Standard (EADGBE)

FIRST VERSE:

Precious and fragile things

Need special handling

My God what have we done to you

We always tried to share

The tenderest of care

Now look what we have put you through

BRIDGE **:

Refrain

Things get damaged

Things get broken

I thought we'd manage

But words left unspoken

Left us so brittle

There was so little left to give

...

Notes

* this chord pattern is used throughout the whole song

** this chord pattern is used by Martin Gore during

the live version on Touring the angel