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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 | % | Am7 | % | Fmaj7 | % | Dm7 | G |
C/G
My love and I,
G/D
We work well together
Am7 Fmaj7
But often we're apart
G(no 3rd) G Am7
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
Have you seen the weather?
Am7 Fmaj7
The sweet September rain
G(no 3rd) G Am7
Rain on me, like no other
Dm7
Until I drown, until I drown
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/prefab_sprout/when_love_breaks_down_crd.html ]
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
We are boxing clever
Am7 Fmaj7
She'll never crowd me out
G(no 3rd) G Am7
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 | % | Dm7 | % |
| C/G | % | Dm7 | % |
(fade)
