Breaking the Girl

Intro: (x2) 0:00
A | B:Am7 Am7
D | E:A A

Verse 1: 0:16
A       B  Am7
I am a man
 D             E:A A
Cut from the know.
 A          B     Am7
Rarely do friends
 D             E:A A
Come and then go.
0:32
  A        B   Am7
She was a girl
 D           E  :  A A
Soft but estranged.
 A            B Am7
We were the two,
     D         E  :  A A | A
Our lives rearranged.

-= Modulation to Key C =-

Pre-chorus 1: 0:50
C             G         Am | Am
  Feeling so good that day.
C               G         F | F
  A feeling of love that day.

Chorus 1: 1:06
  Am          E7
Twisting and turning,
      C            G  
Your feelings are burning,
         E7             | E7
You're breaking the girl.
  Am E7    C   G  F  | F
She meant you no harm.
1:22
  Am              E7
Think you're so clever,
     C            G
But now you must sever.
         E7             | E7
You're breaking the girl.
 Am E7    C G   F   | F7 E7
He loves no one else.

-= Return to Key A =-

Verse 2: 1:39
 A            B  Am7
Raised by my dad,
 D           E:A A
Girl of the day.
 A         B  Am7
He was my man,
  D           E:A A
That was the way.
1:55
  A          B   Am7
She was the girl
 D     E : A A
Left alone.
 A           B   Am7
Feeling the need
    D           E : A A | A
To make me her home.

-= Modulation to Key C =-

Pre-chorus 2: 2:13
C                G             Am | Am
  I don't know what, when or why.
C                  G          F   | F
  The twilight of love had arrived.

Chorus 2: 2:29
  Am          E7
Twisting and turning,
      C            G
Your feelings are burning,
         E7             | E7
You're breaking the girl.
  Am E7    C   G  F  | F
She meant you no harm.
2:46
  Am              E7
Think you're so clever,
     C            G
But now you must sever.
         E7             | E7
You're breaking the girl.
 Am E7    C G   F   | F7 E7
He loves no one else.

Instrumental: 3:02 3:18
Am | Am F  - x8

Chorus 3: 3:34
  Am          E7
Twisting and turning,
      C            G
Your feelings are burning,
         E7             | E7
You're breaking the girl.
  Am E7    C   G  F  | F
She meant you no harm.
3:51
  Am              E7
Think you're so clever,
     C            G
But now you must sever.
         E7             | E7
You're breaking the girl.
 Am E7    C G   F   | F7 E7
He loves no one else.

Coda: (x3) 4:07 4:23 4:39
Am E7 | C G | E7 | E7
Am E7 | C G | F | F