Bad Brakes chords by
Yusuf / Cat Stevens

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Key: D major

Intro 1

Bad brakes,

Verse 1
A A 
 
whole car shakes.
G G 
 
Looks like I'm heading
A A 
 
E E 
 
for a breakdown.
D D 
 
A A 
 
Black smoke, engine beginning to choke.
G G 
 
E E 
 
I must be heading for a breakdown.

Verse 2
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
I pulled up for a mouth
A A 
 
of coca- cola
F#m F#m 
 
Down at samuel's cafe.
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
Saw a little spanish lady
A A 
 
coming over;
E E 
 
Said: "Lady are you going my
A A 
 
way?" She said: "O- lay."

Verse 3
D D 
 
A A 
 
Bad brakes, carburetor shakes.
G G 
 
Looks like you're heading
E E 
 
for a breakdown.
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
Black smoke, engine beginning to choke.
G G 
 
E E 
 
We must be heading for a breakdown.

Verse 4
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
We hit the road at ninety
A A 
 
miles an hour;
F#m F#m 
 
Heading for 'frisco bay.
Bm Bm 
 
She said: "Senor,
G G 
 
you got cop on your shoulder."
A A 
 
E E 
 
I said: "Oh, now we'd better not stay,
A A 
 
We got to get away with our
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
Bad brakes, carburetor shakes;
E E 
 
Looks like we're heading for a breakdown"
D D 
 

Interlude 1

Verse 5
Bm Bm 
 
He was catching up,
G G 
 
A A 
 
nose right inside our mirror
F#m F#m 
 
When the motor blowed.
Bm Bm 
 
G G 
 
We climbed out and she began to shiver.
A A 
 
E E 
 
Oh, no, sir please let us go?
A A 
 
He said: "Don't you know you got
G G 
 
Bad brakes, carburetor shakes;
Looks like you bought
E E 
 
yourself a breakdown.
A A 
 
Black smoke,
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
engine beginning to choke,
E E 
 
And you've got yourself a breakdown."

Verse 6
A A 
 
Bad brakes, engine begin
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
ning to shake;
Looks like we've got
E E 
 
ourselves a breakdown.
A A 
 
D D 
 
Black smoke,
A A 
 
G G 
 
engine beginning to choke;

Outro 1

We got ourselves a breakdown.

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