If you gotta break another heart    (intro)

 

Em                - Am - D - B7

    Da da da….

 

    Em                                            Am

1.       If you gotta break another heart,

                 D       - B7                        Em

    then break it,        come on and break itl.

                                                    Am

    If you gotta take that kind of chance,

             D       - B7                 Em

    then take it,       go on and take it.

 

                                            Am          D

    Anything I say or do will make no difference,

              Em           G                    C                   Am              B7   - D

    in the end you’ll go ahead and do what you really wanna do.

 

G                      Em                  Am              D

    If you gotta break another heart, then break it,

G                    Em                       Am               D

    if you gotta take that kind of chance, then take it.

                G      Em       - Am                          D                     Em   ~ ~

You are free to take it,          but don’t come runnin’ back to me.

 

   Em                                                  Am

2.     If you’re gonna make another change,

               D         - B7                     Em

    then make it,           go on and make it.

                                              Am

    If you’re gonna do it, do it now,

               D         - B7                     Em

    don’t leave it        cause I can’t take it.

 

                                                        Am        D

    Everybody knows that you were born a drifter,

                     Em       G                C                       Am               B7    - D

    you were born a drifter, baby,      you’ll never, never settle down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

G                      Em                  Am              D

    If you gotta break another heart, then break it,

G                    Em                       Am               D

    if you gotta take that kind of chance, then take it.

                G      Em       - Am                          D                      G

You are free to take it,          but don’t come runnin’ back to me.

 

G                     Em               Am             D

    If you gotta play another tune, then play it,

G                    Em                          Am             D

    if you gotta say what’s on your mind, then say it,

              G           Em    - Am                          D                      G

    go ahead and say it,         but don’t come runnin’ back to me.

 

G                       Em                Am            D

    Da-da-da-da, da-da-da-da da, then break it,

 G                       Em                     Am               D

    da-da-da-da, da-da, another chance, then take it.

                   G       Em     - Am                           D                     G

    You are free to take it,         but don’t come runnin’ back to me….

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)      (Albert Hammond)