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Annika Leigh – Break Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsC E Am F G

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[intro]
C E Am F x2

[verse]
C                          E
She walked down a darkened hallway
Am                              F
Searching for her slippers, her feet
were cold.
C                          E
She couldn’t see it coming her way
       Am
As the hall was dimly lit,
         F
she only saw he fit the mold

[interlude]
C E Am F

[verse]
C                     E
Too many pages in her head now
    Am                           F
Her thoughts could write a novel four
stories tall
C                       E
He pulled her in closer than she
could allow
Am                          F
Hinting at everything but giving
her nothing at all

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[pre-chorus]
       C                 E
If you pull a string too tight it’s
         Am               F
bound to break, it cannot fight
       C                   E
If you tell someone you’re confused
       Am               F
if you love them, is it right?

[chorus]
      F              Am
You’d never know she lost control
C                  G
unless you saw her break
   F                 Am
So how much pressure can you
        C              G (1 strum)
force until she cannot take-?
          C
Until her break.
* = one strum

[interlude]
E Am F

[verse]
C                        E
Nothing of hers seems to work now
    Am
Her hands will shake and she will
        F
break before dawn comes.
C                       E
This flirting takes energy somehow
   Am
So hold your breath and count to ten,
    F
see what they become

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[interlude]
C E Am F

[verse]
C                            E
She’s sick and tired of this back
and forth
Am
Desperate for a break from the
F
cruel cruel world
C                       E
This conversation costs more
than it’s worth
    Am
She needs to let go but
         F
she’s addicted to their words

[pre-chorus]
       C                 E
If you pull a string too tight it’s
         Am               F
bound to break, it cannot fight
       C                   E
If you tell someone you’re confused
       Am               F
if you love them, is it right?

[chorus]
      F              Am
You’d never know she lost control
  C                G
unless you saw her break
   F                 Am
So how much pressure can you
        C              G
force until she cannot take-?

      F*             Am*
You'd never know she lost control
 C*               G*
unless you saw her break
   F*                Am*
So how much pressure can you
        C*             G*
force until she cannot take?
          C
Until her break.

How to play Break: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Break by Annika Leigh on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Break by Annika Leigh sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 5 chords to play it: C, E, Am, F and G.

The backbone of the song is C – E – Am – F (I – III – vi – IV in C major). In solfa, that is doh – mi – lah – fah. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar almost every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.