C
Did I mention he was dreaming
E7
When the devil came to town
Am
I was awoken by the screaming
G
But nobody heard a sound
F
And the lies we tell at breakfast
Am
Won't match the lies we share for lunch
E
And the lies we serve for dinner
FG
They?re the tallest of the bunch, yeah
C
Did I mention he was cold
E7
When he finally lost control of the ghost
Am
And the epilogue I dreaded
G
Now seemed likely to console
F
And I'm still not understanding
Am
The things he did before he left
E
And the one thing that will haunt me
FG
Is right before his final breath, when he said
CG
'Oh they broke me down, yeah they broke me down
DmAmG
So I can't be your saint you see, cause I won't be hanging around
CG
And they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
DmAmG
So I stood there and I held my breath cause I knew that it wouldn't be long
C
Till they broke me down
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And no one holds a grudge dear
FCGAm
Like I do, I see it through
G
And you may not remember
F
It was nothing much at the time
CG
But I kept it bottled inside
EF
Oh and we all know how that goes
EF
I'd given up on letting go
CAmE
So here we are, with nothing left, dear
F
And now you've left here
G
And I was last to know
C
Holy smokes
E7
Some say he'd given up the ghost, but he wouldn't do that
Am
I think he's hiding in the background
G
Of his favorite photographs
F
And he's living as a beggar
Am
Or maybe a millionaire
E
But the one thing that I'm sure of
FG
Is he found some comfort there, that's fair
CG
Because they broke him down, oh they broke him down
DmAmG
So he can't be my saint no more, he won't be hangin around
Oh no
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And they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
DmAmG
He said 'I can't be your saint no more because I won't be hangin around'
CG
And they broke him down, yeah they broke him down
DmG
So I stood there and I held my breath because I knew that it wouldn't be long
C
Before they broke me down
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