BREAK IT TO THEM GENTLY Burton Cummings transcribed by Steve Garner ([email protected]) ** Capo on 1st fret ** INTRO: A D A D A F#m Break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad Bm Esus4 E When you see my baby sister, be as kind as you can A F#m Break it to my grandma, said that boy's wild and bad Bm Break it to them gently when you tell ?em E A That I won't be coming home again D A Cause I'm runnin? with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive D A Fightin' for my life and I don't know if I'll make it alone D A Runnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive F#m A God I wanna go home, lord I wish I was home D A D A F#m When you see my lady with the twinkle in her eyes Bm Esus4 E Tell it to her softly and hold her if she cries A F#m Tell her that I love her and I will till the day I die Bm Tell it to her gently when you tell her E A That I won't be coming home again E A I got in too deep with strangers E A Thinkin? they could help me find my way D A Nobody warned me of the dangers F#m Bm E And it?s always the young and foolish that have to pay A F#m So break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad Bm Esus4 E Thank them for the good years and all the lovin' that I had A F#m Break it to my grandma who said the boy is wild and bad Bm Break it to them gently when you tell them E A That I won't be coming home again D A I'm runnin' with a gun and it isn't any fun as a fugitive D A Fightin' for my life and I don?t know if I'll make it alone D A Runnin' with a gun and it isn?t any fun as a fugitive F#m A Lord I wanna go home, lord I wanna go home D You gotta break it to them gently A Break it to them gently D You gotta break it to them gently A Gotta really try to roll 'em D You gotta break it to them gently A Gotta really try to sooth them D Gotta really try to sooth them A Gotta really try to roll them D You gotta roll it to my mother A Gotta roll it to my grandma, gotta roll the old lady D Roll it to my mother A Roll it to my mother and roll the old lady D Roll it to my grandma A She's damn near eighty, roll the old lady D Roll it to my mother A Roll it to my mother, gotta roll the old lady D Roll it to my mother A My sister and my mother and roll the old lady D Roll it to my grandma A She's damn near eighty, roll the old lady... ---------------------------------------------- comments, corrections: [email protected]
