Broke Down
                                           by Slaid Cleaves
                                           From Broke Down
                                        (Slaid Cleaves-Rod Picott)

Chords transcribed by Warren Owen ( wozza@altcountrytab.com )
From the AltCountryTab.com website which rather surprisingly
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Notes: Chords are expressed as if no capo used. You may wish to play
with capo on 1st and play D G A Bm chords instead.

[D]Sherry had a pawn shop band of gold
[D]A sink full of dishes and a love grown cold
[G]Long came a boy,[A] pretty as the devil
[D]She took his hand and the whole [Cm]thing unravelled

[G]There's no turnin' [A]round
It's broke [D]down

[D]Billy took the ring, jammed it in his pocket
[D]Drove downtown and tried to hawk it
[G]Down at the bottom of [A]Lake Ponchartrain
[D]There's a love note carved inside a [Cm]wedding ring

[G]Broke down, [A]cracked and shattered
[D]Left in pieces like it [Cm]never even mattered
[G]Broke down, [A]torn and frayed
[D]Ain't nothin' left you [Cm]could give away
[G]There's no turnin' [A]round
It's broke [D]down

[G]Ain't no tellin' where love goes
[A]Maybe down where the [D]black river flows
[G]Won't be comin' back [A]'round
It's broke [D]down

[D]Baby in the backseat and another on the way
[D]Sherri thinks of Billy at the end of every day
[G]Spends her nights waiting for [A]real life to start
[D]Listening to the sound of her [Cm]double-crossed heart

[G]Broke down, [A]cracked and shattered
[D]Left in pieces like it [Cm]never even mattered
[G]There's no turnin' [A]round
It's broke [D]down

[D]On the other side of town two lovers lie still
[D]Cigarette smoking on a window sill
[G]There's a picture locked up in an [A]old suitcase
[D]Billy closes his eyes but he [Cm]still sees her face

[G]Broke down, [A]cracked and shattered
[D]Left in pieces like it [Cm]never even mattered
[G]Broke down, [A]torn and frayed
[D]Ain't nothin' left you [Cm]could give away
[G]There's no turnin' [A]round
It's broke [D]down
Broke down