty memories of [E] days gone _ by.
[G#] But me could never see [C#m] through my heart.
I know.
Would you believe [F#] that no one, no one ever told us [B] about the [E] [B] sorrow? _
So how [E] _ _
can you mend _ a broken heart?
_ _ _ [F#m]
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
_ _ _ [D] [A] How can [B] you stop the [A] sun from [B] shining?
_ _ [A]
What makes [G#m] the world [F#m] go [E]
round?
And sometimes I feel the same way. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
La, la, la, la, _ la.
_ _ Somebody, [A] _
please help [B] me mend my _ [A]
broken _ [B] heart.
I [A]
just wanna, I just [G#m] wanna, I [F#m] just wanna, I just [E] wanna, I just wanna be here with you, baby.
How can you man, this broken man, yeah.
Somebody [F#m] tell me, how can a loser ever win, baby.
I wanna say, [Bm] baby, [A] _
you kept [B] me in my, _ [A]
my soul, [B] broken heart.
[A] I thank God, I know [G#m] I, [F#m] I believe I, [E] I feel like I got to, I feel like I wanna live again.
How can you man, this broken heart, somebody please tell [F#m] me, how can you stop the rain from falling down.
I know my clothes are all wet, [A] tell me, how [B] can you man my, [A]
please help me man my [B] broken heart.
[A] I thank God, [G#m] [F#m] I know I, I believe I, [E]
I got a feeling that I want to live, live and live.
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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Among the tracks on the album Greatest Hits: The Best of, written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb, this one stands out.

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