Broken Steel Chords

Key: Dm Tuning: E A D G B E Intro: Dm11 Gm9 E7sus4/F Dm11 Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F Verse 1: Dm11 Gm9 E7sus4/F Why do you think I'm always strong Dm11 Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F And always so turned up Dm11 Gm9 Expectations of me lay so skin deep E7sus4/F Dm11 Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F As if I can take anything, but who’s here to protect me Pre-Chorus: Dm11 Looking like the sun's going down Gm9 E7sus4/F Think about the day I feel the pressure come around Dm11 Oooh, better shut my mouth Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F If I say my feelings then they'll say that I’m too loud Dm11 Oooh, blend into the crowd Gm9 E7sus4/F Dm11 Once the see my color then they'll think that I'm too proud and now Gm9 They'll think I'm super tough Bbmmaj7/F And made of silver stuff Dm11 All while I'm falling apart

Chorus: Dm11 Gm9 E7sus4/F Dm11 In the nighttime I lose it for real Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F Dm11 Watching as my cup overfills Gm9 E7sus4/F Dm11 Losing all my sense of what I feel Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F Yes, I guess I'm broken steel Verse 2: Dm11 Gm9 E7sus4/F Maybe I'm just that soft Dm11 Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F Cause you’re playing too rough Dm11 Gm9 I am delicate with strengths that I created E7sus4/F Dm11 Dm9 For a world that’s always taking pieces of who I am Bbmmaj7/F Without anything worth trading Pre-Chorus: Dm11 Looking like the sun's going down Gm9 E7sus4/F Think about the day I feel the pressure come around Dm11 Oooh, better shut my mouth Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F If I say my feelings then they'll say that I’m too loud Dm11 Oooh, blend into the crowd Gm9 E7sus4/F Dm11 Once the see my color then they'll think that I'm too proud and now Gm9 They'll think I'm super tough Bbmmaj7/F And made of silver stuff Dm11 All while I'm falling a-part Chorus: Dm11 Gm9 E7sus4/F Dm11 In the nighttime I lose it for real Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F Dm11 Watching as my cup overfills Gm9 E7sus4/F Dm11 Losing all my sense of what I feel Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F Yes, I guess I'm broken steel Verse 3: Dm11 I bare the weight of the world on my hips Gm9 I must be strong can't simp E7sus4/F I fed the culture off the tit Dm9 Created the wave can't catch my drift Hide my strength Talk my shit they buy my lips Gm9 Cry my pain they mosh to it Bbmmaj7/F (Y'all niggas, I hate y'all) Dm11 You wanna defund I wanna defend Not the same can't pretend Gm9 Mind of orisha, skin of a heathen E7sus4/F Dm11 I don't walk in rooms where I'm not greeted Try me's treason Gm9 Smiles deceiving Bbmmaj7/F Built this table where I'm seated Dm11 If they can manifest destiny, why can't you? Gm9 E7sus4/F Need a minute to catch your breath, I need two Dm11 Can no longer do the work that they won't do Gm9 My race is not my cape Bbmmaj7/F Ho, give me space I cry too Outro: D5 Broken steel D5 Broken steel Dm11 Gm9 E7sus4/F Dm11 Gm9 Bbmmaj7/F