'Broke Down' Recorded by Slaid Cleaves on the album of the same name on Philo, Catalogue 1225. Written by Slaid Cleaves and Rod Picott. A wonderful album, everyone should buy a copy. This is my first tab for 'Cowpie', and this is the key I use, others may want to use their capo on a different fret.

^CSherry had a pawn shop band of gold, A sink full of dishes and a love grown cold, ^FAlong came a boy, ^Gpretty as the devil, She ^Ctook his ^Emhand, the whole ^Amthing unravelled, ^FThere's no turnin' ^Ground, It's broke ^Cdown. B^Cilly took the ring, jammed it in his pocket,

Drove down town and tried to hock it,

^FDown at the bottom of L^Gake Ponchartrain, There's a ^Clove not carved ^Eminside a weddin^Amg ring.

^FBroke down, ^Gcracked and shattered, ^CLeft in ^Empieces like it ^Amnever even mattered, ^FBroke down, ^Gtorn and frayed, ^CAin't nothin' ^Emleft you could ^Amgive away, ^FThere's no turnin' ^Ground, It's broke ^Cdown.

^FAin't no tellin ^Gwhere love goes, ^CMaybe ^Emdown where the ^Amblack river flows, ^FWon't be comin' back ^Ground, It's broke ^Cdown.

^CBaby in the back seat, and another on the way, Sherry thinks of Billy at the end of every day, S^Fpends her nights waiting for r^Geal life to start, ^CListening to the s^Emound of her do^Amuble crossed heart.

^FBroke down, cr^Gacked and shattered, ^CLeft in piece^Ems like it never even^Am mattered, T^Fhere's no tu^Grnin' round, I^Ct's broke down.

O^Cn the other side of town, two lovers lie still, Cigarette smokin' on a window sill, T^Fhere's a picture lock^Ged up in an old suitcase, B^Cilly closes his ^Emeyes but he still se^Ames her face.

B^Froke down, cr^Gacked and shattered, L^Ceft in pieces^Em like it neve^Amr even mattered, B^Froke down, t^Gorn and frayed, ^CAin't nothin' l^Emeft you could gi^Amve away, T^Fhere's no turnin' ^Ground, I^Ct's broke down.

Broke down.

Slaid Cleaves - Broke down