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Blow Me Away

Breaking Benjamin
TabTuningDrop C
4.7(90)

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

Intro

D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|----12p0-12----12p0-12---------12p0-12----12p0-12------|
G|-0*---------0*---------0-10-0*---------0*---------7-10-|
C|-0*---------0*---------0-10-0*---------0*---------7-10-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|----12p0-12----12p0-12---------12p0-12----12p0-12-----0|
G|-0*---------0*---------0-10-0*---------0*-------------0|
C|-0*---------0*---------0-10-0*---------0*---------3-2-0|

let the open chord ring throughout the whole verse

Pre-Chorus

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-888888881010101010101010----------------------|
G|-888888881010101010101010----------------------|

C|-888888881010101010101010--00---00-0---00-0----|

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|------------888888881010101010101010-----------|
G|-------7-10-888888881010101010101010-----------|
C|-00-0--7-10-888888881010101010101010-----------|

Pre-Chorus

(lead part playing over open notes)

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-10--5--7-----10--5--7-------------------------|
F|-----------7------------7----------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-0---12\7-8\5-----0---12\7-8-10----------------|
G|-0---12\7-8\5-----0---12\7-8-10----------------|
C|-0---12\7-8\5-----0---12\7-8-10----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------------|
C|----12p0-12----12p0-12---------12p0-12----12p0-12-----0|
G|-0*---------0*---------0-10-0*---------0*-------------0|
C|-0*---------0*---------0-10-0*---------0*---------3-2-0|

once again let open chord sustain throughout the 2nd verse

right before the Pre-Chorus comes in, play this:

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-3/5-------------------------------------------|

note: this is a harmonic slide, don't actually play the notes

but run your finger over their positions while picking

Pre-Chorus

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-888888881010101010101010----------------------|
G|-888888881010101010101010----------------------|

C|-888888881010101010101010--00---00-0-----00-0--|

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-------------8888888810101010*-----------------|
G|--------7-10-8888888810101010*-----------------|
C|-00-0---7-10-8888888810101010*-----------------|

Pre-Chorus

(lead part playing over open notes)

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-10--5--7-----10--5--7-------------------------|
F|-----------7------------7----------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-0---12\7-8\5-----0---12\7-8-10----------------|
G|-0---12\7-8\5-----0---12\7-8-10----------------|
C|-0---12\7-8\5-----0---12\7-8-10----------------|

Post-Chorus

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-888888881010101010101010----------------------|
G|-888888881010101010101010----------------------|
C|-888888881010101010101010----------------------|

Break

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-------9977-------------------8877-------------|
C|----77------77----55-------77------77----55----|
G|-55------------88----77-55------------88----77-|
C|-----------------------------------------------|

palm mute while gradually loosening up

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------7\1---------|
G|-0077-66-5*----66-5*--------66-5*--7\1---------|
C|-0077-------88-------77-00---------7\1---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------7*-1*-------|
G|-0077-66-5*----66-5*--------66-5*--7*-1*-------|
C|-0077-------88-------77-00---------7*-1*-------|

repeat once

D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------8------|
C|-----------------------------------------6------|
C|-00-0--0-000-00-0-00-0--00-0--0-000-0-0--6------|

x--------------------------------------

D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------8------|
G|-00-0--0-000-00-0-00-0--00-0--0-000-0-0--6------|
C|-00-0--0-000-00-0-00-0--00-0--0-000-0-0--6------|

x-------------------------------------

D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------|
G|-00-0--0-000-00-0-00-0--00-0--0-000-0-0---------|
C|-00-0--0-000-00-0-00-0--00-0--0-000-0-0---------|

x-------------------------------------

Chorus

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-0---12\7-8\5-----0---12\7-8-10----------------|
G|-0---12\7-8\5-----0---12\7-8-10----------------|
C|-0---12\7-8\5-----0---12\7-8-10----------------|

Outro

D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------------8--|
G|-00-0--0-0h1p0-0-0-1p00--00-0--0-0h1p0-0-0--6--|
C|-00-0--0-0h1p0-0-0-1p00--00-0--0-0h1p0-0-0--6--|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
F|-----------------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-00-0--0-0h1p0-0-0-1p00--00-0--0-0h1p0-0-0-----|
C|-00-0--0-0h1p0-0-0-1p00--00-0--0-0h1p0-0-0-----|

* *

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| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| * Pause

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