Intro B BsusG Bsus Verse 1 B Here's a thing about a heartbreak F/B It will happen all your life Fm In the morning, on your wedding day B7 In a cheerful, last goodbye B It might find you at the station F/B Sit beside you on the train Fm Kiss you softly with intention B7 Leave you breathless from the pain
Chorus B When a heart breaks down F B When a heart breaks down F B B Won't you stand your ground and stand again? Fm B/Cm B When a heart breaks down F Fm When a heart breaks down F B Fm B/Cm Will you find your way somehow to love again? Verse 2 B Lately, she's been up 'til sunrise F/B Sleep is lost and can't be found Fm It's not the water on the nightstand B7 It's not the book she can't put down B It's the echo of some bad news F/B And the doctors whispering Fm It's the memory of a warm embrace B7 And the breath she's holding in Chorus B When a heart breaks down F B When a heart breaks down F B B Won't you stand your ground and stand again? Fm B/Cm B When a heart breaks down F Fm When a heart breaks down F B Fm B/Cm Will you find your way somehow to love again? Post-Chorus Fm B/Cm B When a heart breaks down Fm B/G F When a heart breaks down Verse 3 B There's beauty in the blessed heartbreak F/B There is life after the flood Fm No one here has suffered through it B7 Without courage in their blood B Here's the thing about forgiveness F/B She's the child of love and hate Fm The recognizing that you need her so B7 Will bring peace along the way Chorus B When a heart breaks down F B When a heart breaks down F B B Won't you stand your ground and stand again? Fm B/Cm B When a heart breaks down F Fm When a heart breaks down F B Fm B/Cm Will you find your way somehow to love again? Post-Chorus Fm B/Cm B When a heart breaks down Fm B/G F When a heart breaks down