Broken Hearted Tab

Artist: Eric Clapton
Song: Broken Hearted
 
Standard Tuning (EADGBe)
 
[Verse 1]
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
 
[Chorus]
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
 
[Verse 2]
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
 
[Chorus]
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
 
[Verse 3]
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
 
[Bridge]
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|------------------|
 
 
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| ~  Vibrato
| h  Hammer-on
 
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