Song:  Breakin Up
Artist:  Violent Femmes
Album: New Times

Transcribed by lagalom@kenyon.edu

Notes: Em*

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Intro:
drums

Verse 1:
Am        C         Em
Now every once in a while
Am        C        E
There's a crack in my smile
Am              C          Em
Dark voices are talking to me
Am                          C                E
Dark voices tell me the way it's supposed to be
Am                                      C       Em
They said "Breakin' up" they said "It's hard to do"
Am
But what they say about breakin' up
             G    F   Em*
Y'know it's just not true

Chorus 1:

Am                C       Em
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Am                C       E
Breakin' up, it's easy to do

Verse 2:
Am  C      Em
Why if you know
Am          C       E
Why did you have to go
Am                                 C         Em
And leave me on the floor about as sick as a dog
Am                         C           E
I'm feeding my face like a bleary-eyed hog
Am                              C     Em
Why'd it have to stop when it's just begun
Am                         G        F   Em*
Why'd it have to stop with so much good undone

Chorus 2:

Am                C       Em
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Am                C       E
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Am                C       Em
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Am                C     E
Y'know I break up every time
I break up with you

Solo:

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repeat Verse 1:
repeat Chorus 2:
Am                C       Em
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Am                C       E
Breakin' up, it's easy to do
Am                C       Em
Breakin' up
Breakin' up

(drums only)
Breakin' up
Breakin' up
Breakin' up