Song: Broken Road
Artist: Sully Erna
Album: Avalon
Tuning: Drop D, with capo on the first fret
This piece is played mostly with a piano, in the key of F minor.
Intro|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------||---------4--------------------4-2---------4----------------------------||-----2-------2-5-----4-2----------2---2-------2-5------7-7--------7----| |---2---2---2------------------------2---2---2---5--------7-------------||-2--------------------------------2-------------5--------7------7------|
|----------------------------------------5--------5----8----7-----------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------||---------4-------------------------------------7-----------------------||-----2-------2-5---4---2----------7----------7-------------------------| |---2---2---2------------------2---5---5----5--------------------2-3----||-2--------------------------------------------------0------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------||---------4-----------------4-2------------4----------------------------||-----2-------2-5---4-2---2------5-2---2-------2-5------7-7--------7----| |---2---2---2------------------------2---2---2---5--------7-------------||-2--------------------------------2-------------5--------7------7------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------7---7-8-7-5-----------8---5--||---------4-----4-----4------------7-----------------------9--------||-----2-------2-5---4-2------------7--------------------------------| |---2---2---2------------------2---5---------------------7----------||-2-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Verse|---------3-----3---2-0--------------------3-----3---2-0------| |-5-----------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------4-2----------------------------||-----2-------2---2----------2-----5---2-------2---2----------| |---2---2---2------------------------2---2---2----------------||-2--------------------------------2--------------------------|
Verse7x|---------3---------3-----3-------0---------------0-------0-------| |---------------------------------1---------------1-------1-------||---------0---------0-----0-------0---------------2---------2-----||-----2-------2---------2---------2---------------2-----2---2-----| |---2---2---2---------2-------2---3-----------3---0---0-----------||-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
8th time|---------3---------3-----3-------0-------0---2-------2-----------| |---------------------------------1-------1---3-------3-----------||---------0---------0-----0-------0-----------2--------(2)--------||-----2-------2---------2---------2-----------0-----0---0---------| |---2---2---2---------2---------2-3---------------0---------------||-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
Fm
I donÂ’t know if I can say
G# Bbm
I Lived through everything
Fm
But IÂ’ve walked this earth alone
Eb C#
With Barefeet broken in the snow
Fm
And my father said to me
G# Bbm
It never seems to be
Fm D C# Fm
I simple walk down an icy cold broken road
|-0-------------------------------------------------------0-------| |-0-----------------------------------------------3-------1-------||-0-----------------------------------------------0-------2-------||-2-----------------------------------------------0-------2-------| |-2-----------------------------------------------0-------0-------||-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------------------0---------------| |-0-------------------------------3---------------1---------------| |-0-------------------------------2---------------0---------------||-2-------------------------------0---------------2---------------| |-2-------------------------------0---------------3---------------||-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------------------------0-------| |-0-----------------------------------------------3-------1-------||-0-----------------------------------------------0-------2-------||-2-----------------------------------------------0-------2-------| |-2-----------------------------------------------2-------0-------||-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------2---------------0---------------| |-0-------------------------------3---------------1---------------||-0-------------------------------2---------------0---------------||-2-------------------------------0---------------2---------------| |-2-------------------------------0---------------3---------------||-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
For the G# it might be better just to use G#5 (the power chord)
Repeat Verse and Chorus
Bridge|-3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2-----------------------| |-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------7---5---3---2---||-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-------4---4---4---4---||-2-------2-------2-------2-------4-------4-----------------------| |-2-------2-------2-------0-------2-------2-----------------------||-5---------------------5-----------------------------------------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------7---7---7---7---| |-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------7---5---3---2---||-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-----------------------||-2-------2-------2-------2-------4-------4-----------------------| |-2-------2-------2-------0-------2-------2-----------------------||-5---------------------5-----------------------------------------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------14--12--10--9---| |-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------7---5---3---2---||-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-----------------------||-2-------2-------2-------2-------4-------4-----------------------| |-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-----------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2-------14--12--14--12--| |-3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------3-------7---5---7---5---||-0-------0-------0-------0-------4-------4-----------------------||-2-------2-------2-------2-------4-------4-----------------------| |-2-------2-------2-------0-------2-------2-----------------------||-5---------------------5-----------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------5-7-8---here is some flourishing with-----| |-1---------------5-6-8---------the C# major scale ranging up to--||-0-----------5-7---------------2 octaves above what a guitar-----||-2-----------------------------can go to so I did not transcribe-| |-3-----------------------------------it.-------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Re-Entry|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------||---------4-------------------------------4-----------------------||-----2-------2-5-----4-2-------------2-------2---5-------7-------| |---2---2---2-----------------------2---2---2-----5-------7-------||-2-------------------------------2---------------5-------7-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------||---------4-------------------------------------------------------||-----2-------2-5---4---2---------7-------7-----7-5---5---5-5---5-| |---2---2---2-----------------2---5-------5-----5-3---3---3-3---3-||-2-------------------------------0-------0-----0-----------------|
Repeat Chorus
After chorus play the verse chords (Fm, C#M, Bbm) with the same timing
3x
Then it slows down, arpeggiate the C#M and Bbm then end with|--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------||-------------4------------------------------------------------||-------2-----------2---5----4------2--------2~----------------| |----2-----2-----2----------------------------2~---------------||-2--------------------------------------------2~--------------|
and yer done.
