Broken Crown Chords & Tabs
Broken Crown - Mumford and Sons
Tabbed by: James Walters
Email: Jojomcfee1@gmail.com
I tabbed this song using parts of other tabs and by ear to make it playable on an
acoustic guitar and also standard tuning, I'm pretty sure everything is Correct. Please leave
comments and suggestions.
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
Dm C
|--1----1--3----3--5----5--5----5--0----0--1----1--3----3--3----3----------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3-------1-------1-------1-------1------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb Am Dm
|---------------------------------------------1----1--1----1---------------|
|--3----3-6-5-3-1-1h3---3--1----1-0--2--3—0-----3-------3------------------|
|-----3---------------2-------2--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------0-0-0---0-0-0----------------|
|--1-1-1----------0--0-0---0-0-0-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0--1--3-0--------------------------------|
Verse 1
Dm C Dm
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|------3--------1--------—-------3---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----0---------------------------------------------------|
|--0—-0--0--------------------0—-0--0------------------------------------------|x2
|-----------3—-3--3------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0----0---------------------------------------------------|
Touch my mouth and hold my tongue
I will not be Your chosen one
Bb Dm
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|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3---—3-----3-------3-------3-------3------------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
|----—------------------------—----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------|x2
|--1-1-1—--1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I'll be home safely tucked away
You can't tempt me if...the day
Dm C
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|------3--------1--------—--------3--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----0---------------------------------------------------|
|--0—-0--0--------------------0—-0--0------------------------------------------|x2
|-----------3—-3--3------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0----0---------------------------------------------------|
The pull on my flesh was just too strong
It stifled the choice and the air in my lungs
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mumford_and_sons/broken_crown_tab_ver_3.html ]
Bb Dm
|----------------------------------1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1----------|
|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3---—3-----3-------3-------3-------3------------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
|----—------------------------—----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------|x2
|--1-1-1—--1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Better not to breathe than to breathe a lie
Cause when I open my body I breathe alive
Repeat Intro
Verse
Bb Dm C Dm C Dm
I will not speak ooooooof your sin
Bb Dm C Dm C Dm
There was a way oooooout for him
Bb Dm C Dm C Dm
The mirror shooooooooows not
Bb Dm C Dm C Dm
Your values areeeeeeee all shot
Bridge:
C Dm C Dm C F Dm C Bb
But oh, my heart was flawed I knew my weakness
C Dm C Dm C F Dm C Bb
So hold my hand consign me not to darkness.
Dm C Bb Am
|--1---3---5---0---1---3---1-------------------------------------|
|--3---3---3---1---1---1---3-6-5-3-1-1-2--3--0--2----------------|
|--2---2---2---------------3---------2---------------------------|
|--0---0---0---2---2---2---3---------2---------------------------|
|--------------3---3---3---1-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------0--1--3--0----------------|
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 2: Strum
Dm C F A11 Dm
Crawl on my belly till the sun goes down
Dm C F All Dm
I'll never wear your bro-ken crown
Bb Dm X2
I took the road and I fucked it all away.
Bb Dm
Now in this twilight how dare you speak of grace.
Instrumental:
Bb C Dm F C (2x)
Bb C Dm C
Bb C Dm F C Dm
Outro
Dm C Dm
|--1-----1--0-----0-----------1-----1--------------------------------------|
|------3--------1--------—--------3----------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----0-----------------------------------------------|
|--0—-0--0--------------------0—-0--0--------------------------------------|x2
|-----------3—-3--3--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0----0-----------------------------------------------|
So, crawl on my belly until the sun goes down
I’ll never wear your broken crown
Bb Dm
|----------------------------------1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1----------|
|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3---—3-----3-------3-------3-------3------------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
|----—------------------------—----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------|x2
|--1-1-1—--1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I can take the road and I can fuck it all away.
But in this twilight our choices seal our fate
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
