Artist: Buffalo Springfield
Song: Broken arrow
Tabbed by: DJ
23rd June 2013
Tuning: Standard
Original recording is slightly sharp of concert pitch.
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E7sus4 (E5)
e|----------0----|--(0)---------|
B|--------0------|--(0)---------|
G|------7--------|--(9)---------|
D|----7----------|--(9)---------|
A|--7------------|--(7)---------|
E|---------------|--(0)---------|
E5 [ch]F#/E[/ch] G/E [ch]F#/E[/ch] E5
Well, hel - lo, Mr.Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason,
[ch]F#/E[/ch] G/E
Ya---, ya---, ya---, ya -ya -ya -ya!
[ch]F#/E[/ch] E5 [ch]F#/E[/ch] G/E [ch]F#/E[/ch] E5
For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season, oh!
[ch]F#/E[/ch] G/E [ch]F#/E[/ch] G
Ya---, ya---, ya---, ya -ya! Why in crowds...
G
| / / / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
G Bm Em C
The lights turned on, and the curtain fell down,
Am7 D
And when it was over it felt like a dream,
Am7 D
They stood at the stage door, and begged for a scream,
G G/F# Em Em7
The agents had paid for the black limou - sine,
C D
That waited outside in the rain!
G4 G G4 G
Did you see them? | /__/ / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C
Did you see------- them? | /__/ / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
F Fmaj7 F6
||: / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / / :||(Twice)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Dm G7
Did you see them in the river?
Bb Dm Em/D F/D Em/D
They were there to wave to you!
Dm G7
Could you tell that the empty quivered,
Bb Dm Em/D
Brown - skinned... Indi - an on the banks,
F/D Em/D F G G
That were crowded and narrow, held a... broken ar - row?
^ ^
E E6 E B7
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
Em
e|-----0---0---0--|--0---0----0--|--0--------|
B|-----0---4---1--|--0---1----2--|--1--------|
G|-----0---0---0--|--0---0----0--|--0--------|
D|-----2---2---2--|--2---2----2--|--2--------|
A|-----2---2---2--|--2---2----2--|--2--------|
E|--0-------------|-----------0--|-----------|
G
| / / / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/buffalo_springfield/broken_arrow_crd_ver_2.html ]
G Bm Em C
Eighteen years of A - merican dream,
Am7 D
He saw that his brother had sworn on the wall,
Am7 D
He hung up his eyelids, and ran down the hall,
G G/F# Em Em7
His mother had told him a trip was a fall,
C D
And don't mention babies at all!
G4 G G4 G
Did you see him? | /__/ / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C
Did you see------- him? | /__/ / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
F Fmaj7 F6
||: / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / / :||(Twice)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Dm G7
Did you see him in the river?
Bb Dm Em/D F/D Em/D
He was there to wave to you!
Dm G7
Could you tell that the empty quivered,
Bb Dm Em/D
Brown - skinned... Indi - an on the banks,
F/D Em/D F G G
That were crowded and narrow, held a... broken ar - row?
^ ^
G
| / / / / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
G Bm Em C
The streets were lined for the wedding pa - rade,
Am7 D
The Queen wore the white gloves, the county of song,
Am7 D
Her black covered caisson, her horses had drawn,
G G/F# Em Em7
Pro - tected her King from the sunrays of dawn,
C D
They married for peace, and were gone!
G4 G G4 G
Did you see them? | /__/ / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C
Did you see------- them? | /__/ / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^
F Fmaj7 F6
||: / /__/ / /__/ | / /__/ / / :||(Twice)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Dm G7
Did you see them in the river?
Bb Dm Em/D F/D Em/D
They were there to wave to you!
Dm G7
Could you tell that the empty quivered,
Bb Dm Em/D
Brown - skinned Indi - an on the banks,
F/D Em/D F G G
That were crowded and narrow, held a... broken ar - row?
^ ^
(Instrumental coda)
G7 F G7
||: / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / :|| (Repeat)
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^ = Emphasise the beat
E5 = 079900 Am7 = x02213 Dm = xx0231
[ch]F#/E[/ch] = 0 9 11 11 x x D = xx0232 G7 = 320001
G/E = 0 10 12 12 x x G/F# = 2x0033 Bb = x24442
G = 320033 G4 = 320013 Em/D = xx0453
Bm = x24432 Cmaj7 = x32000 F/D = xx0565
Em = 022000 F = 133211 E = 022100
C = x32010 Fmaj7 = 133210 E6 = 022120
Em7 = 022030 F6 = 100211 B7 = x21202
