BREAK IT TO THEM GENTLY
Burton Cummings


transcribed by Steve Garner (s_garner@hotmail.com)


** Capo on 1st fret **


INTRO: A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)		  A (x02220@1)	      F#mBreak (244222@1)it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
		     Bm (x24432@1)                      Esus4 (022200@1) EWhen (022100@1)you see my baby sister, be as kind as you can
		   A (x02220@1)                    F#mBreak (244222@1)it to my grandma, said that boy?s wild and bad
	           BmBreak (x24432@1)it to them gently when you tell ?em
       E (022100@1)	AThat (x02220@1)I won?t be coming home again

          D (xx0232@1)		               ACause (x02220@1)I?m runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive
 D (xx0232@1)		         	      AFightin? (x02220@1)for my life and I don?t know if I?ll make it alone
 D (xx0232@1)			      ARunnin? (x02220@1)with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive
               F#m (244222@1)                   AGod (x02220@1)I wanna go home, lord I wish I was home

D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)		 A (x02220@1)	     F#mWhen (244222@1)you see my lady with the twinkle in her eyes
                Bm (x24432@1)                       Esus4 (022200@1)ETell (022100@1)it to her softly and hold her if she cries
		  A (x02220@1)            F#mTell (244222@1)her that I love her and I will till the day I die
	        BmTell (x24432@1)it to her gently when you tell her
	 E (022100@1)                   AThat (x02220@1)I won?t be coming home again

E (022100@1)	AI (x02220@1)got in too deep with strangers
E (022100@1)                                AThinkin? (x02220@1)they could help me find my way
D (xx0232@1)               ANobody (x02220@1)warned me of the dangers
          F#m (244222@1)                                   Bm (x24432@1) EAnd (022100@1)it?s always the young and foolish that have to pay

	            A (x02220@1)		   F#mSo (244222@1)break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad
	          Bm (x24432@1)			    Esus4 (022200@1) EThank (022100@1)them for the good years and all the lovin? that I had
                A (x02220@1)                         F#mBreak (244222@1)it to my grandma who said the boy is wild and bad
                 BmBreak (x24432@1)it to them gently when you tell them
       E (022100@1)                  AThat (x02220@1)I won?t be coming home again

   D (xx0232@1)                                           AI?m (x02220@1)runnin? with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive
D (xx0232@1)		            			AFightin? (x02220@1)for my life and I don?t know if I?ll make it alone
D (xx0232@1)					     ARunnin? (x02220@1)with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive
              F#m (244222@1)         ALord (x02220@1)I wanna go home, lord I wanna go home

                           DYou (xx0232@1)gotta break it to them gently
		     ABreak (x02220@1)it to them gently
			         DYou (xx0232@1)gotta break it to them gently
		        AGotta (x02220@1)really try to roll ?em
 				    DYou (xx0232@1)gotta break it to them gently
		        AGotta (x02220@1)really try to sooth them
	              DGotta (xx0232@1)really try to sooth them
		        AGotta (x02220@1)really try to roll them
                        DYou (xx0232@1)gotta roll it to my mother
                    AGotta (x02220@1)roll it to my grandma, gotta roll the old lady
DRoll (xx0232@1)it to my mother
ARoll (x02220@1)it to my mother and roll the old lady
DRoll (xx0232@1)it to my grandma
       AShe?s (x02220@1)damn near eighty, roll the old lady
DRoll (xx0232@1)it to my mother
ARoll (x02220@1)it to my mother, gotta roll the old lady
DRoll (xx0232@1)it to my mother
   AMy (x02220@1)sister and my mother and roll the old lady
DRoll (xx0232@1)it to my grandma
      AShe?s (x02220@1)damn near eighty, roll the old lady...


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