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                When Love Breaks Down - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Prefab Sprout
When Love Breaks Down (1985)
(Paddy McAloon)

From: "Steve McQueen"

A very beautiful song and a great recording, too. But instruments and 
harmonies create dense layers of chord textures that are very difficult to
recreate on one guitar. So a lot of what is here is my interpretation of 
what is played. Take the basic chords and try to create your own 
arrangement. Enjoy!

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CHORDS
Capo 1st fret

E-A-D-G-B-e
Fmaj7   (t)1-3-3-2-1-0
C/G        3-x-2-0-1-0
G/D        x-5-x-0-0-3
Am7/9      x-0-5-5-5-7
G/A        x-0-5-4-3-3
G(no 3rd)  3-x-0-0-3-x
Fmaj7/9 (t)1-3-3-0-1-0  or
        (t)1-x-3-2-1-3
Fmaj7/G    3-x-3-2-1-0

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Capo 1st fret

INTRO
| C| (x32010@1)% | Am7| (x02010@1)% | Fmaj7| (1x3210@1)% | Dm7 | G| (320003@1)
C/G 
   My love and I,
G/D (4x3121@7)  We work well together
Am7 (x02010@1)               Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  But often we're apart
G(no 3rd) G (320003@1)       Am7 (x02010@1)
  Absence makes the   heart lose weight, yeah,
Dm7                                  [C/G)
  Till love breaks down, love breaks down

| C/G | % | Am7/9 | % | Fmaj7 | % | Dm7 | % |

C/G 
   Oh my, oh my,
G/D (4x3121@7)  Have you seen the weather?
Am7 (x02010@1)                  Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  The sweet September rain
G(no 3rd) G  Am7  
  Rain on me,  like no other
Dm7
  Until I drown, until I drown

Fmaj7/9                                  [Fmaj7/G]
  When love breaks down, the things you do
Fmaj7/G 
  To stop the truth from hurting you
Fmaj7/9                               [Fmaj7/G]
  When love breaks down, the lies we tell,
Fmaj7/G 
  They only serve to fool ourselves,
Fmaj7/9                                  [Fmaj7/G]
  When love breaks down, the things you do
Fmaj7/G 
  To stop the truth from hurting you
Fmaj7/9                                  [C/G]
  When love breaks down, when love breaks down

| C/G | % | G/A | % | G(no 3rd) | % | G | % |
| Fmaj7 | % | Dm7 | % | G(no 3rd) | % | G | % |

C/G 
   My love and I,
G/D (4x3121@7)  We are boxing clever
Am7 (x02010@1)                    Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)  She'll never crowd me out
G(no 3rd)  G (320003@1)     Am7 (x02010@1)
  Fall, be free as   old confetti
Dm7
  And paint the town, paint the town

Fmaj7/9                                  [Fmaj7/G]
  When love breaks down, the things you do
Fmaj7/G 
  To stop the truth from hurting you
Fmaj7/9                               [Fmaj7/G]
  When love breaks down, the lies we tell,
Fmaj7/G 
  They only serve to fool ourselves,
Fmaj7/9                                  [Fmaj7/G]
  When love breaks down, the things you do
Fmaj7/G 
  To stop the truth from hurting you
Fmaj7/9                               [Fmaj7/G]
  When love breaks down, the lies we tell,
Fmaj7/G 
  They only serve to fool ourselves,
Fmaj7/9                                  [Fmaj7/G]
  When love breaks down, the things you do
Fmaj7/G 
  To stop the truth from hurting you
Fmaj7/9                               [Fmaj7/G]
  When love breaks down, you join the wrecks
Fmaj7/G 
  Who leave their hearts for easy sex
Fmaj7/9                                  [C/G]
  When love breaks down, when love breaks down

OUTRO
| C/G | % | G/D | / | Am7 | % | Fmaj7 | % |
| G(no 3rd) | G | Am7 | % | Dm7 | % |

| C/G| (3x555x@1)% | Dm7 | % | 
| C/G| (3x555x@1)% | Dm7 | % | 
 (fade)