Streetlight Manifesto – They Broke Him Down chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
                      CDid I mention we were dreaming
                      EWhen the devil came to town
                   AmI was awoken by the screaming
                   GBut nobody heard a sound

                       FAnd the lies we told at breakfast
                               AmWon't match the lies we had for lunch
                          EAnd the lies we serve for dinner (for dinner)
         FYeah for dinner (for dinner)
            GThey're the tallest of the bunch


[Verse 2]
                      CDid you notice he was cold (Did you notice he was cold)
                        EWhen he finally lost control, of the ghost
                   AmAnd the epilogue I dreaded (and the epilogue I dreaded)
                        GNow seemed likely to console
                       CAnd I'm still not understanding (and I'm still not understanding)
                           AmThe things he did before he left
                            EAnd the one thing that will haunt me (will haunt me)
        FIt will haunt me (it will haunt me)
        G                         CRight before his final breath, he said


[Interlude]
C E Am G F Am E F


[Chorus 1]
                   C                        GAnd they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
         Dm                                        FHe said "I'll never be your saint you see, cause I won't be hanging around"
                  C                        GSo they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
   DmSo I stood there and I held my breath
        F                                                CCause I knew that it wouldn't be long 'til they broke me down


[Interlude 1]
C Am Dm F C G F
C Am Dm F C G F Fm


[Verse 3]
                      CDid I mention we were flailing (did I mention we were flailing)
                      EWhen the angels came around (when the angels came around)
                                  AmAnd they just sat there, they were waiting (and they just sat there, they were waiting)
                    GFor the first of us to drown (for the first of us to drown)
                    FAnd I started going under (and I started going under)
                   CBut I didn't hold my breath (but I didn't hold my breath)
                            ECause the last thing that I needed (I needed)
     FOh I needed (I needed)
   GWas to owe a holy debt
   COh no


[Interlude 2]
C Am Dm F C G F x2


[Verse 4]
Am                   GAnd no one holds a grudge dear
      F             CLike I do, I see it through
Am                GAnd you may not remember
       FIt was nothing much at the time
      C                     EBut I kept it bottled inside

          Am                    EOh and we all know how that goes
               Am              FYeah I'd given up on letting go
          C                  ESo here we are, with nothing left here
               FAnd now you've left me here
          GAnd I was last to know


[Chorus 2]
                   CAnd they broke him down (and they broke him down)
                   Gyeah they broke him down (and they broke him down)
   Dm                                    FSo I can't be your saint you see cause I won't be hanging around
                   CAnd they broke him down (and they broke him down)
                   Gyeah they broke him down (and they broke him down)
   Dm                                         FSo I stood there and I held my breath cause I knew that it wouldn't be long


[Bridge]
C G Am F x2


[Bridge]
       CHoly smoke!
              ESome say he'd given up the ghost
                        AmBut I think he's in the background (somewhere in the background)
              GHiding in his favorite photograph
                      FAnd he's leaving as a beggar (and he's leaving as a beggar)
          AmOr a millionaire (or a millionaire)
                           EBut the one thing that I'm sure of (I'm sure of)
     CI am sure of (I'm sure of)
      GIs he found some comfort there


[Chorus 3]
                   CAnd they broke him down (and they broke him down)
                   Gyeah they broke him down (and they broke him down)
   Dm                                    FSo I can't be your saint you see cause I won't be hanging around
                   CAnd they broke him down (and they broke him down)
                   Gyeah they broke him down (and they broke him down)
   Dm                                         FSo I stood there and I held my breath cause I knew that it wouldn't be long

                    CUntil they broke me down (and they broke him down)
                   Gyeah they broke him down (and they broke him down)
   Dm                                      FSo I can't be your saint you see because I won't be hanging around
                   CAnd they broke him down (and they broke him down)
                   Gyeah they broke him down (and they broke him down)
   Dm                                         FSo I stood there and I held my breath cause I knew that it wouldn't be long
                               C'Til they broke me...       ...down