BREAKING THE GIRL Red Hot Chili Peppers TUNING: D# G# C# F# A# D# (All strings lowered one half step) NOTE: All chord names will be relative to the half step lowered tuning. CHORDS: (verse) (pre-chorus) A C/A D/A A C G Am C G Fmaj7 d#|:-----------------------------------------------:|--0----3----0------0----3----0--| A#|:--2-------4/5-------7--------9-h10-p9--h10-p9--:|--1----3----1------1----3----1--| F#|:--2-------4/5-------7--------9------9-------9--:|--0----0----2------0----0----2--| C#|:--2-------4/5-------7--------9-h12-p9--h12-p9--:|--2----0----2------2----0----3--| G#|:--0-h4p0--0/0-h7p0--0-h10p0--0------0-------0--:|--3----2----0------3----2----3--| D#|:-----------------------------------------------:|-------3----------------3-------| (chorus) (1st x) (2nd x) Am7 Bm6 C6 D6sus4 E E7 F F7 E7 d#|:-----------------------:|------10--|-----------------| A#|:--5----7---------------:|--9---9---|-----------------| F#|:--5----7----9----12----:|--9---9---|--10-----8---7---| C#|:--5----6----7----9-----:|--9---9---|--7------7---6---| G#|:--x----x----x----x-----:|--7---7---|--8------8---7---| D#|:--5----7----8----10----:|----------|-----------------| VERSE 1: I am a man cut from the know Rarely do friends come and then go She was a girl, soft but estranged We were the two, our lives rearranged PRE-CHORUS: Feeling so good that day A feeling of love that day CHORUS: Twisting and turning your feelings are burning You're breaking the girl (She meant you no harm) Think you're so clever but now you must sever You're breaking the girl (He loves no one else) VERSE 2: Raised by my dad, girl of the day He was my man, that was the way She was the girl left alone Feeling the need to make me her home PRE-CHORUS: I don't know what when or why The twilight of love had arrived CHORUS: Twisting and turning your feelings are burning You're breaking the girl (She meant you no harm) Think you're so clever but now you must sever You're breaking the girl (He loves no one else) INSTRUMENTAL: A C/A (x8) CHORUS: Twisting and turning your feelings are burning You're breaking the girl (She meant you no harm) Think you're so clever but now you must sever You're breaking the girl (He loves no one else) INSTRUMENTAL: A C/A (x8) THANKS! TO: Marty Schwartz / martyschwartz / Marty Music (YouTube)