Broken Hearted tab by Eric Clapton
Guitar Tab
Tuning: Standard EBGDAE Difficulty: Novice Broken-Hearted by Eric Clapton Originally released in non-acoustic form on Pilgrim album (Reprise Records, 1998); played acoustic live on Music for Montserrat DVD; also played acoustic featuring John Mayer on CNN's Hurricane Relief telethon in 2005. Videos of both live performances are on Youtube. Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
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Song Structure:
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
When the wind blows down this hard
B B/G# A E/A
Many a bond is broken
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
See the water lie on the ground
B B/G# A E/A
From where the heavens opened
E Asus2 F#m B
Lord, how will you get through this night
E/G# C#m F#m B
With your dreams departed?
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
And who alone will comfort you?
B B/G# A E/A
Only the broken hear-art
A E/A
Hear-art-ed
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
So you've gone beyond your means
B B/G# A E/A
Every wound is open
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
Your best laid plans are out of reach
B B/G# A E/A
And all your fears unspoken
E Asus2 F#m B
Lord, how will you get through this night
E/G# C#m F#m B
With your dreams departed?
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
And who alone will comfort you?
B B/G# A E/A
Only the broken hear-art
A E/A
Hear-art-ed
F# F#/E B B/A
Sweet revenge is spoken then
A C#m
In the twilight it is gone
F# F#/E B B/A
To living lies with no escape
E/G# A E/A A E/A
Lord, I would rather be alone
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
I press my fingers to the wood
B B/G# A E/A
To tell you of my dreaming
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
To sing you songs from olden times
B B/G# A E/A
To keep the love light gleaming
E Asus2 F#m B
'Cause there's a place where we can go
E/G# C#m F#m B
Where we will not be parted
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
And who alone will enter there?
B B/G# A E/A
Only the broken hearted
Main riff (Clapton's way, very easy):
e---------------4--------------------------|
B-----4---7-5-----7~~------4---7-5---4-----|
G-4-6------------------4-6-------------6~~-|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
Main riff (my way, very VERY easy):
e---------2-0---4-2~~-----------2-0--------|
B-0-2-4----------------0-2-4---------4-2~~-|
G------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
*Lower-case "v"s above the tab indicate
where Clapton mute-slaps the strings to
keep the beat.*
Acoustic Verse:
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
v v v v
e------------------------------------------|
B---4-----------4----------5-------5-------|
G---4-----------4----------6-------6-------|
D------------------------------------------|
A-2--------0------------4-------0--------0-|
E------------4--------4--------------------|
B B/G# A E/A
v v v v
e------------------------------------0-----|
B---4-----------4---------2-------0--0-----|
G---4-----------4---------2-------1--------|
D-------------------------2-------2--------|
A-2--------0--------------0-------0------0-|
E------------4--------4--------------------|
Acoustic Chorus:
E Asus2 F#m B
v v v v
e----0----------0--------------------------|
B-0--0----------0----------2---------4-----|
G-0h1-----------2----------2---------4-----|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------0--------0-----------2------0-|
E-0--------0------------2-------2----------|
E/G# C#m F#m B
v v v v
e----4---------------------2---------------|
B----5----------5----------2---------4-----|
G----4----------6----------2---------4-----|
D------------------------------------------|
A------------4--------------------2------2-|
E-4--------4---------4-2--------2----------|
B B/G# C#m C#m/A
v v v v
e------------------------------------------|
B---4-----------4----------5-------5-------|
G---4-----------4----------6-------6-------|
D------------------------------------------|
A-2--------0------------4-------0--------0-|
E------------4--------4--------------------|
B B/G# A E/A
v v
e-------------------------0----------0-----|
B---4-----------4---------2-------0--0-----|
G---4-----------4---------2-------1--------|
D-------------------------2-------2--------|
A-2--------0--------------0-------0------0-|
E------------4-----------------------------|
A E/A
e------------0-----|
B-2-------0--0-----|
G-2-------1--------|
D-2-------2--------|
A-0-------0------0-|
E------------------|
Acoustic Bridge:
F# F#/E B B/A
v v v v
e-2----------------------------------------|
B-2----------2--------4--------4-----------|
G-3----------3--------4--------4-----------|
D-4----------------------------------------|
A-4-------------------2-2----2-0-0------0--|
E-2-2------2-0-0----0----------------------|
A C#m
v v v
e------------------------------------------|
B-2---------2-----------5---------5--------|
G-2---------2-----------6---------6--------|
D------------------------------------------|
A-0-0-----0-0-0-----0-4-------4-4----------|
E------------------------------------------|
F# F#/E B B/A
v v v v
e-2----------------------------------------|
B-2----------2--------4--------4-----------|
G-3----------3--------4--------4-----------|
D-4----------------------------------------|
A-4-------------------2-2----2-0-0------0--|
E-2-2------2-0-0----0----------------------|
E/G# A E/A
v v
e----------------------0--------0----------|
B-5---------5----------2--------0----------|
G-4---------4----------2--------1----------|
D----------------------2--------2----------|
A----------------------0--------0----------|
E-4-4-----4-4-4------4---------------------|
A E/A
e------------0-----|
B-2-------0--0-----|
G-2-------1--------|
D-2-------2--------|
A-0-------0------0-|
E------------------|
I looked all over the Internet for a decent
tab of this song, but none seemed to be
quite right. So I decided to transcribe the
tab from Clapton's own fingerwork in the
Youtube videos of Broken-Hearted. This is my
first tab, and I tried to make it as thorough
as possible without going overboard. Feedback
and corrections are welcome!
- Jaquito
THE END!
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