Broken Heart Thirteen Valleys - Big Country

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[Verse]
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Thirteen valleys he has wandered for her love
       F#m               D                  E
For he thinks he is the one that she dreams of
        Bm                               D
But her bed was made elsewhere from the first day she got there
        A                E             D
Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out
        E                D             A
Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out

[Chorus]
                   E                           F#m
It could have been me I said it could have been me
          D                  E              F#m
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
          D                   E              A
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

[Verse]
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Thirteen valleys she has gone since morning came
    F#m               D              E
She gave so much that only love remains
        Bm                           D
But her lover is long gone with the money she sent on
        A                E             D
Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out
        E                D             A
Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out

[Chorus]
                   E                           F#m
It could have been me I said it could have been me
          D                  E              F#m
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
          D                   E              A
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

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            F#m                E          D
That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime
            F#m                 E                D
That broken heart will try your love like none before
        F#m               D               F#m             E
You may fight or you may run for what was fast is now undone
           D                  E              F#m
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
E          D                  E              A
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

[Verse]
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Thirteen valleys lying silent in the haze
            F#m           D               E
Filled with promises and spirits that we raised
         Bm                             D
But with the spirits all are ghosts of the ones we hurt the most
         A                E             D
And they wander thirteen valleys crying out  
         E                D             A               
And they wander thirteen valleys crying out

[Chorus]
                   E                           F#m
It could have been me I said it could have been me
          D                  E              F#m
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
                   E                           F#m
It could have been me I said it could have been me
          D                   E              A
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

[Bridge]
            F#m                E          D
That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime
            F#m                 E                D
That broken heart will try your love like none before
        F#m               D               F#m             E
You may fight or you may run for what was fast is now undone
           D                  E              F#m
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on
E          D                  E              A
A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

[Outro]
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