The Year My Voice Broke
Composer: Henning Ohlenbusch
Album: Henning Goes to the Movies by Henning Ohlenbusch

Note: Played with Capo on the 4th fret - if not using a capo, then transpose the following chords or just play it in this new key

[verse]
Am7         C           Am7/F   Am7/G
The highest note on the highest string
      Am7      C     Am7/F  Am7/G
Of an old Australian violin
Am7         C           Am7/F             Am7/G
Brushes the grasses and slips through the dark
        Am7     C         Am7/F           Am7/G
‘Til it finally settles onto my brand-new heart.


[chorus]
F  FaddG  Gsus4   G          F  FaddG Gsus4       G          
I know----- you can hear me although----- you are not near me
C                       Em                            Am
All my life you’ve been there. All your life I’ve been here.
             C/G          Am7/F    Am7/G                Am7/F 
That was the year that my heart broke, I guess somebody misspoke
Am7/G                     C
It was my heart that broke.


[verse]

Am7            C           Am7/F            Am7/G
Can’t find the words to describe how bad it feels
Am7       C              Am7/F  Am7/G
It’s so absurd to be the third wheel
        Am7     C                Am7/F  Am7/G
In this haunted house or on this stupid bike
        Am7            C        Am7/F             Am7/G
That’s not the kind of guy that you’re supposed to like.


[chorus]
F  FaddG  Gsus4   G          F  FaddG Gsus4    G 
I know you can hear me although you’re not near me
C                       Em                            Am
All my life you’ve been there. All your life I’ve been here.
             C/G          Am7/F    Am7/G                           Am7/F 
That was the year that my heart broke. They say the first time you choke.
Am7/G                C
It was my heart that broke.


[bridge]
Em         F              C              Am             F                    G
If I could hypnotize you, I would take advantage of the moment that I had control
Em        F           C             Am           F
Instead I agonize and do my best to manage on my own
            G        F              G
I’ve no control over anything in my life.



[verse]
Am7          C  Am7/F      Am7/G
Did they all know from the start
Am7           C        Am7/F        Am7/G
That you were born with a desperate heart
Am7         C             Am7/F      Am7/G
No one told me, there was no secret revealed
  Am7               C               Am7/F             Am7/G
I spent the night imagining you were out there in our field.



[chorus]
F  FaddG  Gsus4   G      F  FaddG Gsus4       G 
I know you can hear me although you’re not near me.
C                       Em                            Am
All my life you’ll been there. All your life I’ll been here.
             C/G          Am7/F    Am7/G                       Am7/F
That was the year that my heart broke. Maybe I’ll always be the joke
Am7/G                C
It was my heart that broke.
C                       Em                            Am
All my life you’ll been there. All your life I’ll been here.
             C/G          Am7/F    Am7/G                   Am7/F
That was the year that my heart broke. I guess somebody misspoke.
Am7/G                     C
It was my heart that broke.