The Pattern Is Broken chords by
Don Mclean

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Key: A major

Verse 1
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
The pattern is broken,
G G 
 
the pieces don't fit.
Pull them apart and move them a bit.
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
See what you've made
G G 
 
and see who you are.
D D 
 
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
The plans that you've laid
D D 
 
can go just so far.
G G 
 
Before the pattern get's broken,
the pieces don't fit.
Pull them apart and move them a bit.
Am Am 
 
See what you've made
D D 
 
and see who you are.
C C 
 
Am Am 
 
The plans that you've laid
A A 
 
D D 
 
can go just so far.

Verse 2
D D 
 
Then it's the end of sunny
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
D D 
 
weather.
G G 
 
When all the pieces fit together.
D D 
 
C C 
 
D D 
 
And it looks like the final ending.
G G 
 
But it's really the beginning.
C C 
 
And though the pieces are apart now.
G G 
 
And you got a broken heart now.
D D 
 
C C 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Someday the sun is gonna shine
D D 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
on a fabulous design,
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
That only you can see.
Cm Cm 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
D D 
 
Ahhhh.
C C 
 
But then the pat

Verse 3
G G 
 
tern get's broken,
the pieces don't fit.
Pull them apart and move them a bit.
Am Am 
 
See what you've made
C C 
 
D D 
 
and see who you are.
Am Am 
 
C C 
 
The plans that you've
D D 
 
laid can go just so far.
C C 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
Before the pattern get's broken,
C C 
 
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
the pieces don't fit.
(The pattern's broken
and the pieces don't fit)
Em Em 
 
Pull them apart and move
them a bit.
(Pull them apart and
then move them a bit)
Am Am 
 
See what you've made and
D D 
 
see who you are.
(See what you've made and
see who you are)
Am Am 
 
The plans that you've laid
can go just so far.
(The plans you've laid
D D 
 
will only go just so far)
G G 
 
Before the pattern get's broken,
C C 
 
G G 
 
the pieces don't fit.
(The pattern's broken and
the pieces don't fit)
Pull them apart and move
them a bit.
(Pull them apart and
C C 
 
then move them a bit)
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
See what you've made and
see who you are.
(See what you've made and
see who you are)
Am Am 
 
The plans that you've laid
D D 
 
can go just so far.
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
(The plans you've laid will
C C 
 
G G 
 
only go just so far)

Verse 4

Ahhh, ahaha, ah hh,

ahaha, ahhhhhhhh, ahhha...

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