Protocol

	  		 
Intro A9 

     D                      D7 
I remember the evenin' you said you were leavin' 
  G                      G#m 
That's when I knew I had lost 
    D 
No room for forgiveness 
   D7                         G                        G#m 
Suitcase, frames, pictures, placed in the back of your car 

   Em 
I won't tell my parents 
        G 
How I fucked up perfection 
        D                 A9 
And selfishly put myself first 
    Em                G                       D 
A future of stories, kiss you, good mornings gone and it's what I 
  A9 
Deserve 

                   G       D 
I can't find the words to say 
                  Bm          A9 
When someone asks how you've been 
                  G    D       Bm                  A9 
I don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart 

          D 
When my friends hear the rumours 
         D7 
They'll tell me they knew that 
 G                          G#m 
You were bad news from the start 
       D 
Every bar they take me 
    D7 
To try to matchmake me 
       G                       G#m 
With someone who doesn't come close, no 

     Em                            G 
You won't tell your mother 'cause she'll tell your father 
     D                           A9 
And that's just one more broken heart (one more broken heart) 
    Em                   G 
A future of stories, adventures, and journeys 
    D                 A9 
On fire and falling apart 

                   G       D 
I can't find the words to say 
                  Bm          A9 
When someone asks how you've been 
                  G    D       Bm                  A9 
I don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart 
           G     D 
Call your answerphone 
                 Bm      A9 
Hope that you're not at home 
                  G    D       Bm                  A9    G    
I don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart 

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( G  D  Bm  A9 ) 

          D                     D7 
When I'm all by myself and the drink doesn't help 
          G 
Take 'em down from the shelf 
    G#m                            D 
And I'm reminded I keep fighting walls in my head 
          D7                        G                    G#m 
With the miles of regret, 'cause I had every letter, but now 

                  G       D 
I can't find the words to say 
                  Bm          A9 
When someone asks how you've been 
                  G    D       Bm                  A9 
I don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart 
           G     D 
Call your answerphone 
                 Bm      A9 
Hope that you're not at home 
                  G    D       Bm                  A9 
I don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart 

( G  D ) 

  Bm                  A9 
(Fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart)