Broken Crown tab by Mumford & Sons

Tabs (Ver. 2)

Broken Crown - Mumford and Sons
Tabbed by: James Walters
Email: [email protected]
Submitted to GTE by: Eliza90

I tabbed this song using parts of other tabs and by ear to make it playable on an
acoustic guitar and also standard tuning, I'm pretty sure everything is Correct. Please leave
comments and suggestions.

Tuning: Standard


Intro:

  DmDm               C majorC
|--1----1--3----3--5----5--5----5--0----0--1----1--3----3--3----3----------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3-------1-------1-------1-------1------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Bb majorBb       A minorAm             DmDm
|---------------------------------------------1----1--1----1---------------|
|--3----3-6-5-3-1-1h3---3--1----1-0--2--3—0-----3-------3------------------|
|-----3---------------2-------2--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------0-0-0---0-0-0----------------|
|--1-1-1----------0--0-0---0-0-0-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0--1--3-0--------------------------------|

Verse 1

  DmDm    C majorC        DmDm
|--1-----1--0-----0-----------1-----1------------------------------------------|
|------3--------1--------—-------3---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----0---------------------------------------------------|
|--0—-0--0--------------------0—-0--0------------------------------------------|x2
|-----------3—-3--3------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0----0---------------------------------------------------|
  Touch my mouth and hold my tongue
  I will not be Your chosen one

  Bb majorBb              DmDm
|----------------------------------1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1----------|
|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3---—3-----3-------3-------3-------3------------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
|----—------------------------—----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------|x2
|--1-1-1—--1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  I'll be home safely tucked away
  You can't tempt me if...the day

  DmDm    C majorC
|--1-----1--0-----0-----------1-----1------------------------------------------|
|------3--------1--------—--------3--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----0---------------------------------------------------|
|--0—-0--0--------------------0—-0--0------------------------------------------|x2
|-----------3—-3--3------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0----0---------------------------------------------------|
  The pull on my flesh was just too strong
  It stifled the choice and the air in my lungs
Bb majorBb                DmDm
|----------------------------------1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1----------|
|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3---—3-----3-------3-------3-------3------------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
|----—------------------------—----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------|x2
|--1-1-1—--1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Better not to breathe than to breathe a lie
  Cause when I open my body I breathe alive

Repeat Intro

Verse
        Bb majorBb  DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC  DmDm
  I will not speak ooooooof your sin
        Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC  DmDm
  There was a way oooooout for him
        Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm
  The mirror shooooooooows not
        Bb majorBb DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm
  Your values areeeeeeee all shot

Bridge:

   C majorC  DmDm C majorC   DmDm C majorC   FF DmDm   C majorC Bb majorBb
 But oh, my heart was flawed I knew my weakness
   C majorC  DmDm C majorC  DmDm C majorC  FF DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb
 So hold my hand consign me not to darkness.

  DmDm     C majorC     Bb majorBb     A minorAm
|--1---3---5---0---1---3---1-------------------------------------|
|--3---3---3---1---1---1---3-6-5-3-1-1-2--3--0--2----------------|
|--2---2---2---------------3---------2---------------------------|
|--0---0---0---2---2---2---3---------2---------------------------|
|--------------3---3---3---1-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------0--1--3--0----------------|
  /  /  /  /  /  / /     /

Verse 2: Strum

 DmDm     C majorC       FF  A11A11 DmDm
 Crawl on my belly till the sun goes down
 DmDm     C majorC     FF  All DmDm
 I'll never wear your bro-ken crown
     Bb majorBb                DmDm       X2
 I took the road and I fucked it all away.
   Bb majorBb                   DmDm
 Now in this twilight how dare you speak of grace.

Instrumental:
 Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm FF C majorC (2x)
 Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm C majorC
 Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm FF C majorC DmDm

Outro

  DmDm    C majorC        DmDm
|--1-----1--0-----0-----------1-----1--------------------------------------|
|------3--------1--------—--------3----------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----0-----------------------------------------------|
|--0—-0--0--------------------0—-0--0--------------------------------------|x2
|-----------3—-3--3--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0----0-----------------------------------------------|
  So, crawl on my belly until the sun goes down
  I’ll never wear your broken crown

  Bb majorBb              DmDm
|----------------------------------1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1----------|
|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3---—3-----3-------3-------3-------3------------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
|----—------------------------—----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------|x2
|--1-1-1—--1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  I can take the road and I can fuck it all away.
  But in this twilight our choices seal our fate


| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note

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