I'M BROKEN
As recorded by Pantera
(From the 1994 Album FAR BEYOND DRIVEN)
Words and Music by Vincent Paul Abbot, Darrell Lance Abbot, Rex Robert Brown and Philip Hansen Anselmo
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Dimebag'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Solo'
Intro
Moderately Slow Rock Q=76
D5 D5
4/4
Gtr I
~ ~ TP
A E A E S A S S S +H 3x A E A E S A S S S +E. S S E.
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||o--------------------------o||-------------------------------|
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||o-5h7-5h7-5-------2-(2)----o||-5h7-5h7-5-------2-(2)---------|
||------------7s5-3-0-(0)-----||-----------7s5-3-0-(0)-x-x/----|
~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~~
A E A E S A S S S +S A S E A S E. A E A E S A S S S +S A S E A S E.
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------7--|
|-----------------------------5s7-5--|-----------------------------7s9----|
|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5s7-5--------|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5s7-5--------|
|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|
D5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#5
~ ~ ~~ ~ PM| PM| PM
a E a E S a S S S +S a S E a S E. a E a E S a S S S +S S S S S S S S
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|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------5s7-5--|--------------------------------------||
|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5h7-5--------|-5h7-5h7-5-------2-(2)-3-3---3-3---3--||
|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)-1-1---1-1---1--||
Verse
7/16
PM| PM| PM|
S +S S +S E S S +S S +S E S S +S S +S E S
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||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
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||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-0-0-|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-0-0-|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-0-0-|
PM| PM| PM|
S +S S +S E S S +S S +S E S S +S S +S E S
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-0-0-|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-0-0-|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-0-0-|
4/4
PM| ~
S +S S +S E S S +S E S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------5-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-0-0-5b7-(5)-5-0-5-6-7---|
7/16
PM| PM|
S +S S +S E S S +S S +S E S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-----|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-----|
|-----------------0-0-|-----------------0-0-|
PM| PM|
S +S S +S E S S +S S +S E S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-----|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-----|
|-----------------0-0-|-----------------0-0-|
PM| PM|
S +S S +S E S S +S S +S E S
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-----|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)------|
|-----------------0-0-|-----------------0-0--|
4/4
PM| ~~
S +S S +S E S S +S E. +S S S S
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|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|-5b7-(5)-5b7-(5)-----5b7-(5)-5--(5)-------||
|-----------------0-0----------------0-5-6-||
Pre-Chorus
3/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------|
|-5-3-0---2-3-2-1-0---5-6-5-3-0---|-2-3-2-1-0---|
E5F5E5D#5 D5 D5
6/8 5/8 2/4
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S Q
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|---------------------|-------------------|-------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|-------------||
|---------------------|-----------4-5-4-3-|-2---2-------||
|-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-0-|-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-|-0---0-------||
4/4
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A E A E S A S S S +S A S E A S E. A E A E S A S S S +S A S E A S E.
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------7---|
|-----------------------------5s7-5--|-----------------------------7s9-----|
|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5s7-5--------|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5s7-5---------|
|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)---------------|
1.
D5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#5
~ ~ ~~ ~ PM| PM| PM
a E a E S a S S S +S a S E a S E. a E a E S a S S S +S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------5s7-5--|---------------------------------------||
|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5h7-5--------|-5h7-5h7-5-------2-(2)-3-3---3-3---3--o||
|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)-1-1---1-1---1---||
2.
