La canción Breakeven fue escrita por la banda irlandesa The Script. Describe los sentimientos de un corazón roto y la disparidad emocional entre los involucrados en una ruptura. La inspiración vino de las propias experiencias amorosas de los miembros de la banda, haciendo la canción altamente identificable para quienes han pasado por pérdidas similares.
Tono: G
Introducción:
C
G
D
Em
x4
Em
D
G
Am7
Em
D
G
Am7
I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Em
D
G
Am7
Just prayin' to a god that I don't believe in
Em
D
G
Am7
Cos I got time while she got freedom
Em
D
G
Am7
Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break even
Em
D
G
Am7
Her best days will be some of my worst
Em
D
G
Am7
She finally met a man that's gonna put her first
Em
D
G
Am7
While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping
Em
D
G
Am7
Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break even, even, no
C
G
D
Em
C
What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you, and
G
D
Em
C
What am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up that you're OK, yeah
G
D
Em
C
I'm falling to pieces, yeah
G
D
Em
I'm falling to pieces
Em
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G
Am7
Em
D
G
Am7
They say bad things happen for a reason
Em
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G
Am7
But no wise words gonna stop the bleeding
Em
D
G
Am7
Cos she's moved on while I'm still grieving
Em
D
G
Am7
And when a heart breaks no it don't break even (even)
C
G
D
Em
C
What am I supposed to do when the best part of me was always you, and
G
D
Em
C
What am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up that you're OK, yeah
G
D
Em
C
I'm falling to pieces, yeah
G
D
Em
C
I'm falling to pieces, yeah
G
D
Em
I'm falling to pieces (One still in love while the other one's leaving)
C
G
D
Em
I'm falling to pieces (Cos when a heart breaks no it don't breakeven)
Em
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Am7
Em
D
You got his heart and my heart and none of the pain
G
Am7
You took your suitcase, I took the blame
Em
D
G
Now I'm tryna make sense of what little remains, oh
Am7
Cos you left me with no love and no love to my name
Em
D
G
Am7
I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
Em
D
G
Am7
Just prayin' to a god that I don't believe in
Em
D
G
Am7
Cos I got time while she got freedom
Em
D
Cos when a heart breaks no it don't break
G
No, it don't break
Am7
C
No, it don't break even, no!
G
D
Em
C
What am I gonna do when the best part of me was always you, and
G
D
Em
What am I supposed to say when I'm all choked up that you're OK