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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.
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*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 chordsG--7----9------11---7--6------------------------------------| ring (and see note underneath)D--7----7--11--9----5---------------------------------------| x2A--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 ringG--7----9----11---7----|D--0----7----9----5----| x2A--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 indicatedA--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-----------------------| x4A--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 indicatedA--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 ringA--5-x8--7-----9-x8--5-x8--5-x8--7-----9-x8--4--4--5--|D--0-----------9-----5-----0-----------9-----4--4--5--|
