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BREAK
As recorded by Fugazi
(From the 1998 Album END HITS)
Transcribed by Adinho
Words and Music by Fugazi
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rythm Guitar (muted)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar with Fuzz'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dubbed Guitar'
Intro (00:02)
Q=130
4/4
Gtr I
PM-------------------------------
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------||----------------------------------|
|----------||o---------------------------------|
|----------||----------------------5-5-4-4-4-4-|
|----------||----------------------------------|
|----------||o---------------------------------|
|----------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|
-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x
|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
PM--------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-5---4--4-4-4-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5--5-5----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12------------------11------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----------(12)----------------(12)-------|
-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-10----------------------------------|
|----------11-------13-------12-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------5-5-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|
| +W W
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--(12)-------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Part A (00:30)
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------5-5-4-4-4-4-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
PM--------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-5---4--4-4-4-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5---5--5-5-5--5-5----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12------------------11------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|----------(12)----------------(12)-------|
-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-10----------------------------------|
|----------11-------13-------12-------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------5-5-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Part B (00:44)
PM------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------5-5-4-4-4-4-|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||---5--5-5--5---5--5-5-5-5-5-------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E. S +H.
||--10------12-(12)-----------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
1.,2.
--------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|
| W 3x
|------------------------------------||
|-12--------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------||
2.
PM--------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-|
|
| H +E E. E.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12---------------(12)---12------11------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------5--5-4--4--4-4-|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5--5-----------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|
| H +E E. E. W
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-10---------------(10)---10------11------|-12-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
PM------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------5-5-4-4-4-4-|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||---5--5-5--5---5--5-5-5-5-5-------------|
|
| E. S +H.
||--10------12-(12)-----------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0---||
|
| H.. S S
|--------------------------------10-10---||
|-12------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||
PM---------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------5-5-4--4--4-4-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--5--5-5--5---5--5-5-5-5-5----------------|
|
| E. S +Q. E S E.
|-10------12-(12)-----------12-----12------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-||
|
| H +E E. E.
|-----------------------------------------||
|-12---------------(12)---12------11------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/fugazi/break_tab_ver_3.html ]
PM----------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------5--5-4--4--4-4-|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5--5-----------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|
| H +E E. E. W
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-10---------------(10)---10------11------|-12-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Verse (01:14)
Gtr III
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E +H
||------------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------|
||--15--16--16-16--13--11-|-9--11--9-(9)/----|
||---x---x---x--x---x---x-|-x---x--x-(x)/----|
||o-13--14--14-14--11---9-|-7---9--7-(7)/----|
||------------------------|------------------|
1.
E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E +H
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------o||
|-15--16--16-16--13--11-|-9--11--9-(9)/-----||
|--x---x---x--x---x---x-|-x---x--x-(x)/-----||
|-13--14--14-14--11---9-|-7---9--7-(7)/----o||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
2.
E. E. E Q Q E. E. E Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|----11-----11--10--|----9----(9)--(9)--||
|--------11-11--10--|-------9-(9)--(9)--||
|-9----------9---8--|-7-------(7)--(7)--||
|-------------------|-------------------||
Guitar Solo (01:28)
Gtr I
PM---------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||--------------------------5---5-4-4---4-4-|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||--5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-5-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |------3------| |------3------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------0-----|
||----------------0-----------2-------------|
||o-0-----3-------------2-------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
1.,2.
------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-----0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0---||
|
| |--------3--------|
| Q Q +S E. +Q Q 3x
|----------------------------------------------||
|-3-----5-------(5)-0----(0)-------(0)--------o||
|-----------------------------------x\---------||
|-----------------------------------x\---------||
|-----------------------------------x\--------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
3.
PM-----------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0-----0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
|
| |--------3--------|
| Q Q +S E. +Q E. S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-----5-------(5)-0----(0)-------0------0-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|----------------------5--5-4--4-4-4-|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------|-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|
| E H +E E. S E H..
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-0---1---------------(1)---1------1-|-1---0-------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Outro (01:43)
1.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------5-5-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||---5--5-5--5---5--5-5-5-5-5-------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|
| Gtr III
| E. S +H. W
||--10------12-(12)-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|-12--------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------5-5---4--4-4-4-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--5--5-5--5---5--5-5-5--5-5----------------|
|
| E. S +H.
|-10------12-(12)---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| <
| Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-12--------------------11------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|------------(12)----------------(12)-------|
-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--||
|
| W
|--------------------------------------||
|-12----------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------------------||
|-10----------------------------------o||
|----------11-------13-------12--------||
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
2.
PM--------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-|
|
| H +E E. E.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12---------------(12)---12------11------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------5--5-4--4--4-4-|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5--5-----------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|
| H +E E. E. W
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-10---------------(10)---10------11------|-12-------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------5-5-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||---5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|
| E H.. W 3x
||--15---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-12---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o------------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
PM---------------|
S S S S S S S S S S e S e S e H..
|---------------------------------|-----------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------*|
|--5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----5----5---|--5--------*|
|
| E Q. E E s E s E H..
|-15--------------------15---15---|-15--------*|
|-12--------------------12---12---|-12--------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------*|
|---------------------------------|-----------*|
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
