The Year My Voice Broke

Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G The highest note on the highest string Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G Of an old Australian violin Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G Brushes the grasses and slips through the dark Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G ‘Til it finally settles onto my brand-new heart. F Gsus4 G F Gsus4 G I know----- you can hear me although----- you are not near me C Em Am All my life you’ve been there. All your life I’ve been here. C/G Am7/F Am7/G Am7/F That was the year that my heart broke, I guess somebody misspoke Am7/G C It was my heart that broke. Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G Can’t find the words to describe how bad it feels Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G It’s so absurd to be the third wheel Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G In this haunted house or on this stupid bike Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G That’s not the kind of guy that you’re supposed to like. F Gsus4 G F Gsus4 G I know you can hear me although you’re not near me C Em Am All my life you’ve been there. All your life I’ve been here. C/G Am7/F Am7/G Am7/F That was the year that my heart broke. They say the first time you choke. Am7/G C It was my heart that broke. Em F C Am F G If I could hypnotize you, I would take advantage of the moment that I had control Em F C Am F Instead I agonize and do my best to manage on my own G F G I’ve no control over anything in my life. Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G Did they all know from the start Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G That you were born with a desperate heart Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G No one told me, there was no secret revealed Am7 C Am7/F Am7/G I spent the night imagining you were out there in our field. F Gsus4 G F Gsus4 G I know you can hear me although you’re not near me. C Em Am All my life you’ll been there. All your life I’ll been here. C/G Am7/F Am7/G Am7/F That was the year that my heart broke. Maybe I’ll always be the joke Am7/G C It was my heart that broke. C Em Am All my life you’ll been there. All your life I’ll been here. C/G Am7/F Am7/G Am7/F That was the year that my heart broke. I guess somebody misspoke. Am7/G C It was my heart that broke.