Passenger - A Song For The Drunk And Broken Hearted: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "A Song For The Drunk And Broken Hearted" 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.

D      Bm         F#m       G
Sweet Sunday afternoon, September's golden brown
D      Bm               F#m            G
Summer always fades too soon like the laughter of a clown
D    Bm              F#m         G
And shadows fill the room where sorrows come to drown
D     Bm                  F#m        G
Your heart’s a lead balloon  as you sink another one down

Em         A
I know it numbs the way you feel
Em             A
Blurs what is right and what is real
Em          Bm                 A
There's no love left you can steal

Chorus:
         G              D
For the joker, laughs along
        Bm           E7
As the jester's outsmarted
         G                Bm                 A
And the gambler tries to win back what he's lost
         G               D
And the sad man sings a song
         Bm               E7
For the drunk and broken hearted
         G                  A
And the fool, he never knows how much it cost

Sweet Sunday afternoon and all that can be heard
Is an old, familiar tune though you've forgotten half the words
And sunlight floods the room like a silent flock of birds
And hope's a red balloon, disappearing through the clouds

I know it numbs the way you feel
Blurs what is right and what is real
There's no one here to make a deal with

Chorus - x2

Well the fool, he never knows how much it cost


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

E7

Guitar chord E7

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

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 "A Song For The Drunk And Broken Hearted" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "A Song For The Drunk And Broken Hearted" by Passenger.

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