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Million Pieces

Bastille

RockAdvanced for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G○○○
D××○
A×○○
Bm×
F#mDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro G  D  A 
 
Verse 1:
  G            D 
I breathe in hard 
       A 
Don't speak, 'cause it's like a bitter pill 
    G          D 
You blow my mind 
 
It makes my heart beat 
 A 
(Harder, harder, harder, harder, hard) 
 
 
Verse 2:
    G            D 
The king's a clown 
   A 
No one is laughing, it's not a drill 
      G         D 
Don't look outside 
 
The world is ending 
 A 
(Faster, faster, faster, faster, fast) 
 
Pre-Chorus
G            D                 A 
  The echoes of that news ring loud 
 
(The echoes, the echoes) 
G              D             A 
  No sound can ever drown it out (The echoes) 
 
 
             G      D 
It breaks my heart, breaks my heart 
  A    Bm 
Into a million pieces 
G      D                 A    Bm 
Oh, it breaks my heart into a million pieces 
              G                         D 
If it's gonna break me won't you let me go? 
                  A                      Bm 
Leave it 'til the morning, I don't wanna know 
          G      D 
Breaks my heart, breaks my heart 
  A 
Into a million pieces 
 
 G       D       A         Bm 
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) A million pieces 
 
Verse 3:
      G         D 
We're too far gone 
  A 
Nothing I say will mean anything 
     G                D 
Just drink, fuck, dance 
 
Right through disaster 
 A 
(I don't want to talk about it now) 
 
Pré-Refrão 
 
G            D                 A 
  The echoes of that news ring loud 
 
(The echoes, the echoes) 
G          D              A 
  No music ever drowns it out (The echoes) 
 
 
             G      D 
It breaks my heart, breaks my heart 
  A    Bm 
Into a million pieces 
G      D                 A    Bm 
Oh, it breaks my heart into a million pieces 
              G                         D 
If it's gonna break me won't you let me go? 
                  A                      Bm 
Leave it 'til the morning, I don't wanna know 
          G      D 
Breaks my heart, breaks my heart 
  A 
Into a million pieces 
 
 G       D       A         Bm 
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) A million pieces 
 
Bridge:
G    Bm   A    F#m 
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh 
      G                Bm 
Get fear and loathing out your mind 
    A                            F#m 
And don't pull me, don't pull me down 
 
From the ceiling 
 
( G  D  A ) 
 
 
             G      D 
It breaks my heart, breaks my heart 
  A    Bm 
Into a million pieces 
G      D                 A    Bm 
Oh, it breaks my heart into a million pieces 
              G                         D 
If it's gonna break me won't you let me go? 
                  A                      Bm
Leave it 'til the morning, I don't wanna know 
          G      D 
Breaks my heart, breaks my heart 
  A 
Into a million pieces 
 
Final 
 
 G       D       A         Bm 
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) A million pieces 
 G       D       A         Bm 
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) A million pieces 
 G       D       A         Bm 
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh) A million pieces 
 G       D       A       Bm 
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)

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Chord set

G · D · A · Bm · F#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.