Broken Doll chords by Richard Thompson

Broken Doll

Dm                   Am
You called for me so here I am
Dm              Am
Not a boy and not a man
Gm            Dm                 Gm        Am
Man enough to know the odds are long
Dm                     Am
They dress you up and keep you clean
Dm               Am
Like courtiers around a queen
Gm                  Dm                Am7b5
Show you good from bad, right from wrong

Ab        Gm              Fm
All the tears in the world
Ab        Gm              Fm
All the tears in the world
                     Cm   Bbm    Dm
Won't mend a broken doll
Dm                   Am
The little things in life escape her
Dm                 Am
Dolls are made of rags and paper
Gm                Dm             Gm          Am
China cracks and chips so easily
Dm                Am
Doesn't have the will, the strength
Dm                    Am
To hold the world out at arm's length
Gm                 Dm                Am7b5
Skin's too thin, eyes too wide to see

Ab        Gm              Fm
All the tears in the world
Ab        Gm              Fm
All the tears in the world
                        Cm   Bbm
Won't mend a broken doll

Bbm  Fm  Bbm  Fm  Ebm  Bbm  Ebm  Fm
Bbm  Fm  Bbm  Fm  Ebm  Bbm    Ebm

Dm                 Am
Wish I could give love to you
Dm                   Am
And life to you and hope to you
Gm                  Dm               Gm          Am
As you look through me to something else
Dm              Am
In your face I think I see
Dm            Am
Twisted-up infinity
Gm           Dm                Am7b5
Angel soul imprisoned in a shell

Ab        Gm              Fm
All the tears in the world
Ab        Gm              Fm
All the tears in the world
                      Cm   Bbm    Dm
Won't mend a broken doll