Tonight Alive
Breakdown (as it is played in this version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqbSXX6ngds)
Key F
Tuning: Half-Step Down
Chords used:
F F ' C C ' C#m Am B Bb Bb ' Dm Dm ' D G
e|--1---x----x----8-----x---5---x---x---6-----x----10----x---3-------------------|
B|--3---8----3----10----4---7---2---1---8-----5----12----5---5-------------------|
G|--3---10---5----10----6---7---4---3---8-----7----12----7---5-------------------|
D|--2---10---5----9-----6---5---4---3---7-----7----10----7---4--------------+----|
A|--1---10---5----8-----5---5---4---3---6-----6----10----7---3-------------------|
E|--1---8----3----8-----4---5---2---1---6-----5----10----5---3-------------------|
Intro: F '
Vers 1:
F ' C '
Come on, come on, pick me up
Am Bb '
Go on, go on, let me down
F ' C '
You couldn't tell me if I asked you
Am Bb '
"Do you still want me around?"
F ' C '
Come on, come on play your games
Am Bb '
Go on, go on, say my name
F ' C '
You won't, you won't stay the same
Am Bb '
And don't you know it's just not like me to wait?
Pre-Chorus:
Dm '
Cause you give me your reasons
C '
But I've heard them all before
Am
This is it, and I'll admit that
Chorus:
Bb ' F C
I breakdown, I breakdown when I can't see you
Bb F C
I breakdown, I breakdown when you don't call
Bb F C
And I've told myself a thousand time that if you left I'd be alright and
Bb F C
I breakdown, I breakdown if I can't see you tonight
Interlude: F'
Vers 2:
F ' C '
Come on, come on, leave me here
Am Bb '
Go on, go on, watch my tears
F ' C ' Am Bb '
Go on, go on, say goodbye cause I know, I know it won't be the last time
F ' C '
Go on and I'll watch you go
Am Bb '
Go on, go on, I just hope you know
F ' C ' Am Bb '
It's a slim to none chance that I'll be here when you get home
Pre-Chorus:
Dm '
Cause you give me your reasons
C '
But I've heard them all before
Am
This is it, and I'll admit that
Chorus:
Bb ' F C
I breakdown, I breakdown when I can't see you
Bb F C
I breakdown, I breakdown when you don't call
Bb F C
And I've told myself a thousand time that if you left I'd be alright and
Bb F C
I breakdown, I breakdown if I can't see you tonight
Bridge:
Dm C
I really don't wanna talk it out
Bb
There's nothing left here to fight about or cry about
B
So don't misunderstand me, I'm giving up
Dm C
I really don't wanna see your face,
Am
When you look at me that way like it's a game
C#m
I'm really not OK but I won't
Chorus:
Percussion stumms
Breakdown and breakdown if I can't see you
C#m
No I won't breakdown and breakdown if you don't call
C G D
I breakdown, I breakdown if I can't see you
C G D
I breakdown, I breakdown if you don't call
C G
And I've told myself a thousand times
D
That if you left I'll be alright and
C G
I breakdown, I breakdown but I won't
D
I can't stop myself now but I won't
C G D CGD
Breakdown and breakdown if I can't see you tonight