Chords with lyrics
G+G
C majorC
Had a meeting on the decks with a light blue Monterey.
G+G
To breakaway.
G+G
Sonny was playing all his cards last night, in a hotel room,
C majorC G+G
He dealt his life away, to breakaway.
D MajorD G+G
Now the promises and the lies, they demand it.
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Let the hearts that have been broken, stand,
G+G A augmentedA Csus9 D MajorD G+G
As the price you pay, to breakaway, oh breakaway,
C majorC G+G
Oh ronde, ronde, ronde, ray, oh breakaway.
G+G
Janie slipped from behind the bar last night.
C majorC G+G
Cashed out and walked onto the streets, rainy and gray, to breakaway.
G+G C majorC
Janie slid into a car last night, in a parking lot, she gave her soul away,
G+G
To breakaway.
(Chorus)
G+G
Bobby lay, beneath a sheet of stars last night,
C majorC G+G
His back on the blacktop, still warm from the heat of day, breakaway,
G+G
Bobby went down, hard last night, saw a shooting star,
C majorC G+G
As the evening light, slipped away. (Chorus)
(Note: This song can be found on Bruce's excellent album "The Promise")
Transcription done by MicrophonePark, November 2013