Jeremy Messersmith

Breaking Down

Jeremy Messersmith


Tom: G

G                                         C           C C/B
I’ve got a car that’s always stuck in the last gear.
     Am                                               D
It’s starts and it goes if you leave it alone but you can’t steer.
G                                      C           C C/B
Taking it out on a Sunday drive on the back roads
       Am                                        C              D
And it waits till I’m far away from home and the sun is getting low

Chorus 2: 
    G                                          C        C C/B
And wouldn’t you know it, she’s breaking down again
Am                                  C                    D
Pulling her over onto the shoulder, letting her under my skin

Verse 2:
G                                          C           C C/B
I’ve got a woman that I haven’t seen for a good year
      Am                                           D
She’s got a new job, yeah I love her a lot but she ain’t here.
G                                              C     C C/B
We’ve got a system and she’s got it all worked out
            Am                                           C
But there’s something missing that she’s forgetting that she can’t live 
    D
without

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 3: (repeat verse progression)
I’ve  got a car, it looks real good with the top down
But it lost a tire and caught on fire in the last town
I’ve got a girl who’s drying her eyes with a haiku
So I’m hitching a ride down 35, gotta be there by afternoon