Control Denied - Breaking The Broken Chords & Tabs

 

Breaking The Broken Chords & Tabs

Control Denied Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Breaking The Broken Tab

   
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BREAKING THE BROKEN
As recorded by Control Denied
(From the 1999 Album THE FRAGILE ART OF EXISTENCE)


Transcribed by livingzombie & Eric Wilsevich (e.w1@shaw.ca)

 Words and Music by Chuck Shuldiner

 

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 4'
Gtr V (D G C F A D) - 'Chanting'


   Intro
    Q=113
    F#5             F5         G#5             A5     E5
   4/4
    Gtrs I, II
    W               W          W               H    E E +Q
||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|----------|---------------|----------------o||
||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------||
||----------------|----------|---------------|--------9-(9)----||
||o-4-------------|-3--------|-6-------------|-7------7-(7)---o||
||--2-------------|-1--------|-4-------------|-5----0----------||
|
|   Gtr V
|   H    Q.   +E    W          H    Q.   +E    W
||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|----------|---------------|----------------o||
||-------6----(6)s|=5--------|------8----(8)s|=9---------------||
||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------||
||o------4----(4)s|=3--------|------6----(6)s|=7--------------o||
||----------------|----------|---------------|-----------------||


  F#5                  F5            G#5           A5     E5
   W                     W             W           H    E E +Q
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|--------9-(9)---|
|--4-----------------|---3---------|---6---------|-7------7-(7)---|
|--2-----------------|---1---------|---4---------|-5----0---------|
|
| Gtr III
|  W                     W             W           W
|-14-----------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-17b19--------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr IV
|           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H        H           +W            +W           W
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------16b17=====|=(16)--------|-(16)--------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------|


  $
  F#5        F5         G#5        A5     E5
  W          W          W          H    E E +Q
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------9-(9)---|
|-4--------|-3--------|-6--------|-7------7-(7)---|
|-2--------|-1--------|-4--------|-5----0---------|


  Q=100
  E5      F5    E5      F5      E5      F5    E5
  E S S S S +E  E S S S S +E    E S S S S +E  E S S E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-|-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-0-|


          F5    E5      F5      E5      F5    E5
  E S S S S +E  E S S S S +E    E S S S S +E  E S S E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-|-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-0--|


          F5    E5      F5        E5   F5    G5    D5
                               5/4
  E S S S S +E  E S S S S +E    S E. S  E. S  E. S S Q.
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---9----10----12----7------|
|-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-|---7-----8----10----5------|
|-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0----0-----0-----0--------|


   Verse
    E5      F5    E5      F5        E5   F5    G5    D5
   4/4
    E S S S S +E  E S S S S +E    S E. S  E. S  E. S E.   5x
||------------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------||
||------------------------------|---9----10----12----7----||
||o-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-|---7-----8----10----5---o||
||--0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-|-0----0-----0-----0------||


   Chorus
    E5             F5              D5               F5
    Gtr I
    W               W               W                W              3x
||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------o||
||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
||--9------------|-10------------|--7-------------|-10--------------||
||o-7------------|--8------------|--5-------------|--8-------------o||
||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
|
|   Gtr II
|   Q   Q  Q  Q    +Q   Q  Q  Q    +Q    Q  Q  Q    +Q   Q  Q  Q    3x
||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------o||
||-----10--9--7--|-(7)--9--7--9--|-(9)--10--9--7--|-(7)--9--7--9----||
||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o-----8--7--5--|-(5)--7--5--7--|-(7)---8--7--5--|-(5)--7--5--7---o||
||---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||


  Q=175
  N.C.
  E E E E E E Q    E E E E H      E E E E E E Q    E E S S E E E +Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---5-4-5-4----------|
|---3-5-6-5------|-5-6-5--------|---3-5-6-5------|-----------5-6-(6)--|
|
| W                E E E E H      E E E E E E Q    E E S S E E E +Q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|---7-6-7-6----------|
|----------------|-7-8-7--------|---5-7-8-7------|-----------7-8-(8)--|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|


    Gtrs I, II
    E E E E E E Q    E E E E H      E E E E E E Q    E E S S E E E +Q    3x
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------||
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------o||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------||
||-----------------|--------------|----------------|---------------------||
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---5-4-5-4----------o||
||----3-5-6-5------|-5-6-5--------|---3-5-6-5------|-----------5-6-(6)---||


   Verse
    N.C.
      PM--------|    PM----|     PM--------------------|
    E S S S S S S  E S S S S E   S S S S S S S S S S S S  Q
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-7-------------10---------9-|-----------------------------|
||----0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10--|


