Breaking Benjamin - So Cold
Tuning: Drop C CGCFAD
Legend - FB = full bend LR = let ring
HB = half bend
*75% my transcription, 10% Jan. 2005 Guitar World, 15% H&L Tab book!
*I have changed a few things though.
*Solo is 100% Guitar World / BB
Guitar 1 - Ben Burnley (rhythm)
Guitar 2 - Aaron Fink (lead)
INTRO - PART ONE
Guitar 1 - Clean w/ reverb 6X
D|---------------------|--------------------------|
A|---------------------|--------------------------|
F|---------------------|--------------------------|
C|----------3----------|------------8---------7---|
G|---5---5-------------|---10---10------------8---|
C|-0---0---------------|-0----0-------------------|
Guitar 2 - clean w/ reverb and echo
Play this after the INTRO is played twice
Let ring throughout.
D|10------|-10--------------|-10---------|-10--------------|
A|--10-13-|---10-10h13-10---|---10-10h13-|---10-10h13-10---|
F|--------|--------------12-|------------|--------------12-|
C|--------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
G|--------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
C|--------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
INTRO - PART 2
Guitar 1 - clean
Play (1) then (2); Play (1) then (3)
(1) (2) (3)
D|------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
F|------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|
C|-3--------2--2----------|--3--------2--2--------||------3h5--2--2--------|
G|--5--3h5------3-----3h5-|----5-3h5------3--3h5--||---5------------3--3h5-|
C|0---0----0-----0-3h5----|-0--------0-----0-----3||0-3--0---0-------0----3|
Guitar 2 - Clean w/ reverb and echo v--Some Dist. comes in here
D|10--------|-10-------------|-10------|-10---------12|
A|---10--13-|---10-10h13-10--|---10-13-|---10-13-10---|
F|----------|--------------12|---------|--------------|
C|----------|----------------|---------|--------------|
G|----------|----------------|---------|--------------|
C|----------|----------------|---------|--------------|
INTRO - PART THREE
Guitar - 1 w/ Heavy Dist.
Play (1) then (2); Play (1) then (3)
(1) (2) (3)
D|------------------------|----------------------||----------------------|
A|------------------------|----------------------||----------------------|
F|------------------------|----------------------||----------------------|
C|----------2--2----------|----------2--2-------3||----------2--2---5----|
G|---5-3h5------3-----3h5-|---5--3h5-----3-3h5--3||---5--3h5-----3--3-3-0|
C|0-3-0---0------0-3h5----|0-3-0----0-----0-----3||0-3-0----0-----0---3-0|
Guitar - 2 w/ Distortion and reverb
Play (1) then (2); Play (1) then (3)
(1) (2) (3)
D|-10-----------------|-10---------------12||-10---------------12--|
A|----10--10h13-10----|-------10-13--10----||--------10-13-10------|
F|-----------------12-|--------------------||----------------------|
C|--------------------|--------------------||----------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------||----------------------|
C|--------------------|--------------------||----------------------|
VERSE
Guitar - 1 w/ Distortion 5X
** Dont' strum this, just hammer-on and then pull off.
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
C|-----------------------------|
G|--h3---p0--------------------|
C|--h3---p0--------------------|
Guitar 2 - w/ dist. and reverb
**Changed this - he clearly plays up on the neck during this part.
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
F|14-12-15-14-10--|14-12-15-14-10--|14-12-15-14-10--|14-12-10-9-7-| 2X
C|--------------12|--------------12|--------------12|-------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
D|----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
A|----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
F|14-12-15-14-10--|14-12-15-14~--|14-12-15-19--17~-|14-12-10-9-7~-| 1X
C|--------------12|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
G|----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
C|----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
CHORUS
Both Guitars - Dist.
1st measure 2nd measure
D|-------------|------------------||----------|----------------|
A|------10-----|------------------||-----10---|----------------|
F|------10-----|------------------||-----10---|----------------|
C|8-----8------|00-00-00-00--10-10||8----8----|00-00-00-00-10-7|
G|8-3x--8-10X--|00-00-00-00--10-10||8-3X-8-10x|00-00-00-00-10-7|
C|8-----8------|00-00-00-00--10-10||8----8----|00-00-00-00-10-7|
3rd measure 4th measure
D|-----------|---------------------------||-----------|-----------|
A|-----10----|---------------------------||-----10----|-----------|
F|-----10----|7-77-9-99--10-1010-12-1212-||-----10----|12---------|
C|8----8-----|x-xx-x-xx--x--x-x--x--x-x--||8----8-----|10---------|
G|8-3x-8-10x-|5-55-7-77--8--8-8--10-1010-||8-3x-8-10x-|10-10x-----|
C|8----8-----|0-00-0-00--0--0-0--0--0-0--||8----8-----|10---------|
Play INTRO - PART 3 ONCE *** only first two parts - (1) and (2) ***
VERSE 2
Guitar - 1 w/ Distortion 5X
** Dont' strum this, just hammer-on and then pull off.
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
F|-----------------------------|
C|-----------------------------|
G|--h3---p0--------------------|
C|--h3---p0--------------------|
VERSE 2 *** Note: slightly differs from first verse!!!
Guitar 2 - Dist.
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
F|14-12-15-14-10--|14-12-10-9--7~--|14-12-15-14-10--|14-12-15-14~-| 2X
C|--------------12|----------------|--------------12|-------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/breaking_benjamin/so_cold_tab_ver_4.html ]
D|-----------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|---------------|
F|14-12-15-19--17~-|14-12-10-9--7~-| 1X
C|-----------------|---------------|
G|-----------------|---------------|
C|-----------------|---------------|
CHORUS 1X
Both Guitars - Dist.
