Broken Song chords by Neil Murray

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

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

🎸 Intro:

C majorC  G+G  A minorAm  FF (x2)


🎸 Verse 1:
  C majorC        G+G    A minorAm  FF
We sing the church hymns in creole
C majorC           G+G    A minorAm FF
Crocodiles cruise the river below
  C majorC        G+G
The same as years before
     A minorAm      FF
When the missionaries landed
     C majorC         G+G
They can make a meal out of man or beast
  A minorAm FF
You know

🎸 Verse 2:
     C majorC    G+G       A minorAm  FF
When they came we layed down our spears
C majorC      G+G        A minorAm       FF
Put on their clothes held our hands in prayer
  C majorC      G+G     A minorAm     FF
We lined up for rations we lined up in fear
   C majorC   G+G      A minorAm  FF
Of a God we didn't understand
  C majorC   G+G     A minorAm  FF
Our customs they were banned

🎸 Chorus:
    G+G      A minorAm
Now the songline is broken
FF     C majorC
People are choking
   G+G      A minorAm
We're losing our direction
FF      C majorC
Culture is eroding
 G+G       A minorAm
I wish I could remember
    FF        C majorC
What my father tried to show me
  G+G           A minorAm
And pick up what's come undone
FF       G+G        C majorC
Jesus can you mend this broken song
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o

🎸 Verse 3:
C majorC       G+G        A minorAm  FF
 For I am the song man for my tribe
     C majorC        G+G        A minorAm  FF
And I've got to find the words somehow tonight
       C majorC     G+G
For they're depending on me
  A minorAm        FF
To start this ceremony
  C majorC   G+G      A minorAm FF
For so long we've never done

🎸 Verse 4:
      C majorC         G+G     A minorAm FF
So can you help me mend this broken tune
    C majorC           G+G       A minorAm FF
Do you know the words can you make them ring true
      C majorC      G+G
There's no stars out tonight
      A minorAm       FF
There's no daylight yet in sight
  C majorC    G+G       A minorAm  FF
For me as I lay upon this grave

🎸 Chorus:
    G+G      A minorAm
Now the songline is broken
FF     C majorC
People are choking
   G+G      A minorAm
We're losing our direction
FF      C majorC
Culture is eroding
 G+G       A minorAm
I wish I could remember
    FF        C majorC
What my father tried to show me
  G+G           A minorAm A minorAm
And pick up what's come undone
FF       G+G        C majorC
Jesus can you mend this broken song
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o  (broken song)
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o

🎸 Bridge:
    FF C majorC      G+G         A minorAm
Broken song, when the words have been forgotton
    FF C majorC      G+G       A minorAm
Broken song, when the story has been lost
    FF C majorC      G+G        A minorAm
Broken song, when the dancing has been stopped

🎸 Outro:
FF       G+G        C majorC
Jesus can you mend this broken song
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o  (broken song)
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o  (broken song)
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o
(Can you mend this broken, Jesus can you mend this broken song)
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o
(Can you mend this broken, Jesus can you mend this broken song)
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o
C majorC  G+G A minorAm FF
Heyyyy-o
FF