Break Up Your Band tab by Chavez

Tabs

Tuning: Standard


A augmentedA classic 90s alt rock song featured on an episode of Beavis & Butthead.


--INTRO/LEAD PART--

(timing can be kind of tricky, I'm pretty sure its a triplet feel or something. Just "flicka da wrist",
you'll be fine. Also, I'm pretty sure the two guitars play a slightly different rhythm but I can't
really figure that out.)


12 = 12th fret

 v  ^ v ^  v  ^ v ^  v  ^ v ^  v  ^ v ^  v  ^ v

e|13p0-0--0-0---13p0-0--0-0---13p0-0--0-0---13p0-0--0-0---13p0-0-------------| x2 before drums
BB|12-----12-12--12-----12-12--12-----12-12--12-----12-12--12-----------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------15b---------| x4 before bass enters
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|   With the next bit
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

--BASS CHORD/VERSE--

during the intro, the bass plays part (1) once before the lyrics start and once again after
the first couplet.

(strum patterns, ^ and v, are a guide and probably not entirely accurate)

(1)
 v v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|9--9-9-9-x-10-10-6---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|9--9-9-9-x-10-10-6---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|7--7-7-7-x-8--8--4---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|7--7-7-7-x-8--8--4---------------------------------------------------------|


Then this part

(2)
 v v ^ ^ v ^ ^v ^v
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|9--9-9-9-x-8-88-88---------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|9--9-9-9-x-8-88-88---------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|7--7-7-7-x-6-66-66---------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|7--7-7-7-x-6-66-66---------------------------------------------------------|

Then the "crave rapid hands/with pride and finesse" bit

(3)
 v ^v^ v^ v ^ ^v ^v
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|9-999-99-x-4-44-44--2~~----------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|9-999-99-x-4-44-44--2~~-let ring-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|7-777-77-x-2-22-22--0~~----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|7-777-77-x-2-22-22--0~~----------------------------------------------------|


(See end of tab for structure if you need it, I don't think you will)


--BRIDGE--

(1)

"and blast with the cold next to joy"

                   "make it stop so you can"

                       (these are 11th fret 8th notes and are played
                       through the whole bridge under the chords)
e|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-2-------------------|-----then---4-4-4-4-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2--let ring or------|------------4-4-4-4///11111111etc---------------------|
A augmentedA|-0--just strum-------|------------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|------------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------|


I'm not going to tab the 11th fret 8th notes; whenever you are not playing
these chords, play the 11th fret thing if there is space.

(2)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|9--11--6--9-11-6-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|9--11--6--9-11-6-----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|7--9---4--7-9--4-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|7--9---4--7-9--4-----------------------------------------------------------|

back to the 11th fret thing


(3)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|8-8-88-x-2-22-22-----------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|8-8-88-x-2-22-22-----------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|6-6-66-x-0-00-00-----------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|6-6-66-x-------------------------------------------------------------------|


11th fret thing

(4)                       "It has been approved"

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------14----14----14--------------------------|
G+G|11-11-1111--13-13-1313--14~------14----14----14---etc--------4~------------|
D MajorD|11-11-1111--13-13-1313--14~----14----14----14---------then---4~------------|
A augmentedA|9--9--9-9---11-11-1111--12~----------------------------------2~------------|
E MajorE|9--9--9-9---11-11-1111--12~------------------------------------------------|



--FINAL VERSE--

Back to the verse but instead of the lead part you play


e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------| x4
A augmentedA|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|


The rest of the final verse is the same, except over this line:

"Stale sexless loud and vague/so stop while you can"

Hold the BB power chord from verse part (3) and end on:


e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|2~~------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|2~~------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|0~~------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|


STRUCTURE
---------
INTRO x6
VERSE (1)(1)(2)(3)
INTRO x2
VERSE (1)(2)(3)
BRIDGE (1)(2)(3)(4)
FINAL VERSE (1)(2)(3*)




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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend