Walking On Broken Glass
Annie Lennox
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Tom:
C F C F C F G C F C F C F G
Walking on walking on broken glass (2x)
F C F C F C F G
1. You were the sweetest thing that I ever knew
F C F C F C F G
but I don’t care for sugar honey if I can’t have you.
Am C F C
G/H Am
Since you’ve abandoned me my whole life has crushed.
Em
Won’t you pick the pieces up
F G C
’cause it feels just like I’m walking on broken glass.
Refrain 1:
C F C F C F G C F C F C F G
Walking on walking on broken glass (2x) [erstes Mal: Oooh!]
Am
G/H
2. The sun’s still shining in the big blue sky
C F C F C F G
but it don’t mean nothing to me.
F F/G C F C F C F G
Oh, let the rain come down, let the wind blow through me!
Am
G/H C F C G/H Am
I’m living in an empty room with all the windows smashed
C
and I’ve got so little left to lose
C/G G
that it feels just like I’m walking on broken glass.
Refrain 1 (1x)
Bridge:
C/F B Am/F
And if you’re trying to cut me down you know that I might bleed
C/F B Am/F
’cause if you’re trying to cut me down I know that you’ll succeed.
C/F B Am/F
And if you want to hurt me there’s nothing left to fear
C/F B Gsus4 G
’cause if you want to hurt me you’re doing really well my dear.
Zwischenteil: C F C F C F G (2x)
F F/G C F
3. Now everyone of us was made to suffer,
C F C F G
everyone of us was made to weep
F F/G C F
but we’ve been hurting one another
C F C F G Am
And now the pain has cut too deep
C/G
So take me from the wreckage,
F C
G/H Am
save me from the blast!
G/H
Lift me up and take me back!
F Gsus4
Don’t let me keep on walking - Don’t let me keep on walking
I can’t keep on walking on - keep on walking on
G
I can’t keep on walking on - Don’t let me Don’t let me
C
broken glass!
Refrain 1 (2x)
Refrain 2:
C F C F C F G C F C F C F G
Walking on walking on broken glass
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