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How Can You Mend a Broken Heart

How Can You Mend a Broken Heart was written by brothers Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. According to Barry, the inspiration came after a period of conflicts and disagreements among the Gibb brothers, which led to a brief separation of the band. The song was written during a time of reconciliation and reflection on family ties and brotherly love.

Key: D

Introduction:

difficulty
intermediate |||||
D        D4  D     D4  D  
D  
I can think of younger days when living for my life
Em                                             D  
Was everything a man could want to do.
F#7                        Bm              E7                      A7          A    A7  
I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about the sorrow.
D7+  
And how can you mend a broken heart?
Em  
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
G                A7          G            A7  
How can you stop the sun from shining?
G                    A7          D  
What makes the world go round?
D7+  
How can you mend this broken man?
Em  
How can a loser ever win?
         G          A7         G         A7  
Please help me mend my broken heart
G              A7      D  
and let me live again.
D            D4  D  
Da da da da     da
D  
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the trees
Em                                         D  
And misty memories of days gone by
F#7                         Bm         E7                         A7          A    A7  
We could never see tomorrow, no one said a word about the sorrow.
     D7+  
And how can you mend a broken heart?
Em  
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
G                A7          G            A7  
How can you stop the sun from shining?
G                    A7          D  
What makes the world go round?
     D7+  
And how can you mend this broken man?
Em  
How can a loser ever win?
         G          A7         G         A7  
Please help me mend my broken heart
G              A7      D  
and let me live again.
D  
Da da da da da da da da a
Em  
Da da da da da da
         G          A7         G         A7  
Please help me mend my broken heart
G              A7      D  
and let me live again.
D            D4  D      Em                  D  
Da da da da     da    Da da da da da da
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