Broken Skin chords by Graham Parker

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: Bb majorBb

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb

Verse 1:
       Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
It’s not surprising
       Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb
That you have all those wounds
       Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb
They're advertising
         Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb
The things that you've been through
      Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
It's tantalizing
     Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
To psychoanalyze
        Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
We're all downsizing
      Eb MajorEb
What we do with our lives

Chorus 1:
       FF     Bb majorBb
There's not enough money
  Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb
In this whole world
  FF     Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
To pay for a break or two
    FF      Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
There's not enough armor in a suit of mail
   FF    Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Your broken skin's not black or blue
   FF    Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
But damaged just the same
    FF    Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
And who does not feel fractured too
   Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Like broken skin
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Broken skin

Instrumental break:
Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb

Verse 2:
       Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
The sun's not rising
      Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb
Upon your burned out shell
      Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Still exercising
        Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
The things you don't do well
        Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
It's not enterprising
      Eb MajorEb       Bb majorBb
To grapple with the past
        Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
You're past surmising
       Eb MajorEb
How long the past can last

Chorus 2:
     FF     Bb majorBb
There's not enough trees
    Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
You can hide behind
FF      Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
Not enough walls to climb
FF     Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Not enough cracks in the paving stones
   FF   Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
Your broken skin's not black or blue
  FF    Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
But damaged just the same
  FF    Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb     Bb majorBb
And who does not feel fractured too
   Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Like broken skin
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Broken Skin

Guitar solo:
Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb
Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb  Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb

Chorus 1:
    FF     Bb majorBb
There's not enough money
  Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
In this whole world
  FF     Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
To pay for a break or two
    FF     Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
There's not enough armor in a suit of mail
   FF   Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
Your broken skin's not black or blue
  FF    Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
But damaged just the same
  FF    Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb    Bb majorBb
But who does not feel fractured too
   Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Like broken skin
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Broken skin

Outro:
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Broken skin
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Broken skin
Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb
Broken skin