Burton Cummings

Burton Cummings - Break It To Them Gently guitar chord

BREAK IT TO THEM GENTLY

Burton Cummings

transcribed by Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)

** Capo on 1st fret **

INTRO: A D A D

A F#m

Break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad

Bm Esus4 E

When you see my baby sister, be as kind as you can

A F#m

Break it to my grandma, said that boy?s wild and bad

Bm

Break it to them gently when you tell ?em

E A

That I won?t be coming home again

D A

Cause I?m runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive

D A

Fightin? for my life and I don?t know if I?ll make it alone

D A

Runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive

F#m A

God I wanna go home, lord I wish I was home

D A D

A F#m

When you see my lady with the twinkle in her eyes

Bm Esus4 E

Tell it to her softly and hold her if she cries

A F#m

Tell her that I love her and I will till the day I die

Bm

Tell it to her gently when you tell her

E A

That I won?t be coming home again

E A

I got in too deep with strangers

E A

Thinkin? they could help me find my way

D A

Nobody warned me of the dangers

F#m Bm E

And it?s always the young and foolish that have to pay

A F#m

So break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad

Bm Esus4 E

Thank them for the good years and all the lovin? that I had

A F#m

Break it to my grandma who said the boy is wild and bad

Bm

Break it to them gently when you tell them

E A

That I won?t be coming home again

D A

I?m runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive

D A

Fightin? for my life and I don?t know if I?ll make it alone

D A

Runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive

F#m A

Lord I wanna go home, lord I wanna go home

D

You gotta break it to them gently

A

Break it to them gently

D

You gotta break it to them gently

A

Gotta really try to roll ?em

D

You gotta break it to them gently

A

Gotta really try to sooth them

D

Gotta really try to sooth them

A

Gotta really try to roll them

D

You gotta roll it to my mother

A

Gotta roll it to my grandma, gotta roll the old lady

D

Roll it to my mother

A

Roll it to my mother and roll the old lady

D

Roll it to my grandma

A

She?s damn near eighty, roll the old lady

D

Roll it to my mother

A

Roll it to my mother, gotta roll the old lady

D

Roll it to my mother

A

My sister and my mother and roll the old lady

D

Roll it to my grandma

A

She?s damn near eighty, roll the old lady...

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