Breakdown chords by
J. Cole
J. Cole

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Key: Ab major
Verse 1
G
G

C
C

Yeah
Yeah
G
G

Look, I just shed
Verse 2
Em
Em

tears homie and no I
ain't too proud to admit it
G
G

Just seen my father for
the first time in a minute
C
C

When I say a minute I mean years man
Damn, a whale could have
G
G

swam in them tears fam
Em
Em

'Cause as I left 'em I reflected
on my younger days
G
G

When it was just me and my brother
and my mother played
C
C

Father, 'cause no other man bothered
Not even my biological,
G
G

it never seemed logical
Em
Em

But I accepted it 'cause I
ain't know no better
Thought I was brighter than
a Polo sweater
G
G

No pops was like Martin
with no Coretta
C
C

So many things you could
have told me
And saved me the trouble
G
G

of letting my mistakes show me
I feel like you barely know me
Em
Em

And that's a shame 'cause our last
name is the same
G
G

That blood type flowing through
our veins is the same
C
C

My mama left you and it may be
that anger's to blame
G
G

But that's no excuse,
Em
Em

only you and God know the truth
On why you only called monthly,
barely ever saw me
D
D

G
G

Spend some summers with you and
played with my cousin Maury
C
C

Maybe I should be telling you "fuck
G
G

you" 'cause you selfish
C
C

Em
Em

But I want a father so bad,
Bm
Bm

I can't help but
Verse 3
Em
Em

C
C

Break down
G
G

I break down
C
C

Can't help but break down
I break down
B
B

Yeah, I never thought I'd see my
Verse 4
Em
Em

mama on that shit,
man
It's fucking with her body,
G
G

now she sick, damn
C
C

I wanted a big house with a white
picket fence and a pool
G
G

Who would have ever thought that it
would come to this, man?
Em
Em

Quicksand is what this life feel like
G
G

That shit these rappers kick
is nothing like real life
C
C

You made a milli off of serving
hard white? Yeah right
G
G

My mama tell you what addicted
Em
Em

to that pipe feel like
Stupid niggas,
I heard the cops be shooting niggas
G
G

I swear to God,
wish I could bulletproof my niggas
C
C

Can't get no jobs,
but they still recruiting niggas
Em
Em

We trying to stand tall when
Bm
Bm

it get too crucial niggas
Verse 5
Em
Em

C
C

G
G

Break down, we break down
C
C

We break down, we break down
B
B

Break the break down
Interlude 1
Em
Em

G
G

C
C

Em
Em

B
B

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

Verse 6
C
C

B
B

Yeah, he's serving time,
Em
Em

locked down
C
C

And she don't want nobody to know
Em
Em

G
G

C
C

His daughter 25 pounds
By the time he get out,
G
G

she gon' be 4
Em
Em

Now will his girl stay down?
G
G

Ain't no doubt she love him, yeah
that's for sure
C
C

But temptation stays 'round
And if she strayed,
G
G

how could he ever know? Never know
Em
Em

And so, she goes to the club
on the weekend
G
G

A little freaking, but them niggas holler,
C
C

but she never speakin'
But tonight I see the devil
creeping
G
G

'Cause she been lonely,
Em
Em

she ain't felt a man in seven seasons
Damn! She doin' the best
that she can
G
G

Her mama tellin' her to find another man
C
C

She college educated with a felon
boyfriend
G
G

That's what she thinkin' tonight
Em
Em

Maybe she's right, but please
Verse 7
G
G

Stay down mama Gotta
be strong,
don't break down mama
C
C

Please
Stay down mama
G
G

Em
Em

Gotta be strong,
don't break down mama
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

Don't break down
C
C

G
G

Yeah, don't break down
C
C

Don't break down
Don't break down
B
B

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

Em
Em

Uh, break the
B
B

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

B
B

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

Em
Em

B
B

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

B
B

Em
Em

D
D

Em
Em

C
C

B
B

Bsus4
Bsus4

B
B

Em
Em

C
C

D
D

Em
Em

C
C

B
B

Em
Em

break down
Break, break down Steady break me down
Break, break down
Verse 8
Em
Em

Steady break me
down
Break, break down
C
C

Steady break me down
Break, break down
Outro 1
B
B

Steady break me down
Em
Em

B
B

Em
Em

C
C

Em
Em

C
C

Em
Em

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