Everything Is Broken

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

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

B7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
                E7
Broken lines, broken strings, broken threads, broken springs
 A7                          E7
Broken idols, broken heads, people sleeping in broken beds
 B7                   A7
Ain't no use jivin', ain't no use jokin'
 E7
Everything is broken
 
 E7
Broken bottles, broken plates, broken switches, broken gates
 A7                          E7
Broken dishes, broken parts, streets are filled with broken hearts
 B7                   A7
Broken words never meant to be spoken
 E7
Everything is broken
 
  E7
Seems like every time you stop and turn around
  A7
Something else has just hit the ground
 
 E7
Broken cutters, broken saws, broken buckles, broken laws
 A7                          E7
Broken bodies, broken bones, broken voices on broken phones
 B7                   A7
Take a deep breath, feel like you're chokin'
 E7
Everything is broken
 
  E7
Every time you leave and go off some place
  A7
Things fall to pieces in my face
 
 E7
Broken hands on broken plows, broken treaties, broken vows
 A7                          E7
Broken pipes, broken tools, people bending broken rules
 B7                   A7
Hound dog howlin', bullfrog croakin'
 E7
Everything is broken

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Chord set

E7 · A7 · B7

Practice tip

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