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THE SCRIPT — BREAKEVEN BASS TAB

INTRO
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|(X2)


VERSE

I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

Just prayed to a God that I don't believe in
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

'Cause I got time while she got freedom
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

'Cause when a heart breaks, no it don't breakeven
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

Her best days will be some of my worst
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

She finally met a man that's gonna put her first
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

While I'm wide awake she's no trouble sleeping
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

'Cause when a heart breaks, no it don't breakeven, even, no
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|


CHORUS

What am I suppose to do,When the best part of me was always you and
What am I suppose to say,When I'm all choked up and you're okay
G|—————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces, yeah
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|


VERSE

They say bad things happen for a reason
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

But no wise words gonna stop the bleeding
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

'Cause she's moved on while I'm still grieving
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

And when a heart breaks, no it don't breakeven, even, no
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|


CHORUS

What am I gonna do,When the best part of me was always you
And what am I suppose to say,When I'm all choked up and you're okay
G|—————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces, yeah
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces, yeah
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces
(One's still in love while the other one's leaving)
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces
('Cause when a heart breaks, no it don't breakeven)
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|


BRIDGE

You got his heart and my heart and none of the pain
G|—————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—3—3—|

You took your suitcase, I took the blame
G|—————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—3—3—|

Now I'm tryna make sense of what little remains, oh
G|—————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—3—3—|

'Cause you left me with no love and no love to my name
G|—————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—3—3—|


VERSE

I'm still alive but I'm barely breathing
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

Just prayed to a God that I don't believe in
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

'Cause I got time while she got freedom
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|

'Cause when a heart breaks, no it don't break
No it don't break, no it don't breakeven, no
G|———————————————|
D|———————————————|
A|—6—————————————|
E|—————6———1———3—|


CHORUS

What am I gonna do,When the best part of me was always you
And what am I supposed to say,When I'm all choked up and you're okay
G|—————————————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces, yeah
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces, yeah
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces
(One's still in love while the other one's leaving)
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

I'm falling to pieces
('Cause when a heart breaks, no it don't breakeven)
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

Oh, it don't breakeven, no
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

Oh, it don't breakeven, no
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|

Oh, it don't breakeven, no
G|—————————————————————————|
D|—————————————————————————|
A|—6—6—6———————————————————|
E|———————6—6—6—1—1—1—3—3—3—|


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D|-------------------|
A|---3---------------|
E|-------------------|

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    G|-------------------|
D|-------5h7---------|
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    G|-------------------|
D|-------7p5---------|
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    G|-------------------|
D|-------5/7---------|

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