Broken Song chords by Neil Murray

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

C   G   Am   F (x2)



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

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

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

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

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

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

🎸 Bridge:
       F C            G                  Am
Broken song, when the words have been forgotton
       F C            G              Am
Broken song, when the story has been lost
       F C            G                Am
Broken song, when the dancing has been stopped

🎸 Outro:
F             G                C
Jesus can you mend this broken song
C   G  Am  F
Heyyyy-o    (broken song)
C   G  Am  F
Heyyyy-o    (broken song)
C   G  Am  F
Heyyyy-o
(Can you mend this broken, Jesus can you mend this broken song)
C   G  Am  F
Heyyyy-o
(Can you mend this broken, Jesus can you mend this broken song)
C   G  Am  F
Heyyyy-o
C   G  Am  F
Heyyyy-o
F