Tone: [Fm]
Verse 1:
I re[Eb]remember the evenin' you s[Eb7]said you were leavin'
[Ab]That's when I knew I had lost [B]
No [Eb]room for forgiveness
Suit[Eb7]case, frames,
pictures, p[Ab]laced in the back of yo[B]ur car
Pre-Chorus:
I [Fm]won't tell my parents
How I [Ab]xxxxed up perfection
And [Cm]selfishly put myself [Bb]first
a [Fm]future of stories, [Ab]kiss you good mornings
[Eb]Gone and it's what I des[Bb]deserve
Chorus:
I can't find the [Ab]words to s[Eb]say
When someone [Cm]asks how you've [Bb]been
I don't know the [Ab]protoco[Eb]l for
fi[Cm]xin' a, fixin' a br[Bb]oken heart
Verse 2:
When my [Eb]friends hear the rumours
They'll [Eb7]tell me they knew that
[Ab]You were bad news from the s[B]start
Every [Eb]bar they take me
And [Eb7]try to matchmake me
With [Ab]someone who doesn't come c[B]close, no
Pre-Chorus:
You [Fm]won't tell your mother 'cause [Ab]she'll tell your father
And [Cm]that's just one more broken
[Bb]heart -One more broken heart-
a [Fm]future of stories, [Ab]adventures, and journeys
[Eb]On fire and falling apart [Bb]
Chorus:
I can't find the [Ab]words to s[Eb]say
Someone asks [Cm]how you've [Bb]been
Don't know the [Ab]protoco[Eb]l for
fi[Cm]xin' a, fixin' a br[Bb]oken heart
Call your [Ab]answerp[Eb]answerphone
Hope that you're [Cm]not at [Bb]home
Don't know the [Ab]protoco[Eb]l for
fi[Cm]xin' a, fixin' a br[Bb]oken heart
Instrumental -x2-:
[Ab] [Eb] [Cm] [Bb]
Bridge:
When I'm [Eb]all by myself and the d[Eb7]drink doesn't help
Take 'em [Ab]down from the shelf
And [B]I'm reminded I keep fighting[Eb]fighting walls in my head
With the [Eb7]miles of regret,
'cause I h[Ab]had every letter, but now
Chorus:
I can't find the [Ab]words to s[Eb]say
Someone asks [Cm]how you've [Bb]been
Don't know the [Ab]protoco[Eb]l for
fi[Cm]xin' a, fixin' a br[Bb]oken heart
Call your [Ab]answerp[Eb]answerphone
Hope that you're [Cm]not at [Bb]home
Don't know the [Ab]protoco[Eb]l for fi[Cm]xin'
a, fixin' a broken he[Bb]art [Ab] [Eb]
-[Cm]-Fixin' a, fixin' a broken [Bb]heart-