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Breaking Down Guitar Tablature
Mest - Breking Down

Standard Tuning

*     = harmonics
PM--- = palm mute

Intro 
E|--------------------------------------------- 
B|---------------------------------------------
G|---5-5--xxx----------------------------------    x2
D|---5-5--xxx--5-5--xxx--3-3--xxx--5--xxx------
A|---3-3--xxx--5-5--xxx--3-3--xxx--5--xxx------
E|-------------3-3--xxx--1-1--xxx--3--xxx------

E|------------------------
B|------------------------
G|---5~-------------------
D|---5~--let ring---------
A|---3~-------------------
E|------------------------
  "When we first met..." 
      
E|---------------
B|---------------
G|---------------    
D|--*(5)(5)(5)*--
A|---------------
E|---------------

Verse 1 
E|---------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------
G|---5-5-5-5-----------------------------------
D|---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-----  x2
A|---3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-----
E|-------------5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-----
 PM----------------------------------------        
         "And the years have passed...."

Pre-chorus 
E|--------------
B|------------------
G|------------------
D|---3~-------------
A|---3~--let-ring---
E|---1~-------------
      "...time"

do a pick slide on the low E string here

Chorus 
E|-------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|---5-5-------------------------------------
D|---5-5-----5-5----3-3----5-5---------------  x4
A|---3-3-----5-5----3-3----5-5---------------
E|-----------3-3----1-1----3-3---------------
   "Breaking, breaking, she's breaking down"


Verse 2 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   
G|---------5--------5-----5---------5--------5------5--------5-------5----5-----------5--------5-----5---
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------(3)(3)---(3)(3)---(3)-----    x2
A|--(3)(3)---(3)(3)----(3)----(0)(0)--(0)(0)----(0)------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------(3)(3)--(3)(3)--(3)-------------------------------
 the numbers in brackets mean that you have to palm mute them 

Pre Chorus: 
E|---------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------
G|---5-5-5-5-----------------------------------
D|---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-----
A|---3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-----
E|-------------5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-----
  "... say yo're so jaded, but intoxicated..."


E|-----------------------------|----------------------------
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------
G|---5-5---5-5---4---5-5-------|---10-10-10-10---9-9-9-9----
D|---x-x---x-x---x---x-x----x2-|---x--x--x--x----x-x-x-x----
A|---3-3---3-3---2---3-3-------|---8--8--8--8----7-7-7-7----
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------
 "... and now I learn....."      "...was never real"

Repeat chorus 

Bridge: 
E|----------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------
D|---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5------
A|---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5------   x2
E|---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3------

Solo 
E|---------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------  
G|----5/9--7---7/9---5--5--4--4--5-------------   x2
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------

E|---------------------------------------------                  
B|----8--6--8--5--5--3--3--5-------------------    x2
G|----9--7--9--5--5--4--4--5-------------------
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------

E|------------------------------|-------------------------------
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------
G|---5~-------------------------|-------------------------------
D|---5~-------Let ring----------|--3-3--xxx--5-5-xxx------------
A|---3~-------------------------|--3-3--xxx--5-5-xxx------------
E|------------------------------|--1-1--xxx--3-3-xxx------------
  "The things you've done.."

Chorus  
E|---------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------  
G|----7-7-7------------------------------------
D|----7-7-7--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7---------------   x4
A|----5-5-5--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7---------------
E|-----------5-5-5--3-3-3--5-5-5---------------

bringe/pre ending: 

E|----------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------
D|---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5------
A|---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5------
E|---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3------

Ending
E|-------------------------------------------------|-------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|-------|
G|----7-7-7-xxx------------------------------------|--7-7--|
D|----7-7-7-xxx--7-7-7-xxx--5-5-5-xxx--7-7-7-xxx---|--7-7--|
A|----5-5-5-xxx--7-7-7-xxx--5-5-5-xxx--7-7-7-xxx---|--5-5--|
E|---------------5-5-5-xxx--3-3-3-xxx--5-5-5-xxx---|-------|
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