King Of Broken Hearts

												
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Date: 1/9/97; 4:33:51 PM
From: barbieri@unive.it (Roberto Barbieri)
Subject: The King of Broken Bearts by Mark Chesnutt

The King of Broken Bearts by Mark Chesnutt           Written by Jim Lauderdale
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This song is in D# and I'm gonna write it down that way, but it's probably
best to capo up at the 3rd fret and play as if it was in C.

                         D#
The king of broken hearts doesn't ask much from his friends

                 A#
And he has quite a few of them

G               Cm
They know he'll understand

F             A#     D# D# A#
That's just the way it goes.

                         D#
The king of broken hearts doesn't know he's a king

             A#
Be's trying to forget other things

G             Cm
Like some ol' chilly scenes

F           A#     D# D# A#
Be's walking through alone.

                          F
CBoRUS: Be talks to angels and the stars start to spin

                          A#
        Be thinks of troubles that he's gotten in

                  C
        Be recalls how his heart got broken

                       F
        And how it's still that way.

                    D#
The king of broken hearts is so sad and wise

               A#
Be can smile while he's crying inside

G                Cm
We know he'll be brave tonight

F              A#            D# D# A#
'Cause he's the king of broken hearts.

SOLO (D# A# G Cm F A#)

CBoRUS

                    D#
The king of broken hearts thinks that he's an old fool

         A#
Be's a little bit like me and you

G                 Cm
So what's a king like that supposed to do

F         D
With all that blue time

G                Cm
We know he'll be brave tonight

F                     D#
'Cause he's the king of broken hearts

D#                        A#
Be's the king of broken hearts.


Ok. And here are the chords with a capo at the third fret:

D#=C
A#=G
G=E
Cm=Am
F=D
D=B

It's also very cool, I think, to walk down from A# to G (or from G to E if you
are using the capo). Also, if you are not using the capo, I find it better to
finger the chords like:
D#:x65343
A#:688766
G:355433
Cm:x35543
F:133211
D;x5777x
as I think they tend to blend a little better with the vocals.

                  -Roberto Barbieri (barbieri@unive.it)