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Dead and Broken

Alkaline Trio
Tab
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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

This is a short and simple, but good song from the legendary Alkaline Trio.

Song:Dead & Broken

Tuning: Standard

Tabber: Tom Fleming

email: flemingooy2@aol.com

Key:

~=let ring

/=slide up

\=slide down

Intro Guitar 1 (4x)

|----------------------------|
|----------------------5-----|
|-66-44-7-44-666-66-44---44-6|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

Guitar 2 (4x)

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-6666666666666666----------99999999-|

|-6666666666666666-77777777-99999999-|

|-4444444444444444-77777777-77777777-|

|------------------55555555----------|

Guitar 3 (comes in after 2nd time of Gtr. 1 and 2)

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-6/11~--------13~----14~----11~--------7~----6~----|
|-x/-x~---------x~-----x~-----x~--------x~----x~----|
|-4/-9~--------11~----12~-----9~--------5~----4~----|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Verse (2x)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

/ 3x 1x \After second time

|-----------------------------------|------------------|----------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------|----------|

|6666666666666666----------99999999-|-7777777777777777-|-99999999-|

|6666666666666666-77777777-99999999-|-7777777777777777-|-99999999-|

|4444444444444444-77777777-77777777-|-5555555555555555-|-77777777-|

|-----------------55555555----------|------------------|----------|

Chorus 3x 1x

|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9~--------|-7777777777777777-9999999999999999|
|-7~----------------4~--------9~--------|-7777777777777777-9999999999999999|
|-7~----------------4~--------7~--------|-5555555555555555-7777777777777777|
|-5~----------------2~------------------|----------------------------------|

Intro (2x) (started with 3rd guitar)

Verse (same chords only not strummed...just let the notes ring)

Chorus (1x)

Then do the chorus part again only this time strum the chords.

End with

|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|7~-------7\-|
|7~-------7\-|
|5~-------5\-|

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