Broken Mans Lament Ukulele tab

	  
Chorus 1 
G 
I was once a broken man 
      C 
I was once a broken fool 
D 
Lost my wife and children 
       C            G 
To one basic broken rule 
G 
Now I live my life in silence 
           C 
Though I'm not quite in a shell 
  D 
I drink and listen to that song 
C                  G 
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" 
      C               G 
Oh, a whiter shade of pale 


Chorus 2A 
G 
I was a good shade tree mechanic 
     C 
So I sent myself to school 
     D 
They smoothed out my rough edges 
      C                  G 
In my hands they put new tools 
G 
The instructor once he told me 
        C 
I could work on any line 
        D 
I could tune and make a diesel sing 
C               G 
Just like Patsy Cline 
    C               G 
Oh, just like Patsy Cline 

G 
Well, I met my wife to be 
           C 
Through my mother's best friend's son 
      D 
She'd been a barroom singer 
           C           G 
She was as good as any-one 
G 
But I asked her to stop singing 
        C 
And the girl she did not flinch 
     D 
Next day she went and bought that man 
  C                  G 
A brand new crescent wrench 
      C                  G 
Oh, a brand new crescent wrench 

G 
Well, we had three fine children 
   C 
As eight years went on by 
  D 
I learned to supervise a line 
   C                    G 
My knuckles stayed bone dry 
G 
But after supper I kept hearing her 
       C 
By the kitchen radio 
        D 
Singing sweet but desperate harmony 
  C              G 
A little bit too low 
      C              G 
Oh, a little bit too low 

G 
She left three months later 
    C 
I'd just come home for lunch 
    D 
The note said "easy come, hard go 
    C              G 
But still love you much" 
G 
She said, "I don't know if I'll be back 
             C 
Or if you'll want me if I come 
    D 
But if and when that happens, dear 
           C                  G 
You better let my sweet dream run 
    C                  G 
Oh, let my sweet dream run" 


Chorus 2B 
G 
I was a good shade tree mechanic 
     C 
So I sent myself to school 
     D 
They smoothed out my rough edges 
      C                  G 
In my hands they put new tools 
G 
The instructor once he told me 
        C 
I could work on any line 
           D 
But now my diesels aren't the only thing 
     C               G 
That sing like Patsy Cline 
    C               G 
Oh, just like Patsy Cline 


Chorus 1 
G 
I was once a broken man 
      C 
I was once a broken fool 
D 
Lost my wife and children 
       C            G 
To one basic broken rule 
G 
Now I live my life in silence 
           C 
Though I'm not quite in a shell 
  D 
I drink and listen to that song 
C                  G 
"A Whiter Shade of Pale" 
      C               G 
Oh, a whiter shade of pale