The Roches - Broken Places
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Em
Did you know me
C
Long ago
G D
Were we close before the sorrow?
Bm C
If you thought of leaving any traces
Am D G
I'll be sifting through the broken places
[Verse 2]
Em
Did I know you
C
Once upon a time
G D
You dreamed of me and now I'm
Bm C
Searching for myself in strangers' faces
Am D G
Stumbling onto further broken places
[Verse 3]
Em
She turns purple
C
Am I blue
G D
Can't she fathom what I do
Bm C
Trying to get in her better graces
Am D G
Touching her in all the broken places
[Verse 4]
Em
I get crazy
C
Not sure why
G D
Solace beckons until I
Bm C
Go tearing off again on wild chases
Am D G
Crashing into same old broken places
[Verse 5]
Em
I am young so
C
Who's to say
G D
But for now I have no way
Bm C
Of knowing how much healing time erases
Am D G
Certain of these secret broken places
[Verse 6]
Em
Can't there be a
C
Little breather?
G D
Our love is a real seether
Bm C
Two sore hearts, we plead our hapless cases
Am D G
Rendezvousing at the broken places
[Verse 7]
Em
I love you for
C
All of this
G D
Struggling towards happiness
Bm C
When the chips are down we play our aces
Am D G
Hiding them in our broken places