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Whats a Broken Heart

Patty Loveless
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Each chord is half a measure.

Asus2 Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 G G(9) D G

intro; see tab at end

Asus2 Bm Bm9 F#m

What's a broken heart, it ain't no big deal

F#m13 G G(9) Asus4

It's not what I have, it's only what I feel

Asus2 Bm Bm9 F#m

I should laugh it off, I should never cry

F#m13 G G F#sus4 F#

It's not meant to live or die by

G G C#/G# C#/G# D/A F#/A# Bm

Once I learn to let him go, the healing has to start

Bm Em F#m G

It's temporary pain, I'll live to love again

A Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 Em F#m G (A)

So what's a broken heart

I just have to stop, and look at who I am

I was just a fool, he was just a man

I can walk away, never looking back

All his tender lies are hard facts

Compared to those who have no hope, their lives so cold and hard

All my misery is a raindrop in the sea

Yeah, what's a broken heart

A Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 G G F# F#

What's a broken heart

With faith and time, I know I'll find my world is not that dark

It's temporary pain, I'll live to love again

A Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 Em F#m G (A)

So what's a broken heart

A Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 G Asus2 Bm.

What's a broken heart

TAB:

This is the intro; the verse is very similar. The first section of tab

is in D, the second is in C; play whichever you want.

Capo 6.

Asus2 Bm Bm9 F#m F#m13 G G(9) G Asus2

--------|------2---------|------2---------|----------------|----------------|
0-2-0---|----3-----2-----|----2---232-----|----0-------3---|0-------0-2-0---|
2-----2-|--4-----4---4-2-|--2-----242-----|--0---0-2-------|----0---2-----2-|
2-------|4---------------|4-----------242-|0---------0---0-|--0---0-2-------|
--------|----------------|------------2-2-|----------------|----------------|
--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ What's a...

Capo 8.

Gsus2 Am Am9 Em Em13 F F(9) F Gsus2

--------|------0---------|------0---------|----------------|----------------|
--0-----|----1-----0-----|----0---010-----|------------1---|----------0-----|
2---2-0-|--2-----2---2-0-|--0-----020-----|----2---0-------|2-------2---2-0-|
5-------|2---------------|2-----------020-|--3---3---------|----3---5-------|
5-------|----------------|------------0-0-|3---------3---3-|--3---3-5-------|
--------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ What's a...

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