Broken Strings James Morrison & Nelly Furtado tabbed by Klaus Jansen Capo 1st Fret (Chords relative to Capo) alternative first Verse: hold Am and alter the bass-note, finger-picking Am Am/C Am/F E|-0----0----0----0---|-0----0----0----0---|-0----0----0----0---| B|-1----1----1----1---|-1----1----1----1---|-1----1----1----1---| G|---2----2----2----2-|---2----2----2----2-|---2----2----2----2-| D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| A|-0------------------|-3------------------|--------------------| E|--------------------|--------------------|-1------------------| Am/F E|-0----0----0----0---| B|-1----1----1----1---| G|---2----2----2----2-| D|--------------------| A|--------------------| E|-1------------------| Am Let me hold you Am/C For the last time Am/F Am/F It's the last chance to feel again Am But you broke me Am/C Am/F Am/F Now I can't feel anything Am When I love you, it's so untrue F I can't even convince myself Am When I'm speaking, C F Dm It's the voice of someone else F G Am Oh it tears me up F G Em I try to hold on, but it hurts too much F G Em I try to forgive, but it's not enough F Em to make it all okay Dm Am You can't play on broken strings C G You can't feel anything Dm Am that your heart don't want to feel C G I can't tell you something that ain't real F Oh the truth hurts Am And lies worse C G How can I give anymore Dm Am When I love you a little less G than before Am C Oh what are we doing F We are turning into dust Am C F Dm Playing house in the ruins of us Am C Running back through the fire F When there's nothing left to save Am C It's like chasing the very last train F Dm when it's too late F G Am Oh it tears me up F G Em I try to hold on, but it hurts too much F G Em I try to forgive, but it's not enough F Em to make it all okay Dm Am You can't play on broken strings C G You can't feel anything Dm Am that your heart don't want to feel C G I can't tell you something that ain't real F Oh the truth hurts Am And lies worse C G How can I give anymore Dm Am When I love you a little less G than before F Am But we're running through the fire C F When there's nothing left to save F Am It's like chasing the very last train C Em When we both know it's too late (too late) Dm Am You can't play on broken strings C G You can't feel anything Dm Am that your heart don't want to feel C G I can't tell you something that ain't real F Oh the truth hurts Am And lies worse C G How can I give anymore Dm Am When I love you a little less G than before Dm Am When I love you a little less G than before Am C Let me hold you for the last time G F It's the last chance to feel again