Cage the Elephant - Broken boy
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Bm
Tempo: 167 bpm
Rhythm: The rhythm in this song is mostly synth pads and a driving bass guitar playing swing eighths.
Playing power chords (Bm5, D5, G5) during verse can replicate bass feel.
[Pre-Intro]
-Experimental noise over Bm and A :)
[Intro]
|Bm | |Bm | |D |G |Bm | |
[Verse]
Bm I was born on the wrong side of the train tracks
Bm I was raised with a strap across my back
D Lay me on my Gside or hold me up to the Bmlight, yeah
Bm I was burned by the cold kiss of a vampire
Bm I was bit by the whisper of a soft liar
D Any good friend of Gyours is a good friend of Bmmine
[Chorus]
G Broken Bmboy, G how does it Bmfeel?
G Broken Bmboy, how does it feel? G How does it Bmfeel?
[Interlude]
|Bm | |Bm | |D |G |Bm | |
[Verse]
Bm Tell me why I'm forced to live in this skin
Bm Tell me why I’m forced to live in this skin
D I'm an alien, I'm Gjust an ali-Bmen, oh
Bm Tell me why I was born to live in this skin
Bm Tell me how I’m supposed to be forgiven
D With my hand in the Ghive and the sun in my Bmeyes, yeah
[Chorus]
G Broken Bmboy, G how does it Bmfeel?
G Bm G N.C. (brake down)
Broken boy, how does it feel? How does it feel?
[Break]
N.C. | | |
[Verse]
Bm I was born on the wrong side of the train tracks
Bm Always born on the wrong side of the train tracks
D Lay me on my Gside or hold me up to the Bmlight, yeah
Bm I was burned by the cold kiss of a vampire
Bm I was promised the keys to an empire
D Any good friend of Gyours is a good friend of Bmmine, oh
[Chorus]
G Broken Bmboy, G how does it Bmfeel?
G Bm G Bm/N.C. (Break down)
Broken boy, how does it feel? How does it feel?
[Outro]
N.C. |D |G A|