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Broken Heart (Acoustic) - Motion City Soundtrack
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Tabbed by: Stephen Krotseng
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Standard
To see Justin Pierre, lead singer and guitarist of Motion City Soundtrack
perform this song, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhekHFzrb0w
Intro/Verse: Strum this pattern, listen to the song for the rhythm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11---10---11---11---11---10---11---10------------------------------------|
D|--11---11---11---11---9----11---11---11----x2------------------------------|
A|--9----8----x----x----9----9----11---11------------------------------------|
E|------------11---9---------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: "But I get carried away..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-------6----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4---4---6---x2-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--2---4---4----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
"So much to say..."
e|-x-x-x-x-----------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-x-x-x-----------------0-------------------------------------------------|
G|-x-x-x-x--8---6---4------1---4---------------------------------------------|
D|-x-x-x-x--8---6---4---4--2---4---------------------------------------------|
A|-x-x-x-x--6---4---2---4--2---2---------------------------------------------|
E|-x-x-x-x-------------2---0-------------------------------------------------|
Bridge 1: Tabbed as played by Justin at the Sundance Film Festival
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------8-8/10-8------------11----11----------------------|
D|--------11---11------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--9-9-9----9----9--8-8-8----------8----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------11-11-11----11----11-9-9-9-------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--11-9----------------------------------------------------9----------------|
G|-------11-10-11-----11----11----11---11---11----11p10-----10---------------|
D|----------------9-------9----9-----8----8----8--------11--11---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge 2: Not too exciting, as Justin says
"Just as boring on the record as it is right now"
e|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--1------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2---4---x4-(Or x2 if you want to cut it short)---------------------------|
A|--2---4--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0---2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I'll destroy this useless heart..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11---10---11---11---11---10---11-----------------------------------------|
D|--11---11---11---11---9----11---11-----------------------------------------|
A|--9----8----x----x----9----9----11-----------------------------------------|
E|------------11---9---------------------------------------------------------|
In the chorus at the end, he emphasizes each chord when he says
"Each passing day" by doing the following
e|------------------------------------------0--------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------0--------------------------------|
G|--4--4------------------------------------1--------------------------------|
D|--4--4--6--4-----And the song ends with---2---4----------------------------|
A|--2--1--6--4------------------------------2---4----------------------------|
E|--------4--2------------------------------0---2----------------------------|
Song Order:
Intro/Verse
Chorus
Bridge 1
Verse
Chorus
Bridge 2
Chorus
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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