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Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart  Tab by Chris Cornell

Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart tab by Chris Cornell (Ver. 2)

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Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart by Chris Cornell: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

The guitar tab in standard tuning. Mandolin parts transposed for guitar!
  • Tuning: Standard tuning
Off of the 2015 album Higher Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpMfZPAc1kg
The mandolin licks throughout the entire song use a technique called alternate picking;
meaning every downstroke is followed by an upstroke and vice versa. So every open A
string on the mandolin and, conversely, every 5th fret of the high e string on the
guitar is played on an upstroke.

If you would like to see my video lessons, click here for guitar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z30SpMLqZ90
and here for mandolin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_thwzEp7bL0


INTRO (mandolin, transposed)

       ^     ^   ^    ^   ^   ^   ^
e|-----5-----5---5----5---5---5---5-|
B|-3h5---5h6---6----7---7---7---7---|
G|----------------------------------| x2
D|----------------------------------|
A
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VERSE (mandolin, transposed)

     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
e|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
B|-3---3---0---0---3---3---3---3---|--3---3---0---0---6---6---5---5---|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
e|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
B|-3---3---0---0---3---3---0---0---|-6---6---0---0---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^      ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
e|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|
B|-3---3---0---0---3---3---3---3---|--3---3---0---0---6---6---5---5---|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|

     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^   ^
e|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
B|-3---3---0---0---3---3---0---0---|-6---6---0---0---5---5---5---5----|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


VERSE 1 RHYTHM (Guitar kicks in at 0:29)

  Dm  G6 Dm       Dm  G6 F  A Dm G6 Dm  G6 F  G  A
e|-1--0--1----|----1--0--1-----1--0--1--0--1--3----|
B|-3--3--3----|----3--3--1--2--3--3--3--3--1--3--2-|
G|-2--0--2----|----2--0--2--2--2--0--2--0--2--0--2-|
D|-0--0--0----|----0--0--3--2--0--0--0--0--3--0--2-|
A|----2-------|-------2--3--0-----2-----2--3--2--0-|
E|----3-------|-------3--1--------3-----3--1--3----|


CHORUS 1 (mandolin, transposed)

    ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^    ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^    ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
e|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
B|-3--3--5--5--6--6--0--0--|-3--3--0--0--6--6--5--5--|-3--3--------------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------6--6--5--5--4--4--3--3--2--2--|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------------|


CHORUS 1 RHYTHM

   Dm A F G Dm G F A Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 G F A Dm   Dm
e|-1----1-3-1--3-1----1----1---1---3-1---1--|---1-|
B|-3--2-1-3-3--3-1-2--3----2---1---3-1-2-3--|---3-|
G|-2--2-2-0-2--0-2-2--2----2---2---0-2-2-2--|---2-|
D|-0--2-3-0-0--0-3-2--0----0---0---0-3-2-0--|-----|
A|----0-3-2----2-3-0---------------2-3-0----|-----|
E|------1-3----3-1-----------------3-1------|-----|


VERSE 2 RHYTHM

  Dm  G6 Dm       Dm  G6 F  A Dm G6 Dm  G6 F  G  A
e|-1--0--1----|----1--0--1-----1--0--1--0--1--3----|
B|-3--3--3----|----3--3--1--2--3--3--3--3--1--3--2-|
G|-2--0--2----|----2--0--2--2--2--0--2--0--2--0--2-|
D|-0--0--0----|----0--0--3--2--0--0--0--0--3--0--2-| x2
A|----2-------|-------2--3--0-----2-----2--3--2--0-|
E|----3-------|-------3--1--------3-----3--1--3----|


CHORUS 2

   Dm A F G Dm G F A Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 G F A C/G
e|-1----1-3-1--3-1----1----1---1---3-1---3-|
B|-3--2-1-3-3--3-1-2--3----2---1---3-1-2-5-|
G|-2--2-2-0-2--0-2-2--2----2---2---0-2-2-5-|
D|-0--2-3-0-0--0-3-2--0----0---0---0-3-2-5-|
A|----0-3-2----2-3-0---------------2-3-0-3-|
E|------1-3----3-1-----------------3-1---3-|


BRIDGE 1

  C/G F G A C/G F G     D C     G
e|-3--1-3---3---1-3-| |-2-------3-|
B|-5--1-3-2-5---2-3-| |-3-1-----3-|
G|-5--2-0-2-5---3-0-| |-2-2-----0-|
D|-5--3-0-2-5---3-0-| |-0-0-----0-| x3
A|-3--3-2-0-3---1-2-| |---3-----2-|
E|-3--1-3---3---1-3-| |---------3-|


GUITAR SOLO

e|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b\2|7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b\2-----------|7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b\2|--7b-7b-7b-7b-7b-7b\2-----------|
D|0--------------------|------------------------5-3---|-------------------|0------------------------5-3----|
A|---------------------|--------------------3h5-----5b|-------------------|----------------------3h5---5-3-|
E|---------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|


RHYTHM

  Dm G6 Dm G6 Dm G6 F A
e|-1-0--1--0--1--0--1---|
B|-3-3--3--3--3--3--1-2-|
G|-2-0--2--0--2--0--2-2-|
D|-0-0--0--0--0--0--3-2-| x2
A|---2-----2-----2--3-0-|
E|---3-----3-----3--1---|


BRIDGE 2

  C/G F G A C/G F G       G
e|-3--1-3---3---1-3---|---3-|
B|-5--1-3-2-5---2-3---|---3-|
G|-5--2-0-2-5---3-0---|---0-|
D|-5--3-0-2-5---3-0---|---0-|
A|-3--3-2-0-3---1-2---|---2-|
E|-3--1-3---3---1-3---|---3-|


CHORUS 3  2:51 (mandolin, transposed)

    ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
e|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
B|-3--3--5--5--6--6--0--0--3--3--0--0--6--6--5--5---3--3--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------6--6--5--5--4--4--3--3--2--2--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


RHYTHM GUITAR 2:59                                                   OUTRO

  Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 G F A C/G Dm A F G Dm G F A Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7  G F A        D C     G
e|-1----1---1---3-1---3---1----1-3-1--3-1----1----1---1----3-1----| |---2-------3-|
B|-3----2---1---3-1-2-5---3--2-1-3-3--3-1-2--3----2---1----3-1-2--| |---3-1-----3-|
G|-2----2---2---0-2-2-5---2--2-2-0-2--0-2-2--2----2---2----0-2-2--| |---2-2-----0-|
D|-0----0---0---0-3-2-5---0--2-3-0-0--0-3-2--0----0---0----0-3-2--| |---0-0-----0-| x6
A|--------------2-3-0-3------0-3-2----2-3-0----------------2-3-0--| |-----3-----2-|
E|--------------3-1---3--------1-3----3-1------------------3-1----| |-----------3-|



Tab 🏷Legend:

^ Upstroke
h Hammer on
p Pull off
/ Slide up
\ Slide down

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