Broken Boy chords by Cage The Elephant

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: B minorBm

Difficulty: Novice

Key: B minorBm
Tempo: 167 bpm

Rhythm: The rhythm in this song is mostly synth pads and a driving bass guitar playing swing eighths.
Playing power chords (Bm5, D5, G5G5) during verse can replicate bass feel.


Pre-Intro:
-Experimental noise over B minorBm and A augmentedA :)

Intro:
|B minorBm | |B minorBm | |D MajorD |G+G |B minorBm | |

Verse:
B minorBm
 I was born on the wrong side of the train tracks
B minorBm
 I was raised with a strap across my back
D MajorD       G+G             B minorBm
 Lay me on my side or hold me up to the light, yeah
B minorBm
 I was burned by the cold kiss of a vampire
B minorBm
 I was bit by the whisper of a soft liar
D MajorD          G+G             B minorBm
 Any good friend of yours is a good friend of mine

Chorus:
G+G     B minorBm  G+G       B minorBm
  Broken boy,   how does it feel?
G+G     B minorBm           G+G       B minorBm
  Broken boy, how does it feel?  How does it feel?

Interlude:
|B minorBm | |B minorBm | |D MajorD |G+G |B minorBm | |


Verse:
B minorBm
 Tell me why I'm forced to live in this skin
B minorBm
 Tell me why I’m forced to live in this skin
D MajorD          G+G      B minorBm
 I'm an alien, I'm just an ali-en, oh
B minorBm
 Tell me why I was born to live in this skin
B minorBm
 Tell me how I’m supposed to be forgiven
D MajorD           G+G           B minorBm
 With my hand in the hive and the sun in my eyes, yeah

Chorus:
G+G     B minorBm  G+G       B minorBm
  Broken boy,   how does it feel?
G+G     B minorBm           G+G       N.C. (brake down)
  Broken boy, how does it feel?  How does it feel?

Break:
N.C. | | |

Verse:
B minorBm
 I was born on the wrong side of the train tracks
B minorBm
 Always born on the wrong side of the train tracks
D MajorD       G+G             B minorBm
 Lay me on my side or hold me up to the light, yeah
B minorBm
 I was burned by the cold kiss of a vampire
B minorBm
 I was promised the keys to an empire
D MajorD          G+G             B minorBm
 Any good friend of yours is a good friend of mine, oh

Chorus:
G+G     B minorBm  G+G       B minorBm
  Broken boy,   how does it feel?
G+G     B minorBm           G+G       Bm/N.C. (Break down)
  Broken boy, how does it feel?  How does it feel?

Outro:
N.C. |D MajorD |G+G A augmentedA|