D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5
2/4 9/8
~
a E a E S a S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-5h7-5h7-5---------|-----3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-||
|-----------7s5-3-0-|-(0)-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-||
Interlude
D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------5-||--------------------------------5--||
|---3-3---3-3---3-3----------------||o-7\-3-3---3-3---3-3--------------o||
|---1-1---1-1---1-1---/7-6-5-6-7---||-----1-1---1-1---1-1-/7-6-5-6-7----||
Pre-Chorus
D#D#5 D#D#5 D#5
2/4 6/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E
|------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
|-7\-3-3---3-3---3-||---------------------|---------------------|
|----1-1---1-1---1-||-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-0-|-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-0-|
D5 D5
5/8 2/4
~~
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|-2---2---/7-5--||
|-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-0-|-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-|-0---0---------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/pantera/im_broken_tab_ver_7.html ]
Guitar Solo
6/8
Gtr II
S S +S S S +S S S S +S S S
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---15----(15)-15-15----(15)----15---------------15-|
|---14b16-(14)----14b16-(14)-------14b16-(14)-------|
|----------------------------14---------------14----|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
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E +S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|------------------14-14----15----14----|
|-14pb16-(14)S8s12-------12----12----12-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
~~
S S S S +E +E T T T T T T T T
|------------------------17p12-15p12----12-15p12-|
|-15----14---------------------------17----------|
|----12----12-(12)-(12)\-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-15p12----12-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------17----17-16-15p12-17p12-15p12-13-12-15p12-15p12-13-12-13-12-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------15p12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p12-13p12-13-12-------13-12-12-12----------------------------------|
|-------------------15p12-------------15-14p12-14-14-12----12-12s11----|
|-------------------------------------------------------14----------12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
|3| |-3-| |-3-|
T T a E. E S S S S S S S S +S
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------8b10-(8)--|
|-11-11--------------------7h9-----------|
|-------14s12--9-----5h7s9---------------|
|----------------5s7---------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
\1.5______________/
+E S +S +S +T +T T T S +E a S S
|-----[10]----(10)-(10)-(10)-(10)---------------------|
|-(8)-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9p7-[9]-(9)-9s14S4/-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
5/8 2/4
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a S E S E S S +S S S +E. +E +E
|-------12----14----15-(15)----|-15b18==(15)-(15)b19-(15)-|
|-10s12----12----12---------12-|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------|
6/8
/ / /
~~~~
E +S E +S E +S E. E. E. E. E.
|-18-(18)-19-(19)-18-(18)-19--|-21\-16\-21\-18--|
|-18-(18)-19-(19)-18-(18)-19--|-21\-16\-21\-----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
+S S S S E +E. +S E
|-(18)\----------19b22-(19)-(19)\----|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7/-|
|---------------------------------7/-|
|-------14S19\-----------------------|
|-------14S19\-0---------------------|
5/8
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-------------15-17-18-19-------------15-17-19-19-------------|
|-15-17-18-19-------------15-17-18-19-------------15-17-18-19-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
2/4
~~~~~
S S S S S S S S
|-15-17-18-19-20-21-22-22b24--||
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|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
Chorus
4/4
Gtr I
~ ~ ~~
A E A E S A S S S +S A S E A S E.
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5s7-5--|
|-5h==7--5h7-5-------------5s7-5--------|
|--------------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~
| +W
|---(22)--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------|
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A E A E S A S S S +S A S E A S E. A E A E S A S S S +S A S E A S E.
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------7--|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------7s9----|-----------------------------5s7-5-----|
|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5s7-5--------|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5h7-5-----------|
|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)-----------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#5
~ PM| PM|
a E a E S a S S S +S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-5h7-5h7-5-------2-(2)-3-3---3-3---3-||
|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)-1-1---1-1---1-||
Pre-Chorus
6/8
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-0-|-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-0--|
D5 D5
5/8 2/4
~~
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E.
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|---------------||
|---------------------|-------------------|-2---2---/7-5--||
|-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-0-|-5-6-5-3-0-2-3-2-1-|-0---0---------||
Chorus
4/4
Gtr I
~ ~ ~~
A E A E S A S S S +S A S E A S E.
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------5s7-5--|
|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5s7-5--------|
|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|
~ ~~~~~ ~ ~ ~~
A E A E S A S S S +S A S E Q A E A E S A S S S +S A S E A S E.
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------5s7-5--|
|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5s7-5-5(10)--|-5h7-5h7-5-------------5h7-5--------|
|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|-----------7s5-3-0-(0)--------------|
D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5
2/4 9/8
~
a E a E S a S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-5h7-5h7-5---------|-----3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-||
|-----------7s5-3-0-|-(0)-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1-||
Outro
D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5 D#D#5
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------5-||--------------------------------5--||
|---3-3---3-3---3-3----------------||o-7\-3-3---3-3---3-3--------------o||
|---1-1---1-1---1-1---/7-6-5-6-7---||-----1-1---1-1---1-1-/7-6-5-6-7----||