From: "Matthew D. Helmke" 



                                    Broken
                                      by
                                  Altar Boys
                      (From the album Against the Grain)
                               based on Psalm 51

G Em C D C D7 G

(G)                      Em
As I stand before you, I see who I am:
  C             D              C          D7     G
A man who needs to confess his pride and foolishness.
                  Em
Against you only I have sinned.
      C                D                   C        D7    G
I've done what's evil in your sight and my heart is crumbling.

        (G)      Em
And I'm broken.  Broken.
   C               D            C     D7     G
To see myself as I really am, a weak, broken man.

(G)
Won't you hear my cry, God?
        Em
See the state I'm in.
  C                      D
I know my transgressions are before me,
   C        D7      G
My righteousness is rags.
    (G)             Em
My sacrifice to you is this broken heart.
     C                D                      C        D7   G
It's all I have, it's all I can give, and it won't go very far...

(G)                  Em
'Cause it's broken.  Broken.
       C                D
Please heal this broken heart today.
C              D7                 G
Don't turn it away because it's...broken!

(G) Em C D C D7 G (short musical break)

(G)
Have mercy on me, God.
Em
Do I stand condemned?
       C            D
Let me know the joy and thanksgiving,
     C     D7     G
God, take away my sin.
(G)
I wanna know what it is, God,
   Em
To have that faith,
   C                D
To keep on runnin', keep on going,
C        D7          G
Put that strength in me.

          (G)      Em
Cause I'm broken.  Broken.
   C               D            C     D7     G
To see myself as I really am, a weak, broken man.
        (G)      Em
And I'm broken.  Broken.
       C                D
Please heal this broken heart today,
C              D7                 G
Don't turn it away because it's...broken.
Em       C
Broken,  broken,
    D    C   D7  G
Oh, yes, I'm broken.

(G)
I stand before you now...