Breaking The Broken Chords & Tabs
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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--------||------------*|
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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
