Key: G
Introduction: G G
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verse 1
G G/F#
I stood in the street in the pouring rain
Em7 C9
Didn't give a damn about anything
G G/F#
I said take me,
Em7 C9
Oh Lord, just take me
verse 2
G
I went back in the house
G/F#
Picked up this guitar
Em7
And somehow my fingers found
C9
Their way to my heart
G G/F#
And it saved me
Em7 C9
Oh Lord, it saved me
PRE Chorus
C/G D
I'm not proud of my mistakes
C/G D
But thanks to you I've got so much to say
Chorus
G G/F#
Cause the best songs come from broken hearts
Em7 C9
From busted dreams and beat up guitars
G
From times like these
G/F#
When I'm down on my knees
G
Ya gotta dig deep within
G/F#
The well of your soul
Em7
To find the will to sing the words
C9
That only you know
G G/F#
About going through hell and
Em7 D
Living to tell the truth
C/G G A D G
But the best songs come from broken hearts
verse 3
G
I fell for a dream
G/F#
It was not what it seemed
Em7
By the time I woke up
C9
I had lost everything
G G/F#
Thought I'd die without you
Em7 C9
But I came to life without you
verse 4
G G/F#
Yeah cause God has a way of working things out
Em7 C9
If not for the music where would I be now
G G/F#
I'm gonna write about you
Em7 C9
You bet I'm gonna write about you
PRE Chorus
C/G D
I'm not proud of my mistakes
C/G D
But thanks to you I've got so much to say
Chorus
G G/F#
Cause the best songs come from broken hearts
Em7 C9
From busted dreams and beat up guitars
G
From times like these
G/F#
When I'm down on my knees
G
Ya gotta dig deep within
G/F#
The well of your soul
Em7
To find the will to sing the words
C9
That only you know
G G/F#
About going through hell and
Em7 D
Living to tell the truth
C/G G A DEm
But the best songs come from broken hearts
D C9 CEm G G/F# D
Chorus
G
Ya gotta dig deep within
G/F#
The well of your soul
Em7
To find the will to sing the words
C9
That only you know
G G/F#
About going through hell and
Em7 D
Living to tell the truth
A
But I'm gonna tell the truth
C/G G
Cause the best songs come from
C/G G
Ooh the best songs come from