James Blake - Friends That Break Your Heart: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Friends That Break Your Heart" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Chorus:
        Em      G    Am    C
I have haunted many photographs
       Em     G           Am   C
In the background, in the fore
       Em    G               Dm         C
And as many loves that have crossed my path
       Em            G    Am C
In the end, it was friends
       Em             G   Am C
In the end, it was friends
       Em            G    Am C
In the end, it was friends
        Em           G      Em
It was friends who broke my heart

      Em         G         Am
Well fair dues, nobody prepares you
    C           Em      G           Am  C
And nobody's prepared, nobody's prepared
          Em        G
And they tell you "Just you wait
   Am             C               Em
It kills you, and only love can break you
 G                 Am
More the more you care
    F#m7-5   B7      Em      A    C
And all, and all in love is fair"
             D#dim7
But it's not fair

Chorus

And I've pushed myself to be vulnerable
And then slept with one eye wide
All that pain and nothing gained in the end
In the end, it was friends
In the end, it was friends
In the end, it was friends

In the end, (In the end) it was friends
In the, in the end
In the, in the end
In the, in the end
In the end, it was friends
In the end, it was friends
In the end, it was friends

         Rm      D   C    Bm Em
It was friends who broke my heart


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

B7

Guitar chord B7

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

D#dim7

Guitar chord D#dim7

Dm

Guitar chord Dm

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Friends That Break Your Heart" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Friends That Break Your Heart" by James Blake.