Broken English Chords & Tabs
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Broken English - Rise Against
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Tabbed by: Fender_For_Life
Email: element_of_one_@hotmail.com
Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
This is my first tab so I'm just going to do the rhythm only, sorry!! I chose to do this
because this song inspired me to write my own music, and it is my favourite of their's
play. They have two guitarist's so i'll just make it like they have one heh. Ok here it is.
Intro Pt.1
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------9--8-|
Db|-66666-666-77777-777-99999-999-9999-x--x-|
Ab|-44444-444-44444-444-77777-777-7777-7--6-|
Eb|--...-------...------55555-555-5555------|
...
Intro Pt.2
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|----------66-666-6-44-444-4-44-444-4-| This part is played a total of
Ab|-22-222-2-22-222-2-22-222-2-22-222-2-| 3 times
Eb|-00-000-0-00-000-0-------------------|
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------9-8-|
Db|-66-666-6-77-777-7-99-999-9-99-9-x-x-| But this is only played twice
Ab|-44-444-4-44-444-4-77-777-7-77-7-7-6-|
Eb|-------------------55-555-5-55-5-----|
Verse 1
eb|--------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|
Gb|-----------9-8------------|
Db|-6~~~~~~~~~x-x------------|
Ab|-4~~~~~~~~~7-6-2~~~~~~~~~-|
Eb|---------------0~~~~~~~~~-|
Verse 2 Continued
eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------9-8--------------------------------|
Db|-6~~~~~~~~~x-x----------4-444444-2-22222222-4-|
Ab|-4~~~~~~~~~7-6-2~~~~~~--2-222222-0-00000000-2-|
Eb|---------------0~~~~~~------------------------|
Chorus
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|-666-9-99------------------------------|
Ab|-444-7-77-6-66-9-99-7-777777-4-4444444-|
Eb|----------4-44-7-77-5-555555-2-2222222-|
......
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|-666-9-99---------------------4-4-4-4-|
Ab|-444-7-77-6-66-9-99-7-7777777-2-2-2-2-|
Eb|----------4-44-7-77-5-5555555---------|
.......
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|-666-9-99------------------------------|
Ab|-444-7-77-6-66-9-99-7-777777-4-4444444-|
Eb|----------4-44-7-77-5-555555-2-2222222-|
......
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------|
Ab|-6-6666666666-99-7-7777777-9~~~~-------|
Eb|-4-4444444444-77-5-5555555-7~~~~-------|
Verse 2 (Clean)
eb|-4~~~~~~~~---------0~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~-|
Bb|-5~~~~~~~~5~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~-|
Gb|-6~~~~~~~~6~~~~~~~~1~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~-|
Db|-6~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~4~~~~~~~~-| Play twice
Ab|-4~~~~~~~~7~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~-|
Eb|----------5~~~~~~~~0~~~~~~~~----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rise_against/broken_english_tab_ver_3.html ]
Verse 2 (Distortion)
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------9-8-|
Db|-66-666-6-77-777-7-99-999-9-99-9-x-x-|
Ab|-44-444-4-44-444-4-77-777-7-77-7-7-6-|
Eb|-------------------55-555-5-55-5-----|
Play these 2 parts twice
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|----------66-666-6-44-444-4-44-444-4-|
Ab|-22-222-2-22-222-2-22-222-2-22-222-2-|
Eb|-00-000-0-00-000-0-------------------|
eb|--------------|
Bb|--------------|
Gb|--------------|
Db|-2-22222222-4-| Played after Tim says "We all fall down"
Ab|-0-00000000-2-|
Eb|--------------|
Chorus
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|-666-9-99------------------------------|
Ab|-444-7-77-6-66-9-99-7-777777-4-4444444-|
Eb|----------4-44-7-77-5-555555-2-2222222-|
......
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|-666-9-99---------------------4-4-4-4-|
Ab|-444-7-77-6-66-9-99-7-7777777-2-2-2-2-|
Eb|----------4-44-7-77-5-5555555---------|
.......
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|-666-9-99------------------------------|
Ab|-444-7-77-6-66-9-99-7-777777-4-4444444-|
Eb|----------4-44-7-77-5-555555-2-2222222-|
......
eb|-----------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------------------------|
Db|-----------------------------------|
Ab|-6-6666666666-99-7-7777777-9-------|
Eb|-4-4444444444-77-5-5555555-7-------|
Breakdown (I think that's what it's called lol)
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|-9\8--------------------9\8-|
Db|-x\x-6-66---------------x\x-| Played twice
Ab|-7\6-4-44-2-22-7-77-7-7-7\6-|
Eb|----------0-00-5-55-5-5-----|
Then
eb|------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-9\8--------------------------------------------|
Db|-x\x-6-66---------------------------------------|
Ab|-7\6-4-44-2-22-7-77-4-44-6-66666-99-7-7777777-9-|
Eb|----------0-00-5-55-2-22-4-44444-77-5-5555555-7-|
Then repeat the whole Breakdown again.
Chorus
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|-666-9-99------------------------------|
Ab|-444-7-77-6-66-9-99-7-777777-4-4444444-|
Eb|----------4-44-7-77-5-555555-2-2222222-|
......
eb|--------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------|
Db|-666-9-99---------------------4-4-4-4-|
Ab|-444-7-77-6-66-9-99-7-7777777-2-2-2-2-|
Eb|----------4-44-7-77-5-5555555---------|
.......
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|-666-9-99------------------------------|
Ab|-444-7-77-6-66-9-99-7-777777-4-4444444-|
Eb|----------4-44-7-77-5-555555-2-2222222-|
......
eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-6-6666666666-99-7-7777777-9~~~~11~~~~~~~~-------|
Eb|-4-4444444444-77-5-5555555-7~~~~-9~~~~~~~~-------|
And there it is! Any questions, comments or constructive criticism, please send me an
Thanks!
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