    PM--------|    PM----|     PM----|     PM----|
  E S S S S S S  E S S S S E   S S S S  Q  S S S S Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------7----|
|-7-------------10---------9-|--------------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-10--0-0-0-0------|


    PM--------|    PM----|     PM----|   PM|    PM|
  E S S S S S S  E S S S S E   S S S S E S S  E S S Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------7---------------|
|-7-------------10---------9-|---------------10-----9--|
|---8-8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8---|-8-8-8-8---8-8----8-8----|


                                                 To Coda
    PM--------|    PM----|     PM------------|
  E S S S S S S  E S S S S E   S S S S S S S S  E  E  E  E   3x
|----------------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------10-----------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------12-11------||
|----------------------------|------------------7-------12---||
|-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-0-9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----10--9-----o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------10---||


   Bass Solo
    Q=113
    E5         F5          E5         F5
    W           W          W           W
||-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
||o----------|-----------|----------|-------o||
||-----------|-----------|----------|--------||
||--9--------|-10--------|-9--------|-10-----||
||o-7--------|--8--------|-7--------|--8----o||
||-----------|-----------|----------|--------||

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/control_denied/breaking_the_broken_tab_ver_2.html ]
 Guitar Solo
  C5                    D5
  Gtr III
   H.       +E   S  S    W
|---------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|-12-------(12)-11-12-|-11--------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|
| Gtr IV
|  H.       +E   S  S    W
|---------------------|-----------|
|-13-------(13)-12-13-|-12--------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
|  W                     W
|---------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|---------------------|-----------|
|--5------------------|--7--------|
|--3------------------|--5--------|
|---------------------|-----------|


  B5                                  C5
   E  S  S  S  S  S  S E  E E  S  S    E  E  E  E  H
|-15-15-15-15-14-14-14---15---15-15-|-15-14-------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------12-13-13----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|
|  W                                   W
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|
|  W                                   W
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|--4--------------------------------|--5----------------|
|--2--------------------------------|--3----------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|


  C5                          D5
   +Q.   E  E  E E   E         +E    Q       S  S  S  Q   +E.
|----------14-15---[15]b17==|=(15)-[15]b17--12----------------|
|-(13)----------------------|------------------15-14-15--(15)-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|   W                           W
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
|   W                           W
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5-----------------------|---7-----------------------------|
|---3-----------------------|---5-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------|


  B5                                          C5
   +Q    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    Q.    S  S  H
|-------19-19-21-19-17-19-------------------|-------------------|
|-(15)--------------------20-19-16-19-16-17-|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-16----16-17-17----|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|
|   W                                          Q.    S  S  H
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-14----14-15-15----|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|
|   W                                          W
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|---4---------------------------------------|--5----------------|
|---2---------------------------------------|--3----------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------|


  C5                                   D5
              |--3--|                          |--3--|
   +Q    +E   S  S  S  S  S  E  +Q      +Q.    S  S  S  S  S  E  +Q
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------17-17-17-24-20-17-(17)--|
|-(17)--(17)-17-17-17-24-19-17-(17)--|-(17)---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|             |--3--|                          |--3--|
|  +Q    +E   S  S  S  S  S  E  +Q      +Q.    S  S  S  S  S  E  +Q
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------14-14-14-21-17-14-(14)--|
|-(15)--(15)-15-15-15-22-17-15-(15)--|-(15)---------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|   W                                    W
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---5--------------------------------|---7----------------------------|
|---3--------------------------------|---5----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  B5
   +E.  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
|---------20-23-20-20----20-23-20-20----20-20-23-20-20----20-23-20-20----20-23-20------|
|-(17)-21-------------21-------------21----------------21-------------21----------21---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  +E.  S     Q                       H
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(14)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|   W
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---4----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  C5
   T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
|23-20-20----20-20-23-20-20----20-23-20----20-20-23-20-23-20-20----20----20-20-23-20-20----20-23||
|---------21----------------21----------21----------------------21----21----------------21------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| Gtrs I, II
|  W
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--5--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--3--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


  F#5
            ~~~~~~
   H        H
|-24b26----24b26=====|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|
|  W
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--4-----------------|
|--2-----------------|


                                       Q=175
                      D.S. al Coda     &
  F5          G#5        A5     E5        E5
   >
   ~~
   W          W          W                W
|-24--------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|
|  W          W          H    E E +Q      H     H
|-----------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|---------------||------------*|
|-----------|----------|--------9-(9)--||-9\---------*|
|--3--------|-6--------|-7------7-(7)--||-7\---------*|
|--1--------|-4--------|-5----0--------||------------*|




--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths