Protocol

Verse 1:
    Eb                      Eb7
I remember the evenin' you said you were leavin'
Ab                            B
That's when I knew I had lost
   Eb
No room for forgiveness
    Eb7                      Ab                     B
Suitcase, frames, pictures, placed in the back of your car

Pre-Chorus:
  Fm
I won't tell my parents
      Ab
How I xxxxed up perfection
    Cm                   Bb
And selfishly put myself first
  Fm                 Ab
a future of stories, kiss you good mornings
Eb                      Bb
Gone and it's what I deserve

Chorus:
                 Ab        Eb
I can't find the words to say
             Cm              Bb
When someone asks how you've been
                 Ab     Eb      Cm                 Bb
I don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart

Verse 2:
        Eb
When my friends hear the rumours
        Eb7
They'll tell me they knew that
Ab                          B
You were bad news from the start
      Eb
Every bar they take me
    Eb7
And try to matchmake me
     Ab                        B
With someone who doesn't come close, no

Pre-Chorus:
    Fm                            Ab
You won't tell your mother 'cause she'll tell your father
    Cm                          Bb
And that's just one more broken heart -One more broken heart-
  Fm                 Ab
a future of stories, adventures, and journeys
Eb                        Bb
On fire and falling apart

Chorus:
                 Ab        Eb
I can't find the words to say
             Cm         Bb
Someone asks how you've been
               Ab     Eb      Cm                 Bb
Don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart
          Ab     Eb
Call your answerphone
                 Cm     Bb
Hope that you're not at home
               Ab     Eb      Cm                 Bb
Don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart

Instrumental -x2-: Ab Eb Cm Bb

Bridge:
         Eb                     Eb7
When I'm all by myself and the drink doesn't help
         Ab
Take 'em down from the shelf
    B                           Eb
And I'm reminded I keep fighting walls in my head
         Eb7                        Ab                     -nc-
With the miles of regret, 'cause I had every letter, but now

Chorus:
                 Ab        Eb
I can't find the words to say
             Cm         Bb
Someone asks how you've been
               Ab     Eb      Cm                 Bb
Don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart
          Ab     Eb
Call your answerphone
                 Cm     Bb
Hope that you're not at home
               Ab     Eb      Cm                        Bb    Ab Eb
Don't know the protocol for fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart
 Cm                        Bb
-Fixin' a, fixin' a broken heart-