• Song:

    A Clean Break

  • Artist:

    Talking Heads

  • Album:

    Once in a Lifetime (dis...

A Clean Break
By TALKINGHEADS


Intro/Verse Chords:
(These chords are repeated continuosly for most of the song)


  Em  C   B7(probably not the right name for this chord)
--0---0------------|
--0---1---0--------|
--0---0---2--------|
--2---2---1--------|
--2---3---2--------|
--0----------------|


Bridge Chords:

  Am  Gm  D   C   F
--5---3-----------1--|
--5---3---7---5---1--|
--5---3---7---5---2--|
--7---5---7---5---3--|
--7---5---5---3---3--|
--5---3-----------1--|

Intro lead:

  Em                             C               B7
--12-----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12------|
--15b17h-17h-17h-17h-17h-17h-17h-17h-17h-17h-17h-17ub15--|
-------------------------------------------------tremolo-|pick
---------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------|


Verse/Chorus:

Em                C         B7
Just beginning to take that love away
Em                C         B7
Just beginning to take that love away
Em                C         B7  Em    C    B7     Em   C  B7
In a minute I’ll wash that love awaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

Em                C         B7
Even now we remember what we used to say
Em                C         B7
Takes a minute to wash that love away
Em                C         B7     Em   C   B7    Em   C  B7
Take a clean break: wash that love awaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

Em                C         B7
Even now we remember what we used to say
Em                C         B7
Even now we remember what we used to say
Em                C         B7         Em  C  B7  Em   C  B7
We’ll be together if we wash that love awaaaaaaaaaay


Bridge:

Am                 Gm Am
What’s tha matter ?
Am                 Gm Am
Have to clean up ?
C D
  That’s true
C D
  That’s true
Am                 Gm Am
And it’s taken
Am                 Gm Am
To extreme extent
C D
  That’s why we
C D
  Work so hard to
F
Take that love away
F
Take that love away
F
Take that love away
F
Take that love away


--5---5-5---7---7-7------------------------------------------------|
--5---5-5---7---7-7------------------------------------------------|
--5---5-5---7---7-7------------------------------------------------|
--5---5-5---7---7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|
----------------------slowly bend a whole step---------------------|
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--5---5-5---7---7-7---15--12---------------------------------------|
--5---5-5---7---7-7-----------15--12-------------------------------|
--5---5-5---7---7-7-------------------12---------------------------|
--5---5-5---7---7-7------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|

--5---5-5---7---7-7---x-x-x-15-x-15---x-x-x-15-x15-----------------|
--5---5-5---7---7-7---x-x-x-15-x-15---x-x-x-15-x15-----------------|
--5---5-5---7---7-7------------------------------------------------|
--5---5-5---7---7-7------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|

This song is so excellent. I cant believe that Ive never been able to find an accurate 
of it
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