Artist: Plain White T's
Song: Broken Record
Album: Wonders of the Younger (2010)
Great album, along with all other Plain White T's albums, in my opinion. I really
love the second half of this CD (i.e. "Last Breath," "Broken Record," "Our Song.") I plan
to tab the others out soon as well, but for now here's "Broken Record." (All
guitars--standard EADGBE tuning)
Intro:
Gtr. 1: (Strum up on the first chord and the top note is optional)
E--8~----------------------x-8-----------------------------------------------|B--8~----------------------x-8-----------------------------------------------|G--8~----------------------x-8-----------------------------------------------|D--10~------------------------------------------------5-----------------5----|A----------------------------------------10\3---3--6----6--3---3--3--6----6--|E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 (cont'd.):E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A---------3--6--3------------5--8--------------------------------------------|E--4---4----------4---6---6-------6------------------------------------------|Verse:It was summer love,she was like a drug,fit me like a glove,everything was all right.
I was James Dean,she was Billy Jean,California queen,everything was all right.Verse: Gtr. 1 (enters with the next line "from the back beat..")E----------------------------------------|B----------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------|D-----------------5-----------------5----|A---10\3---3--6----6--3---3--3--6----6---|E----------------------------------------|
Gtr 1: (cont'd.)E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|G----------------------------------------------------------------------------|D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A---------3--6--3------------5--8--------------------------------------------|E--4---4----------4---6---6-------6------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus: Gtr. 1 (I think it's actually keyboard, but here ya go)E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B-------------11--9----------------------------------------------------------|G---------12---------12-----10--12-------------------------------------------|D----------------------------------13---13--12--13--10/17--------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: (Gtr. 1)(Notes in parenthesis are optional because honestly I can't hear theguitar well enough)E--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)---|B--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----|G-(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----|D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: (cont'd)(On the 4th repeat, only hit this chord once.)E-(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)---------------------------------------------------|B--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6----------------------------------------------------|G--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------REPEAT 4X----------------------|D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2: Gtr. 1 (Enter with "she was hi fi...")E---------------------------------------|B---------------------------------------|G---------------------------------------|D--------------5-----------------5------|A----3---3--6----6--3---3--3--6----6----|E---------------------------------------|
Gtr 1 (cont'd.):E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B----------------------------------------------------------------------------|G--------------------------------------------------REPEAT 2X-----------------|D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A---------3--6--3------------5--8--------------------------------------------|E--4---4----------4---6---6-------6------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus: (Gtr. 1)E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|B-------------11--9----------------------------------------------------------|G---------12---------12-----10--12-------------------------------------------|D----------------------------------13---13--12--13--10/17--------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: (Gtr. 1)E--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)---|B--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----|G-(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----|D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: (cont'd)E-(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)---------------------------------------------------|B--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6----------------------------------------------------|G--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---------------------REPEAT 4X----------------------|D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge: Gtr. 1 ("I wish I could find her..") 1st TimeE------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------|B------------------------|------------------REPEAT 2X---------|--------------|G------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------|D------------------------|------------------------------------|--------------|A--------5--8--5---------|---------3--6------3--6---------5--8|---5--8--5----|E------7-----------------|---4-4-4------4-4-4-------6-6-6-----|-7------------|
Bridge: (cont'd.) 2nd timeE-----------------------|B-----------------------|G-----------------------|D--8-8-6-5--------------|A----------8-6-5--------|E----------------6/8----|
Chorus:Kiss me goodbye and I knew it was final,got in her daddy's car and she was gone like vinyl,her memory pops up when I least expect it,and gets stuck in my head like uh... (Bass fill)E--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)---|B--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----|G-(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)(8)-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----|D----------------------------------------------------------------------------|A----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: (cont'd)E-(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)(6)--|---8~-------------------------------------------|B--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6---|---8~-------------------------------------------|G--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|---8~---------------REPEAT 6X-------------------|D---------------------------|---10~------------------------------------------|A---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|E---------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
That's it. I would probably use sort of a light distortion throughout the song, however
I tabbed this using an acoustic. On the second chord of the song, it sounds like Tim
uses a volume pedal or a really long delay, so you can work with that if you have a
pedal. If you have corrections, please comment.
