Jack Johnson - Broken Chords & Tabs

 

Broken Chords & Tabs

Jack Johnson Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Broken Tab

   
Artist: Jack Johnson
Song: Broken
Album: Sing-Alongs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George

This is a tab for Broken without a capo.

Electric (Left Channel) Lead Intro/Verse:

E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------7-------------------------------------------------|
G-------7---------7----7h9---7---------------------------------------|
D-------7----7/9------------------9---7h9p7-----7---7----------------|
A--5---5----------------------------------------9----------9/7-------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------7---7h10--7---------------------------------------|
G-------7---------7---------------9--7h9p7-----7--7------------------|
D-------7----7/9-------------------------------9--------9/7----------|
A--5---5-------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------7-------------------------------------------------|
G-------7---------7----7h9---7---------------------------------------|
D-------7----7/9------------------9---7h9p7-----7---7----------------|
A--5---5----------------------------------------9----------9/7-------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------7----7------------7------7-----7------------------|
G-------7----------7----7h9--7------7h9---7-----7---------------------|
D-------7----7/9-----------------9--------------9---------------------|
A--5---5--------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Acoustic (Right Channel) Intro/Verse:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jack_johnson/broken_tab_ver_2.html ]
D*
With everything ahead of us we left everything behind
D
Nothing that we needed at least not, not at this time and
      G	D
the Feeling that I’m feeling well, It’s feeling like my life is finally mine
          Em	                D
With nothing to go back to, we just continue to drive

*The hammer on in the D you hear is played like this

-----------2------|
-----------3------|
-----------2------|
--2h4----4--------|
------------------|
------------------|

Electric Lead Pre-Chorus:

During the “The feeling that I’m feeling well….” portion, the electric plays this pattern:

E---------------------------------------------------------------|
B-7---7-7---7-7------------------------------7-7------10----10--|
G-7h9-7-7---7-7h9-7--------------------7-----7-7-9/11----11-----|
D---------9---------9-7h9p7---7-7------7-7/9--------------------|
A---------------------------9-----9--5-5------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------------------------|
B--7-------------7-----7-----7-----7--------7----------------|
G--7h9--7------7h9--7-----7h9--7--------7----9/11------------|
D-----------9-------------9--------------9-------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|

Electric Lead Chorus:

E-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G--7/4---4/2---2/4---4/7---7/9---9/7--|
D-------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------10-------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------10h12---10-----------------------|
G--7/4---4/2---2/4---4/7---7/9---9/11--------------------11/9/11--9-------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

The song pretty much repeats with slight variations that I’m sure you can get the hang of.

Good luck,
Jim