------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BREAKING UP THE GIRL - Garbage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard Notes: I used their acoustic performance as a guide and it sounds pretty close. :) Intro: D-E D-E Verse: F#m E In a modern culture, F#m E My friend you must be careful, D E They've a million, D E Ways to kill you F#m E In this dangerous world, F#m E There's an art to growing old, D-E Taking chances, D-F Magic Happens Chorus: A Bm One mistake's all it takes, D F And your life has come undone, A D F Walk away cause you're breaking up the girl A Bm It's a drag I know it's hard, D F But you're tearing her apart, A D F Walk away cause you're breaking up the girl Verse: F#m E F#m E I am afraid that there's much to be afraid of D-E D-E Here today and gone tomorrow F#m E Don't end up in the gutter F#m E Just like the one before D-E You're just the same D-F You're such a loser Chorus: A Bm One mistake's all it takes, D F And your life has come undone, A D F Walk away cause you're breaking up the girl A Bm It's a drag I know it's hard, D F But you're tearing her apart, A D F Walk away cause you're breaking up the girl D-E D-E D-E D-E Gotta let it go because you're breaking up, girl, girl... Chorus: (shift one fret higher) B C#m One mistake's all it takes, E G And your life has come undone, B E G Walk away cause you're breaking up the girl B C#m It's a drag I know it's hard, E G But you're tearing her apart, B E G Walk away cause you're breaking up the girl E-FE-F# E-F#E Breaking up the girl, girl, girl