How Can You Mend a Broken Heart Chords by Al Green

[Start]

[Intro]
E Emaj7 E Emaj7 E Emaj7 Gbm7 Gbm
■ ■     ■ ■     ■ ■     ■    ■  
A B A B Bmaj7 B
■ ■ ■ ■ ■     ■
A Abm Gbm E
■ ■   ■   ■


[Verse]
                            Emaj7
I can think of younger days ■    
E Emaj7                         Gbm
■ ■     When living for my life ■  
                 E         Emaj7   E 
Was everything a man could want to do
Ab7 Ab Ab7               Dbm     
■   ■  I could never see tomorrow
Gb7       Gbm        B               
■   I was never told about the sorrow
    E               
And how can you mend
Emaj7               
■     A broken heart
Gbm7 Gbm                                   Gbm7 Gbm
■    ■   How can you stop the rain falling down ■  


[Chorus]
Gbm7         A   B              A
■    Tell me how ■ can you stop ■
             B      
The sun from shining
A                Abm   Gbm      
■ What makes the world go 'round


[Verse]
    E                Emaj7                 E
And how can you mend ■     this broken man ■
Gbm           Gbm7       Gbm Gbm7
■   How can a loser ever ■   win 


[Chorus]
                        A    Amaj7 A  B      A    
Somebody please help me mend ■     my broken heart
                B    
And let me live again
A Abm Gbm E
■ ■   ■   ■
    E             
Let him live again
         A    
La la la la la


[Verse]
        E                       Emaj7 E
And how ■ can you mend a broken man   ■
Gbm     Gbm7                      Gbm         
■   And how can you stop the rain falling down


[Chorus]
    A         B        A              B      
And ■ how can you stop ■ the sun from shining
         A   
Now from here
                   Abm          Gbm    E
Tell me what makes the world go 'round ■


[Verse]
            E              
I can still feel the breeze
Emaj7                                Gbm
■     That rustles through the trees ■  
                           E      
And misty memories of days gone by
Ab                     Ab7      Dbm
But we could never see tomorrow ■  
                       Gb7                        B         B7    
Would you believe that no one no one ever told us about the sorrow


[Chorus]
B B7 Bsus4 B7 Emaj7
■ So ■     ■  how  
                            Gbm7
Tell me how to fix this man ■   
                          Gbm     A   
How can you stop the rain falling down
B                      A               
■ How can you stop the sun from shining
         B      
Sun from shining
            A            
How can you stop the rain
                        Abm   
What makes the world go 'round
Gbm                 E
The world go around ■
              E               
And sometimes after saying say


[Bridge]
   Emaj7 Dbm7 Gbm7    Gbm A    B  A
La la    la   ■    la ■   ■ la la ■


[Chorus]
B      A    Abm      Gbm Gbm7
■ Yeah ■ La la la la la  la  
E                                      
Tell me help me mend my my broken heart
     E         
Help me me love


[Verse]
             Emaj7               E       Emaj7     
I just wanna I just wanna I just wanna I just wanna
E Emaj7           E         
I just wanna live again baby
Gbm                  
Baby How can you mend
            A  
This broken man


[Chorus]
              B              A              B  
Somebody tell me and how can ■ a loser ever win
  A               
I feel for you now
        Abm    
Help me mend my
          Gbm7     E              
Oh let me help you help me mend it
E                    
Help me kiss you baby
        E              
Help me love you better
            Emaj7                 
How can you mend this broken heart
                Gbm    
Somebody please tell me
            Gbm                            
How can you stop the rain from falling down
                                     A   
Although my clothes are all wet tell ■ me
            B      
How can you mend my
A                      B           
Please help me mend my broken heart
        A           Abm     Gbm7 E                     Emaj7                    
I think I I believe ■   I I got  a feeling that I want to live and live and live
                      Gbm
What's it have to say ■