Brokedown Palace chords by Adrienne Young

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: BB

🎸 Intro:


G+G         A minorAm   Bb majorBb     FF         C majorC
Fare you well, my honey, fare you well my only true one.
G+G            DmDm     Bb majorBb         C majorC     FF
All the birds that were singing are flown, except you alone.



🎸 Verse 1:

FF          Bb majorBb
Going to leave this brokedown palace
FF      DmDm      Bb majorBb      FF
On my hands and my knees
I will roll, roll, roll.
FF       A minorAm     Bb majorBb  FF
Make myself a bed by the waterside
G+G      Bb majorBb     FF
In my time
In my time
I will roll, roll roll.

🎸 Chorus 1:

FF     A augmentedA
In a bed, in a bed
Bb majorBb        FF   G+G
By the waterside I will lay my head.
FF           G+G          Bb majorBb   FF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.


🎸 Verse 2:

FF            Bb majorBb
River going to take me, sing me sweet and sleepy
FF         DmDm       Bb majorBb    FF
Sing me sweet and sleepy all the way back home.
FF         A minorAm      Bb majorBb    FF
It's a far gone lullaby, sung many years ago.
        G+G           Bb majorBb      FF
Mama, mama many worlds I've come since I first left home.


🎸 Chorus 2:

FF      A augmentedA
Goin' home, goin' home
Bb majorBb        FF    G+G
By the riverside I will rest my bones
FF          G+G          Bb majorBb    FF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.

Fiddle 🎸 Solo:

🎸 Verse 3:

FF        Bb majorBb
I'm oing to plant a weeping willow
FF          DmDm      Bb majorBb      FF
On the bank's green edge it will grow, grow, grow.
FF      A minorAm  Bb majorBb     FF
Sing a lullaby beside the water
G+G             Bb majorBb      FF
You Know lovers come and go, the river'll roll, roll, roll.

🎸 Chorus 3:

FF       A augmentedA
Fare you well, fare you well
Bb majorBb         FF     G+G
I love you more than words can tell
FF          G+G          Bb majorBb    FF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.

Guitar 🎸 Solo:

🎸 Chorus 4:

FF       A augmentedA
Fare you well, fare you well
Bb majorBb         FF     G+G
I love you more than words can tell
FF          G+G          Bb majorBb    FF
Listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul.
FF            G+G             Bb majorBb    FF
Won't you listen to the river sing sweet songs, to rock my soul?