Breakeven
Boyce Avenue
RockMedium for beginners5 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
Em
D
G
Am7
C
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Em D G Am7 I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing Em D G Am7 Just prayed to a god that I don't believe in Em D G Am7 Cos I got time while she got freedom Em D G Am7 Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break even Em D G Am7 Her best days will be some of my worst Em D G Am7 She finally met a man that's gonna put her 1st Em D G Am7 While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping Em D G Am7 Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break even, even, no C G D Em What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you, and C G D Em What am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up that you're OK, yeah C G D Em I'm falling to pieces, yeah C G D Em Em D G Am7 I'm falling to pieces Em D G Am7 They say bad things happen for a reason Em D G Am7 But no wise words gonna stop the bleeding, no Em D G Am7 Cos she's moved on while I'm still grieving Em D G Am7 And when a heart breaks no it don't break even (even, no) C G D Em And What am I Gonna to do when the best part of me was always you, and C G D Em What am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up that you're OK C G D Em C I'm falling to pieces yeah G D Em I'm falling to pieces yeah C G D Em I'm falling to pieces C G D Em Em D G Am7 (x2) I'm falling to pieces Em D You got his heart and my heart and none of the pain G Am7 You took your suitcase, I took the blame Em D G Now I'm tryna make sense of what little remains, oh Am7 Cos you left me with no love, and no love to my name Em D G Am7 I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing Em D G Am7 Just prayed to a god that I don't believe in Em D G Am7 Cos I got time while she got freedom Em D Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break; G No, it don't break Am7 C No, it don't break even! C G D Em What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you, and C G D Em What am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up that you're OK C G D Em C I'm falling to pieces yeah G D Em I'm falling to pieces yeah C G D Em I'm falling to pieces C G D Em C G D Em I'm falling to pieces C G D Em Oh, it don't break even, no, oh C G D Em Oh, it don't break even, no, oh C G D Em Oh, it don't break even, no, oh
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Chord set
Em · D · G · Am7 · C
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.