Stop Breaking Down chords by The Rolling Stones

Chords with lyrics

Artist:  The Rolling Stones
Song:   Stop Breaking Down (1972)
Written:  Robert Johnson (1937)
Album:   Exile On Main Street - Remastered (2010)
URL's:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exile_on_Main_St.; http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=NnDpW5vpbD; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86UwtWmmkzo;http://
www.goldminemag.com/article/engineer-andy-johns-discusses-the-making-of-the-
rolling-stones-exile-on-main-street [1]
Tempo:   Adante
Author:  Tab annotated by rikigo [[email protected]]

Tuning:  Open G+G
Capo 2

Chords:  (in Open G+G) Top low E MajorE string removed.
            XGDGBD
E5/A    =========== X00000 (mute after each down-up stroke)
A5/D   =========== X55555
B5/E   =========== X77777

Method: Played as down-up strokes, where the 5th chord (X543XX)is struck on the
'down' and the return 'up' is the major (X54321) chord.

Intro:
| E5/A | E5/A | E5/A |
| E5/A | E5/A x2

Verse 1:
E5/A
Ev'ry time I'm walkin' all down the street,
E5/A
Some prett-y mama start breaking down on me.
A5/D                  E5/A
Stop breaking down, baby, please, stop breakin' down.
B5/E                  A5/D
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,
                      E5/A
Yeah, it's gonna make you l-o-se your mind.


Verse 2:
E5/A
You Saturday night women, now, you just ape and clown,
E5/A
You don't do nothing but tear my reputation down.
A5/D                  E5/A
Stop breaking down, mama, please, stop breakin' down.
B5/E                  A5/D
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,
                      E5/A
Yeah, it's gonna make you l-o-se your mind.
E5/A
Alright, alright...

Bridge (Solo):
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A | (Mouth Organ & Guitar)
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A | (Lead Guitar)

Verse 3:
E5/A
I love my baby ninety-nine degrees,
E5/A
But that mama got a pistol, laid it down on me.
A5/D                  E5/A
Stop breaking down, baby, please, stop breakin' down.
B5/E                  A5/D
Stuff is gonna bust you brain out, baby,
                   E5/A
Yeah, gonna make you l-os-e your mind.


Verse 4:
E5/A
Ev'ry time I'm walkin' all down the street,
E5/A
Some pretty woman start breaking down on me.
A5/D                  E5/A
Stop breaking down, mama, please, stop breakin' down.
B5/E                   A5/D
Stuff is gonna bust your brain out, baby,
                      E5/A
I Tell ya, gonna make you l-o-se your mind.


Outro (Solo):
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A |
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A |
One more time!... (Piano Riff)
| E5/A | A5/D E5/A | B5/E A5/D | E5/A |

[End]

Notes:
1."But with 'Exile," 'cause its mostly blues-based stuff. "Stop Breaking Down" is
probably my favourite track. I remember getting Mick to play harmonica on that.
It did not seem like it was finished. My brother (Glyn) had recorded earlier. I
said, 'We've got to use this' because Mick Taylor plays some gorgeous lines and
I’m very sure that it’s Mick Jagger playing the rhythm guitar as well. That's why