Breaking & Entering
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Intro: Abm F# E F# (2x)
Verse 1:
Abm Ebm
There was a time when the sky
Held the answers for the
C#m
things I couldn't find
F#
But what happens when you're blind?
Abm F#
A shooting star once said to me
C#m
That nothing's really what it seems
F#
You must make up your own mind
E Ebm
Well I'll try this time
Chorus 1:
Abm
So I look to the world outside oh
F#
All of a sudden, I'm eating my insides
B E
The tiny words that break your heart
F#
They're breaking and entering
Abm
So I look but you're not by my side
F# B
Whatever happened to I would rather die?
E
The things that make you fall apart
They're breaking and entering
Verse 2:
Abm Ebm
And I never said I was right
Well I'm probably
C#m
the one in the wrong
The voices are telling me
F#
I just can't always be this strong
Abm F#
And nothing feels right not right now
C#m
Like I've lost my mind somehow
F#
I'm scaring myself
E
I don't know the girl in the mirror now
I'm burning up, I'm burning up
F# Abm
I don't know the girl in the mirror now
Ebm
I'm burning up I'm burning up
Eb
Well I'm burning up
Chorus 2:
Abm
So I look to the world outside oh
F#
All of a sudden, I'm eating my insides
B E
The tiny words that break your heart
F#
They're breaking and entering
Abm
So I look but you're not by my side
F# B
Whatever happened to I would rather die?
E
The things that make you fall apart
F# Abm F# E
They're breaking and entering
F# Abm F# E F#
They're breaking and entering
Bridge:
E
Well how can you know?
F#
How can you stay in control
when all that you know is
Abm B
Falling apart? Falling apart
E
How can you know?
F#
How can you stay in control
when all that you know is
Abm B
Falling apart? Falling apart
E
I'm burning up I'm burning up
F#
I don't know the girl
Abm
in the mirror now
I'm burning up I'm burning up
Ebm
Well I'm burning up
Chorus 3:
Silence:
Abm
So I look to the world outside oh
F#
All of a sudden I'm eating my insides
B E
The tiny words that break your heart
E
They're breaking and entering
Distortion:
Abm
So I look but you're
ot by my side
F#
Whatever happened to
B
I would rather die?
E
The things that make you fall apart
F# Abm
They're breaking and entering
F#
I'm burning up, I'm burning up
E F# Abm
They're breaking and entering
F# E
I'm burning up, I'm burning up
F# Abm
You're breaking and entering
How to play Breaking & Entering
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is Abm. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.