They Broke Him Down Chords by Streetlight Manifesto

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Did I mention we were dreaming? _
When the [E] devil came to town I wasn't walking [Am] by that screaming, but [G] nobody heard a _ sound
And the [F] lies we told at breakfast will match [Am] the lies we had for _ lunch
And the lies [E] we said for dinner
_ _ [F] _ _ _ Did _
[G] _ _ _ [C] you notice he was calling us
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
And I'm [F] still alive on your _ daddy
[Am] _
_ _ And the one [E] thing that will haunt me
[F] Will _ _ haunt [G] me
Right before his final breath [C] he _ said
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ And they broke [C] him down
Yeah they [G] broke him down
_ [Dm] Said I'll never be a saint you [Fm] see
Cause I won't be hanging around
So they [C] broke him down
Yeah they [G] broke him down
So [Dm] I stood there and I held my breath
[Fm] Cause I knew that it wouldn't be long till they [C] broke me down
[Am] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Did _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] I mention we were flailing?
_ When the angels [E] came around
_ Me and [Am] Satchel they were waiting _
For the [G] first of us to drown
And I started [F] going under
I _ [Am] _ prayed for the last thing that [E] I needed
For the end
For [F] the end
_ _ [G] Oh I'm holding dead [C] Oh no
[Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
[Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ And no one holds [G] a cross dear
Like [F] I do
I [C] see it through
[G] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ And you may [G] not _ know
[F] It was nothing much at the [C] time
But I kept it [G] bottled inside
[E] _ _ _
Oh [Am] and we all know how that _ [E]
goes
_ Yeah I'd [Am] given up on letting _ [F] go
_ _ So here [C] we _ are
With [E] nothing left dear
And [F] now you've left dear
And I [G] was left to drown
And they [C] broke him down _
Yeah they [G] broke him down
_ So [Dm] _
I can't be your saint you [Fm] see
Cause I won't be hanging around
And they [C] broke him _ down
Yeah they broke [G] him down
_ _ [Dm] So I stood there and held my [Fm] breath
And I _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ was like holy [C] _ smoke
Some [E] say he'd given up the dust
But I think [Am] he's in the background
Somewhere in the background
[G] Hiding in his favorite photograph
[F] And he's living as a bad girl
A bad girl
Or [Am] a millionaire _
_ [E] And they made a show of us
A show of us
Made [F] a show of us
_ _ [G] And I'm so [D] perfect
And they [C] broke him down
Yeah they broke [G] him down
_ So [Dm] I can't be your saint you [Fm] see
Cause I won't be hanging around
And they broke [C] him down
Yeah they broke _ _ [G] him down _
So [Dm] I stood there and held my [Fm] breath
And I didn't want to be lonely
Cause they [C] broke him down _
Yeah they [G] broke him down
_ _ [Dm]
So I can't be your saint you see
[Fm] Cause I won't be hanging around
And they [C] broke him down
No _ [G] cookies, and no surprise
[Dm] So I stood there and I held my [Fm] breath
Plus I knew that it wouldn't be long till they broke me
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