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Broken Man Tab


by Boys Like Girls tabs | tabbed by KrayzeeD | comments (4) Open comments in new window
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Tuning (this tab): Drop D [ D A D G B E ]
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*  Boys Like Girls  *
*   "Broken Man"    *
*                   *
*     Tabbed by     *
*     KrayzeeD      *
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Tuning: Drop-D (DADGBe)
Capo: None

Any questions or comments, feel free to e-mail me: agurley13@gmail.com

The Intro may or may not be right.  When I play it with a delay pedal, it sounds like 
actual song.  He probably just does some different picking timings than I do or can tab out.

I could use a hand with the lead part on the chorus (sounds like quick, short, high 
I can't seem to get them down.  Maybe if I had better speakers with better high-end, but I 
So if you've got it figured out, e-mail me and I'll throw it in the tab.

Also, there's probably not actually 3 guitars in the song - I assume the lead just uses 
loop for the intro riff and plays what I have as Guitar II in the verse.  But for the 
of the tab and the fact that not everyone out there owns a loop pedal, I made a 3rd part.

****************************************************************************

*Intro*:

(Guitar I - clean, with delay pulse and very light distortion)
e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--7-------6-------4-------------|
D-----7-------7-------7----7--7--|
A--------------------------------|
D--------------------------------|


*Verse*:

(Guitar I repeats intro)


(Guitar II - light distortion)
e-----------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------5--5------------------------------------|  *let all chords
G--7----9------11---7--6------------------------------------|   ring (and see note underneath)
D--7----7--11--9----5---------------------------------------|  x2
A--5----7--7---9----5---------------------------------------|
D--0----7------9----5---------------------------------------|
  note: ^---these---^ two chords ring over the following 2--|note chord


(Guitar III - clean - acoustic in recording)
e----------------------|
B--7-------------------|  *let each chord ring
G--7----9----11---7----|
D--0----7----9----5----|  x2
A--0----7----9----5----|
D--0----7----9----5----|


*Pre-Chorus*:

(Guitar II - palm muted)
e--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G--------------------------|
D--4-----5-----4-----5-----|
A--4-x8--5-x8--4-x8--5-x5--|
D--4-----5-----4-----5-----|


*Chorus*:

(Guitar I - don't know yet, see notes at beginning of tab)

(Guitar II - distortion)
e----------------------------------------      |-----|
B----------------------------------------      |-----|
G--7-------------------------------------      |--7--|
D--7-----9-----5-----4-----5--5--5--5-7--  x2  |--7--|
A--5-x8--9-x8--5-x8--4-x3--5--5--5--5-7--      |--5--|
D--0-----9-----5-----4-----5--5--5--5-7--      |--0--|


*Repeat verse*


*Pre-Chorus*:

(Guitar I - clean or light distortion)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--6---6---6---6---7---7---7---7---6---6---6---6---7-------------------|
D----7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|

(Guitar II)
e--------------------------|
B--------------------------|
G--------------------------|
D--4-----5-----4-----5-----|
A--4-x8--5-x8--4-x8--5-x5--|
D--4-----5-----4-----5-----|


*Repeat Chorus*


*Bridge*:

(Guitar I - very light distortion - palm muted)
e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|
D--7------9----------------------|
A--5-x16--7-x16--9------5--------|
D----------------9-x16--5-x16----|

(heavy distortion)
e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--7------9----------------------|
D--7------9------9------5--------|
A--5-x16--7-x16--9------5--------|
D----------------9-x16--5-x16----|

e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--7----9------------------------|
D--7----9----9----5--5--5--5--5--|  *let chords ring except those indicated
A--5----7----9----5--5--5--5--5--|    with p.m.
D------------9----5--5--5--5--5--|
                  .  .  .  .  .   <-----p.m.


(Guitar II - light distortion)
e-----------------------|
B-----------------------|
G-----------------------|
D-----------------------|  x4
A--9-9-9-9-9-9-9h10p9---|
D-----------------------|

e--------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|
G--7----9------------------------|
D--7----9----9----5--5--5--5--5--|  *let chords ring except those indicated
A--5----7----9----5--5--5--5--5--|    with p.m.
D------------9----5--5--5--5--5--|
                  .  .  .  .  .   <-----p.m.


Final Chorus:

(Guitar I - don't know yet, see notes at beginning of tab)

(Guitar II - heavy distortion)
e------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------7h8p7--|
G--7---------------------------------------|
D--7-----9-----5-----4-----5--5--5---------|
A--5-x8--9-x8--5-x8--4-x3--5--5--5---------|
D--0-----9-----5-----4-----5--5--5---------|

e--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--7-----------------------------------|
D--7-----9-----5-----4-----5--5--5--5--|
A--5-x8--9-x8--5-x8--4-x3--5--5--5--5--|
D--0-----9-----5-----4-----5--5--5--5--|

e-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G--7-----9-----------------7-----9--------------------|
D--7-----9-x8--9-----5-----7-----9-x8--9-----4--4--5--|  *let last chord ring
A--5-x8--7-----9-x8--5-x8--5-x8--7-----9-x8--4--4--5--|
D--0-----------9-----5-----0-----------9-----4--4--5--|
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