1st measure 2nd measure
D|-------------|------------------||----------|----------------|
A|------10-----|------------------||-----10---|----------------|
F|------10-----|------------------||-----10---|----------------|
C|8-----8------|00-00-00-00--10-10||8----8----|00-00-00-00-10-7|
G|8-4x--8-10X--|00-00-00-00--10-10||8-3X-8-10x|00-00-00-00-10-7|
C|8-----8------|00-00-00-00--10-10||8----8----|00-00-00-00-10-7|
3rd measure 4th measure
D|-----------|---------------------------||-----------|-----------|
A|-----10----|---------------------------||-----10----|-----------|
F|-----10----|7-77-9-99--10-1010-12-1212-||-----10----|12----9----|
C|8----8-----|x-xx-x-xx--x--x-x--x--x-x--||8----8-----|10----7----|
G|8-3x-8-10x-|5-55-7-77--8--8-8--10-1010-||8-3x-8-10x-|10-6x-7-6x-|
C|8----8-----|0-00-0-00--0--0-0--0--0-0--||8----8-----|10----7----|
BRIDGE - Part 1
Both Guitars - Dist.
(A) (B)
D|------|---------------------|---------------------------|
A|------|---------------------|---------------------------|
F|------|---------------------|---------------------------|Repeat
C|------|---------------------|---------------------------| 2x
G|------|-----5------------5--|-------5--------3----------|
C|-12\0-|-3h5----0--3--5-6----|0--3h5----6-5-6----6-5h6---|
Guitar 2
** After Guitar 1 plays first measure A and B, Guitar 2 comes in at the
2nd time in the middle of measure A. Just listen for it!
Just hit as many times as needed and keep vibrating!
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------10~~~~~-----------------------------|
F|--------------------10~~~~~-----------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------------------|
Solo - Guitar 2 w/ Dist.
Comes in after Guitar 1 has played bridge riff twice.
FB LR
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
A|10-101010-10~10~10~10~-1010-----------------------------------10-10h13---|
F|10-101010-10~10~10~10~-1010-12(12)-12p10--10-------------10h12-----------|
C|--------------------------------------------12---12p10h12----------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Solo Continued
HB FB FB FB FB
D|--------10(10)-----10-15--(15)-15--15~--10-------------------------------|
A|-13(13)-13(13)--13-------------------------13p10--10---------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------12---12p10-12p10--10-----|
C|----------------------------------------------------------------12--12p10|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 - Dist. - Played along with the SOLO!
D|-----------------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------|---------------------------|
F|-----------------------|---------------------------|
C|-------7------------7--|-------7--------5----------|
G|-0-3h5-5--0--3--5-6-5--|0--3h5-5--6-5-6-3--6-5h6---|
C|-0-3h5----0--3--5-6----|0--3h5----6-5-6----6-5h6---|
D|----------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------------|
F|----------------------|----------------------------|
C|------7------------7--|-------7--------5-----------|
G|--3h5-5--0--3--5-6-5--|0--3h5-5--6-5-6-3--6-5h6----|
C|--3h5----0--3--5-6----|0--3h5----6-5-6----6-5h6----|
CHORUS 1X
Both Guitars - Dist.
1st measure 2nd measure
D|-------------|------------------||----------|----------------|
A|------10-----|------------------||-----10---|----------------|
F|------10-----|------------------||-----10---|----------------|
C|8-----8------|00-00-00-00--10-10||8----8----|00-00-00-00-10-7|
G|8-3x--8-10X--|00-00-00-00--10-10||8-3X-8-10x|00-00-00-00-10-7|
C|8-----8------|00-00-00-00--10-10||8----8----|00-00-00-00-10-7|
3rd measure 4th measure
D|-----------|---------------------------||-----------|------------|
A|-----10----|---------------------------||-----10----|------------|
F|-----10----|7-77-9-99--10-1010-12-1212-||-----10----|12----13----|
C|8----8-----|x-xx-x-xx--x--x-x--x--x-x--||8----8-----|10----11----|
G|8-3x-8-10x-|5-55-7-77--8--8-8--10-1010-||8-3x-8-10x-|10-8x-11-6x-|
C|8----8-----|0-00-0-00--0--0-0--0--0-0--||8----8-----|10----11----|
OUTRO - Part 1
Guitar 1 - Dist.
D|-------------------------------------|
A|10-----10-----10-----10--------------|
F|10-----10-----10-----10------9-------|
C|---0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0--8-8-8-8-| 4x
G|-------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . .
Guitar 2 - Dist.
Comes in after Guit. 1 plays above part twice.
PM . . . . . . . . . . .
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|-14------14------14------14-----12--12-12-12-| 2X
C| 0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0-14--14-14-14-|
G|---------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------|
Both Guitars - Just listen, its there!!
Guitar 1 and 2 - Dist.
D|-----------|
A|--10101010-|
F|--10101010-|
C|--8-8-8-8--|
G|--8-8-8-8--|
C|-----------|
OUTRO - Part 2
Both Guitars - Dist. 4X 3X
D|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
A|-------------------10-10-10-10-| |-----------------------------10|
F|-------------------10-10-10-10-| |7-7-10-10-9-9-10-10-10-10----10|
C|0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---8--8--8--8--| |x-x-x--x--x-x-x--x--x--x-----8-|
G|0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---8--8--8--8--| |5-5-8--8--7-7-8--8--8--8-----8-|
C|0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---------------| |-----------------------------8-|
Guitar 1 - with Leslie effect
D|----------|
A|-7-10-9---|
F|----------|
C|----------| 1X (let last note ring) <-Guitars have been divided
G|---8--7---| into one measure
C|-0--------|
Guitar 2 - Dist.
