Whats A Broken Heart

WHAT'S A BROKEN HEART

(by Don Phrimmer & George Teren)

(performed by Patty Loveless)

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[The recording of this song is in G#; I play the acoustic guitar intro

in either D or C, and use a capo at the 6th or 8th fret. The chords

I've written here are in D, but if you just want the chords, it would

probably be easier to play it in G and use a capo on the 1st fret.]

[Don't worry too much about the F#m13; just play it as F#m, if you're

strumming chords. I called it a thirteenth because it has lots of

hammer-ons and pull-offs that add up to a lot of different notes.]

Asus2 Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 G G(9) D G

What's a broken heart, it ain't no big deal

F#m13 G G(9) Asus4

It's not what I have, it's only what I feel

I should laugh it off, I should never cry

It's not meant to live or die by

Once I learn to let him go, the healing has to start

It's temporary pain, I'll live to love again

A Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 Em F#m G (A)

So what's a broken heart

I just have to stop, and look at who I am

I was just a fool, he was just a man

I can walk away, never looking back

All his tender lies are hard facts

Compared to those who have no hope, their lives so cold and hard

All my misery is a raindrop in the sea

Yeah, what's a broken heart

What's a broken heart

With faith and time, I know I'll find my world is not that dark

It's temporary pain, I'll live to love again

A Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 Em F#m G (A)

So what's a broken heart

A Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 G Asus2 Bm.

What's a broken heart

This is the intro; the verse is very similar. The first section of tab

is in D, the second is in C; play whichever you want.

Asus2 Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 G G(9) G Asus2

--------|------2---------|------2---------|----------------|----------------|

0-2-0---|----3-----2-----|----2---232-----|----0-------3---|0-------0-2-0---|

2-----2-|--4-----4---4-2-|--2-----242-----|--0---0-2-------|----0---2-----2-|

2-------|4---------------|4-----------242-|0---------0---0-|--0---0-2-------|

--------|----------------|------------2-2-|----------------|----------------|

--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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Gsus2 Am Am9 Em Em13 F F(9) F Gsus2

--------|------0---------|------0---------|----------------|----------------|

--0-----|----1-----0-----|----0---010-----|------------1---|----------0-----|

2---2-0-|--2-----2---2-0-|--0-----020-----|----2---0-------|2-------2---2-0-|

5-------|2---------------|2-----------020-|--3---3---------|----3---5-------|

5-------|----------------|------------0-0-|3---------3---3-|--3---3-5-------|

--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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