Breaker Keeper chords by Bear’s Den

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 9th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C majorC G+G E minorEm D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD

Verse 1:
C majorC      G+G
 Red on the carpet floor
E minorEm     D MajorD        C majorC
 Is all forgiven or forever stored
    G+G
In each lie we tell
D MajorD       E minorEm             C majorC    G+G D MajorD
 And in each silence that we choose not to fill
C majorC      G+G
 Truth is a part of me died
E minorEm        D MajorD             C majorC
 When you said "I don't really want to be alive"
G+G
Time stood still
D MajorD    E minorEm         C majorC    G+G D MajorD
 And it hasn't really moved since

Chorus:
E minorEm             C majorC G+G  D MajorD
  As the torrents bend the tired pines
B minorBm   E minorEm      C majorC   G+G  D MajorD
I cave in to what I can't make right
E minorEm     C majorC
My shield, my shroud
G+G             D MajorD
 Does it clear or does it cloud?
  E minorEm   B minorBm  C majorC
My shield, my shroud
    G+G        D MajorD
Does it clear or does it cloud?
D MajorD
My breaker, my keeper
D MajorD          C majorC
My breaker, my keeper

 G+G E minorEm D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD

Verse 2:
C majorC       G+G
 Your sorrow, your martyrdom
E minorEm      D MajorD           C majorC    G+G     D MajorD
 Lord knows I harbour some of the same darkness in my mind
    E minorEm          C majorC        G+G D MajorD
Now the spaces seem to grow between the light
C majorC       G+G      E minorEm
 Frightened, fearful words, all that you swear
  D MajorD          C majorC      G+G     D MajorD
You believe, you didn't deserve all you decry
     E minorEm           C majorC       G+G D MajorD
Well it's all been burned so deep inside my mind

Chorus:
E minorEm             C majorC G+G  D MajorD
  As the torrents bend the tired pines
B minorBm   E minorEm      C majorC   G+G  D MajorD
I cave in to what I can't make right
E minorEm     C majorC
My shield, my shroud
G+G             D MajorD
 Does it clear or does it cloud?
  E minorEm   B minorBm   C majorC
My thread, my way out
    G+G        D MajorD
Does it clear or does it cloud?
D MajorD
My breaker, my keeper


Bridge:
    E minorEm
I was a shoe horn, I was a crowbar
   C majorC     G+G
I was your Ohio Blue Tip
   D MajorD          E minorEm
I was your old man, I was a best friend
   C majorC         D MajorD
I was there and that is all
    E minorEm
I was a shoe horn, I was a crowbar
   C majorC     G+G
I was your Ohio Blue Tip
      D MajorD        E minorEm
I was your old man, I was a best friend
   C majorC         D MajorD
I was there and that is all


Outro:
D MajorD
My breaker, my keeper
D MajorD
My breaker, my keeper
D MajorD
My breaker, my keeper
D MajorD          C majorC
My breaker, my keeper

 G+G E minorEm D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD