Broken Mans Lament - Emmylou Harris Chords

Chords: G, C, D

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[Chorus]

G
I was once a broken man

C
I was once a broken fool

D
Lost my wife and children

C G
To one basic broken rule

G
Now I live my life in silence

C
Though I'm not quite in a shell

D
I drink and listen to that song

C G
"A Whiter Shade of Pale"

C G
Oh, a whiter shade of pale

[Verse 1]

G
I was a good shade tree mechanic

C
So I sent myself to school

D
They smoothed out my rough edges

C G
In my hands they put new tools

G
The instructor once he told me

C
I could work on any line

D
I could tune and make a diesel sing

C G
Just like Patsy Cline

C G
Oh, just like Patsy Cline

[Verse 2]

G
Well, I met my wife to be

C
Through my mother's best friend's son

D
She'd been a barroom singer

C G
She was as good as any-one

G
But I asked her to stop singing

C
And the girl she did not flinch

D
Next day she went and bought that man

C G
A brand new crescent wrench

C G
Oh, a brand new crescent wrench

[Verse 3]

G
Well, we had three fine children

C
As eight years went on by

D
I learned to supervise a line

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