Everything Is Broken Chords by Bettye Lavette

Tempo:
89.9 bpm
Chords used:

F#

E

C#

C#m

G#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bettye LaVette - "Everything Is Broken" chords
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[D#m] [F#] [E]
[D#m] [F#] [C#m]
[C#] Broken lines, broken [C#] strings, broken threads and broken [B] springs, broken eyes, broken [C#] heads,
people sleeping, drowning, [E] broken beds.
[G#] Ain't no use dying, [F#] ain't no use [E] joking.
Look around you, everything [D#m] is broken.
[C#] Broken bottles and then broken plates, broken switches and then broken [F#] gates.
Broken dishes and then [G#] broken pots, [C#] streets are filling up with all those broken [E] hearts.
[G#] Broken words [F#] never meant to be [E] spoken.
[C#] Everything [D#m] is broken.
[C#m] Every [E]
[F#] [E] [C#m]
[G#] time you stop and look around, [F#] something just gets around.
[C#m]
[B] [F#] [E]
[F#] [G#m] [C#]
[G#] Every time you leave and go off someplace, [F#] things [Bm] fall to pieces right in [F#] front of your [C#] face.
We got them broken colors and then them [E] broken songs.
We [C#m] got them broken [C#] bones and them broken laws.
[A#] We [F#] got those [E] broken bodies and those broken bones.
We got broken voices singing broken [G#m]
songs.
[G#] Take a deep breath.
[F#] Do you feel like you're choking?
[C#] Everything [F#] is [C#m] broken.
Lost, [F#]
[E] broken,
[F#] [B] [F#]
[E] lost,
[G#] [B] lost.
[E] [C#m] Everything is broken.
[C#]
[B]
[F#] [C#] [B] [C#m]
[G#] [F#]
[C#m] [N]
Key:  
F#
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E
2311
C#
12341114
C#m
13421114
G#
134211114
F#
134211112
E
2311
C#
12341114
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To start learning Bettye Lavette - Everything Is Broken chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: B, F#, E, G#, F#, B, E, D#m and F#. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 44 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 90. With E Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[D#m] _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] Broken lines, _ broken [C#] strings, _ broken threads and broken [B] springs, _ broken eyes, _ broken [C#] heads,
people sleeping, drowning, [E] broken beds.
[G#] Ain't no use dying, [F#] ain't no use [E] joking.
Look around you, _ _ everything [D#m] is broken.
[C#] _ Broken bottles and then broken plates, _ broken switches and then broken [F#] gates.
Broken dishes and then [G#] broken pots, [C#] streets are filling up with all those broken [E] hearts.
[G#] Broken words [F#] never meant to be [E] spoken.
_ [C#] Everything _ _ [D#m] is broken.
[C#m] Every [E] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [G#] _ _ time you stop and look around, [F#] _ something _ just gets around.
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [G#] Every time you leave and go off someplace, [F#] things [Bm] fall to pieces right in [F#] front of your [C#] face.
We got them broken colors and then them [E] broken songs.
We [C#m] got them broken [C#] bones and them broken laws.
[A#] We [F#] got those [E] broken bodies and those broken bones.
We got broken voices singing broken [G#m]
songs.
[G#] Take a deep breath.
[F#] Do you feel like you're choking?
_ [C#] _ _ _ Everything [F#] is [C#m] broken.
Lost, _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[E] _ broken, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ lost, _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ lost.
[E] _ [C#m] Everything is _ broken.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ [C#m] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

Facts about this song

Among the tracks on the album Thankful N Thoughtful, written by Bob Dylan, this one stands out.

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