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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 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*:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/boys_like_girls/broken_man_tab_ver_2.html ]
(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--|
