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Break on Through to the Other Side

The Doors
Tab
4.4(91)

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

Intro/Verse

Emajor

sl . . sl .

e|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------.|------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|---------------2--0-----2--2-----0---.|----------2--0-----2--2-----0--2----|
A|--------------------(2)-------2-------|---------------(2)-------2----------|
E|----12\---(0)-------------------------|-12\--(0)---------------------------|

You know the day destroys the night, night divides the day

(The two ghost notes above are played at different parts of the song.)

(By listening to the album, you can tell when to play them. )

Bridge

Dmajor

e|----2-------2------------2--------2----------------------------------------|
B|----3-------3------------3--------3----------------------------------------|
G|----2-------2------------2--------2----------------------------------------|
D|----0-------0------------0--------0----------------------------------------|
A|---(0)-----(0)----------(0)------(0)---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Tried to run, tried to hide

Chorus

Emajor __________________________________

|3

e|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------0h2p0-------------|---------------------0h2p0--------|
D|---------------0-1h2----------2---0--2--|--------------0-1h2---------2-----|
A|--------0h1-2---------------------------|-------0h1-2----------------------|
E|---0-3----------------------------------|--0-3-----------------------------|

Break on through to the other side, break on through to the other side,

Break on through to the other side, yeah.

Repeat Intro/Verse and Bridge

We chased our pleasures here, dug our treasures there

But can ya still recall the time we cried?

Repeat Chorus

Break on through to the other side, break on through to the other side.

Repeat Intro/Verse during keyboard solo

Everybody loves my baby, everybody loves my baby,

She get...She get...She get...She get...high.....

Repeat Intro/Verse and Bridge

I found an island in your arms, country in your eyes,

Arms that chain, eyes that lie.

Chorus revised

Emajor __________________________________

|4

e|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------0h2p0-------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------0-1h2----------2---0-2---|-----------0h1h2------------0h1h2-|
A|--------0h1-2---------------------------|-----0h1h2------------0h1h2-------|
E|---0-3----------------------------------|-0-3--------------0-3-------------|

Break on through to the other side, break on through to the other side,

Break on through, oh...oh yeah...

Bridge 2

E7#9

e|-----15--15------15---15---15-----15--15----15---15---15---X---15----------|
B|-----15--15------15---15---15-----15--15----15---15---15---X---15----------|
G|-----13--13------13---13---13-----13--13----13---13---13---X---13----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-----------------0----0----0-----------0----0----0----------------------|

(Continue, using Second bridge as pattern)

Made the scene, week to week, day to day, hour to hour

(Repeat First Bridge)

Gate is straight, deep and wide

Outro

Emajor

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------0h2p0---------------------------------0h2p0--------------|
D|-------------0-1h2---------2--0-2------------------0-1h2--------2---0-2-----|
A|-------0h1-2---------------------------------0h1-2--------------------------|
E|---0-3-----------------------------------0-3--------------------------------|

Break on through to the other side, break on through to the other side,

Emajor

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------0-2---------------0-2---------------0-2----------------------|
A|-------0h1h2-------------0h1h2-------------0h1h2---------------------------|
E|---0-3---------------0-3---------------0-3---------------------------------|

Break on through, break on through, break on through

e|---------------------0-----0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
B|-----------2h3h5----b3----b3----b3---b3---b3---b3---b3---b3---b3---b3---b3-|
G|---0h2h3h4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Break on through, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

Organ solo

Just add a bit of reverberation and chorus. It also sounds ok

on acoustic guitars.

e|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-3-3--3-3--0-3-0---------------|
B|--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-3-3--3-3--0-3-0---------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0-0-0--7-7-7-5--------------|
B|---------------------7--------|
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|------------------------------|  x3
E|------------------------------|
e|--12b13--12b13--12b13--12b13--10h12-------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|  x3
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|--12-12--10-10--12-12-12--10-10-----------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|   x3
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Then you fall back into the verse tab:

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|---------2-0----2-2----0-------|
A|--------------2------2----2----|
E|--7s0--------------------------|

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h = hammer-on \ = Slide down . = Staccato note

p = pull-off / = Slide up () = Ghost note

b = bend up note one whole step

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