Break Up Your Band tab by Chavez
Guitar Tab
Tuning: Standard A 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
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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
B|12-----12-12--12-----12-12--12-----12-12--12-----12-12--12-----------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------15b---------| x4 before bass enters
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| With the next bit
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
--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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9--9-9-9-x-10-10-6---------------------------------------------------------|
D|9--9-9-9-x-10-10-6---------------------------------------------------------|
A|7--7-7-7-x-8--8--4---------------------------------------------------------|
E|7--7-7-7-x-8--8--4---------------------------------------------------------|
Then this part
(2)
v v ^ ^ v ^ ^v ^v
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9--9-9-9-x-8-88-88---------------------------------------------------------|
D|9--9-9-9-x-8-88-88---------------------------------------------------------|
A|7--7-7-7-x-6-66-66---------------------------------------------------------|
E|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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9-999-99-x-4-44-44--2~~----------------------------------------------------|
D|9-999-99-x-4-44-44--2~~-let ring-------------------------------------------|
A|7-777-77-x-2-22-22--0~~----------------------------------------------------|
E|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|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2-------------------|-----then---4-4-4-4-----------------------------------|
D|-2--let ring or------|------------4-4-4-4///11111111etc---------------------|
A|-0--just strum-------|------------2-2-2-2-----------------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------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|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9--11--6--9-11-6-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|9--11--6--9-11-6-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|7--9---4--7-9--4-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|7--9---4--7-9--4-----------------------------------------------------------|
back to the 11th fret thing
(3)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|8-8-88-x-2-22-22-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|8-8-88-x-2-22-22-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|6-6-66-x-0-00-00-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|6-6-66-x-------------------------------------------------------------------|
11th fret thing
(4) "It has been approved"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------14----14----14--------------------------|
G|11-11-1111--13-13-1313--14~------14----14----14---etc--------4~------------|
D|11-11-1111--13-13-1313--14~----14----14----14---------then---4~------------|
A|9--9--9-9---11-11-1111--12~----------------------------------2~------------|
E|9--9--9-9---11-11-1111--12~------------------------------------------------|
--FINAL VERSE--
Back to the verse but instead of the lead part you play
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------| x4
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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 B power chord from verse part (3) and end on:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2~~------------------------------------------------------------|
D|2~~------------------------------------------------------------|
A|0~~------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
STRUCTURE
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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