Dashboard Confessional – Bend And Not Break (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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Artist: Dashboard Confessional Title : Bend And Not Break Intro: E (16x) E - C#m - A (6x)
E           C#m          A
  I catalog these steps now

E              C#m   A            
  decisive and intentioned

   E
precise and patterned 

   C#m     A    E    C#m A
specifically to yours

E                 A#m  A
  I'm talented at breathing

E            C#m  A
  especially exhaling

   E
so that my chest will 

C#m       A        E    C#m A
rise and fall with yours
E - C#m - A (4x)
E                    C#m      A
  I'm careful not to wake you

E               C#m    A
  fearing conversation

    E               C#m      A
It's better just to hold you

E                  C#m  A
  and keep you pacified

E                   C#m A
  I'm talented with reason

E                 C#m    A
  I cover all the angles

E            C#m     A   E  C#m A
I can fail before I EVER try
Chorus:
E        B/D#
  Try to understand there's an 

A               Am
old mistake that fools will make

E             C#m
  And I'm the king of them

        A                C
pushing everything that's good away

  E          C#m      A
So won't you hold me now? 

            F#m
(I will not bend I will not break)

E           C#m      A
  Won't you hold me now? 

            F#m
(I will not bend I will not break)
E - C#m - A (2x)
E             C#m   A
  I am fairly agile 

E                C#m       A
  I can bend and not break

   E
Or I can break and 

C#m      A      E   C#m A
take it with a smile

E           C#m     A
  I am so resilient 

E           C#m     A
  I recover quickly

E
I'll convince you 

C#m        A   E   C#m A
soon that i am fine
Chorus:
E        B/D#
  Try to understand there's an 

A               Am
old mistake that fools will make

E             C#m
  And I'm the king of them

        A                C
pushing everything that's good away

  E          C#m      A
So won't you hold me now? 

            F#m
(I will not bend I will not break)

E           C#m      A
  Won't you hold me now? 

           F#m
(For you I rise for you I fall)
Interlude: E - C#m - D - E (2x) Bridge:
     E       C#m       D E
Just hold me close to you
(Repeat 4x) Interlude: E - C#m - D - E (2x) Chorus:
E        C#m
  Try to understand there's an

A               A
old mistake that fools will make

   E        C#m
And I'm the king of them

        A                D       
pushing everything that's good away

  E          C#m      A  C
So won't you hold me now? 

E           C#m      A  C
  Won't you hold me now?
E - C#m - A (4x) E(end)