BREAK IT TO THEM GENTLY 
Burton Cummings 


** Capo on 1st fret ** 


INTRO: A D A D 

A F#m 
Break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad 
Bm Esus4 E 
When you see my baby sister, be as kind as you can 
A F#m 
Break it to my grandma, said that boy’s wild and bad 
Bm 
Break it to them gently when you tell ‘em 
E A 
That I won’t be coming home again 

D A 
Cause I’m runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive 
D A 
Fightin’ for my life and I don’t know if I’ll make it alone 
D A 
Runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive 
F#m A 
God I wanna go home, lord I wish I was home 

D A D 

A F#m 
When you see my lady with the twinkle in her eyes 
Bm Esus4 E 
Tell it to her softly and hold her if she cries 
A F#m 
Tell her that I love her and I will till the day I die 
Bm 
Tell it to her gently when you tell her 
E A 
That I won’t be coming home again 

E A 
I got in too deep with strangers 
E A 
Thinkin’ they could help me find my way 
D A 
Nobody warned me of the dangers 
F#m Bm E 
And it’s always the young and foolish that have to pay 

A F#m 
So break it to them gently when you tell my mom and dad 
Bm Esus4 E 
Thank them for the good years and all the lovin’ that I had 
A F#m 
Break it to my grandma who said the boy is wild and bad 
Bm 
Break it to them gently when you tell them 
E A 
That I won’t be coming home again 

D A 
I’m runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive 
D A 
Fightin’ for my life and I don’t know if I’ll make it alone 
D A 
Runnin’ with a gun and it isn’t any fun as a fugitive 
F#m A 
Lord I wanna go home, lord I wanna go home 

D 
You gotta break it to them gently 
A 
Break it to them gently 
D 
You gotta break it to them gently 
A 
Gotta really try to roll ‘em 
D 
You gotta break it to them gently 
A 
Gotta really try to sooth them 
D 
Gotta really try to sooth them 
A 
Gotta really try to roll them 
D 
You gotta roll it to my mother 
A 
Gotta roll it to my grandma, gotta roll the old lady 
D 
Roll it to my mother 
A 
Roll it to my mother and roll the old lady 
D 
Roll it to my grandma 
A 
She’s damn near eighty, roll the old lady 
D 
Roll it to my mother 
A 
Roll it to my mother, gotta roll the old lady 
D 
Roll it to my mother 
A 
My sister and my mother and roll the old lady 
D 
Roll it to my grandma 
A 
She’s damn near eighty, roll the old lady...