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Bishop Allen
The Broken String


A fun, easy song.  No capo, comment with corrections, done by ear.

                           FThis (133211@1)city is silver in the moon
                                  AmAnd (x02210@1)mountains heaped with sugar spoons
                             DmThe (xx0231@1)click and clatter of my feet
             Bb (x1333x@1)             CAlong (x32010@1)the crooked cobbled streets
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                              FDown (133211@1)past the window shuttered tight
                          AmThe (x02210@1)hollow of a haunted night
                              DmIt's (xx0231@1)raining now out on the beach
              Bb (x1333x@1)           CThe (x32010@1)chitter chatter of my teeth
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                           FI'm (133211@1)following the coffee trail
                               AmAnd (x02210@1)drink it black and by the bail
                         DmThe (xx0231@1)pesos turn to paper cups
              Bb (x1333x@1)          CMy (x32010@1)fingers tremble at the touch
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Dm, C, F, G, E, G, F, G, C, Bb, C, F

              CAcross (x32010@1)the Mapocho
         FSanta (133211@1)Lucia
               CBarrio (x32010@1)Bella vista
          FSan (133211@1)Cristobal
              CAcross (x32010@1)the Mapocho
      FLa (133211@1)Moneda
             C (x32010@1)        CLa (x32010@1)Casa de Neruda

                         FAnd (133211@1)on the cable car I climb
                          AmUp (x02210@1)to the sacred virgin shrine
                              DmThis (xx0231@1)city's smothered in the smog
             Bb (x1333x@1)         CThe (x32010@1)snippy snap of wild dogs
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                        FTomorrow (133211@1)is Assumption Day
                          AmI (x02210@1)ask just what they celebrate
                           DmDaniello (xx0231@1)says he can't explain
                 Bb (x1333x@1)     CBut (x32010@1)he'll be clappin' anyway
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F, Am, Dm, Bb, C, F x2

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