Broken Crown tab by Mumford & Sons (Ver. 2)

Broken Crown - Mumford and Sons
Tabbed by: James Walters
Email: Jojomcfee1@gmail.com
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:

   Dm                              C
|--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             Am                          Dm
|---------------------------------------------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

   Dm       C                Dm
|--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                            Dm
|----------------------------------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

   Dm       C
|--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                               Dm
|----------------------------------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    Dm C Dm  C    Dm
    I will not speak ooooooof your sin
               Bb  Dm C Dm  C   Dm
    There was a way oooooout for him
               Bb Dm C Dm C  Dm
    The mirror shooooooooows not
               Bb Dm C Dm  C  Dm
    Your values areeeeeeee all shot

Bridge:

      C   Dm C     Dm  C      F Dm      C  Bb
  But oh, my heart was flawed I knew my weakness
     C    Dm C    Dm  C   F  Dm  C  Bb
  So hold my hand consign me not to darkness.

   Dm          C         Bb         Am
|--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

  Dm          C              F   A11  Dm
  Crawl on my belly till the sun goes down
  Dm         C         F   All Dm
  I'll never wear your bro-ken crown
         Bb                               Dm             X2
  I took the road and I fucked it all away.
      Bb                                     Dm
  Now in this twilight how dare you speak of grace.

Instrumental:
  Bb C Dm F C (2x)
  Bb C Dm C
  Bb C Dm F C Dm

Outro

   Dm       C                Dm
|--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                            Dm
|----------------------------------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