Nothing Aches Like A Broken Heart Acoustic Chords
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Attempting to capture the chords and intro tab for the acoustic version from Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BTwFOFiBZk.Was this info helpful?
| Difficulty: | intermediate |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | 9th fret |
Author movieman42 [pro] 2,557. Last edit on Apr 25, 2023
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Attempting to capture the chords played in the acoustic version from Songs for the Drunk and Broken Hearted:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BTwFOFiBZk
A live version of the song can be found at 13:42 in his Isolation Live Stream #5 on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kX9aT4w8Mo
Capo 9 to play along with the acoustic version from the album release (capo 7 for the live stream).
To play these chords along with the full band version, you would need to place the capo on 10.
In listening very closely to the new acoustic version from the album, it sounds as though there are 2 guitars.
Mike, presumably, is playing the chords as listed below (which also matches the chords he played with the
capo on 7 for the live stream). The second guitar seems to be playing with a capo on 5 using the chords
indicated in the Version 1 tab already in the system for this song:
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/passenger/nothing-aches-like-a-broken-heart-chords-3504815
Notes: The passage in parentheses at the end is individual walking notes. There are some hammer-ons in the
recorded version that cannot be replicataed with these chords because they appear to be coming from the
chords played by the second guitar. In addition, I have added a C/B walkdown in a few places, but that also
appears to actually be coming from the second guitar and he appears to leave it out when he plays this
alone. As with many of his songs, he seems to play this slightly differently every time. For example, in his
recent live performance streamed for those who pre-ordered his new album or have tickets to his postponed
shows, he plays the passage in the outro as (D E D B G B) instead of (D E D G). For the instrumental
section before verse 3, I tabbed what I think he is playing on the acoustic album version. I have also added
a tab at the end for the instrumental section he played at The Royal Albert Hall because I find it more fun
to play. I am still working on this one, but these tabs should be very close to what he is playing.
[Chords]
Am7 x02010
Am7* x02013
D7 xx0212
D7sus2 xx0210
D7sus4 xx0213
A7 x02020
A7* x02023
Dadd4 x5403x
[Intro]
Gadd2 Gadd2
Am7 D7 G C
e|---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0-1-|-----------0---------------------|-------0---------------------0-1-|
G|-0-2-----|-------0-------2---------------2-|-2p0-------2---0---------0-2-----|
D|---------|-----2-----------0-------0-------|-----0---------------2-----------|
A|---------|-0-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------|---------------------------------|-3------(3)----------------------|
4 e + a | 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Gadd2 Gadd2
Am7 D7 G C
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------0---------|
B|-----------0---------------------|-------3p0---------------3-1-0-1-|
G|-------0-------2---------------2-|-2p0-------2---0-----------------|
D|-----2-----------0-------0-------|-----0---------------2-----------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Gadd2 Gadd2
Am7 D7 G C
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------0---------------------|-------3p0---------------0-------|
G|-------0-------2---------------2-|-2p0-------2---0-------0---0-2---|
D|-----2-----------0-------0-------|-----0---------------------------|
A|-0-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Am Asus2 Am Am7* D7sus2 D7
e|-------------------------3-------|-----------0-----0h2-------------|
B|-----------0-----0h1-----1-------|-------1-------------------------|
G|-------2-------2---------0-------|-----2---------2-----------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-----------|-0------(0)-(0)--0---------------|
A|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
[Intro]
Am7 D7 G C x3
Am7 Am7* D7sus2 D7
[Verse 1]
Am7 D7
I know you're sad and scared
G C
And you can't find your way
C/B Am7 D7
Overwhelmed, under prepared
G C
And have no words to say
C/B Am7 D7
So many friends in so many places
G G/F# Em
So many young and beautiful faces
Am7 Am7*
But none of them hers
D7sus2 D7
None of them hers
[Verse 2]
Am7 D7
I know you're sick and tired
G C
Of long and winding roads
C/B Am7 D7
Places to be and people to see
G C
But never sure of where to go
C/B Am7* D7
So many ways and so many choices
G G/F# Em
So many sweet and soothing voices
Am7 Am7*
None of them hers
D7sus2 D7sus4 D7
No none of them hers
[Chorus]
C G Em
For nothing aches like a broken heart
A7 C
Lying awake in the lonely dark
G Em A7 A7*
Nothing aches like a broken he-e-a-art
C G Em
Don't try to love again too soon
A7 C
You're rubbing salt in an open wound
Dadd4 G C/G G
Nothing aches like a broken heart
[Instrumental]
Gadd2 Gadd2
Am7 D7 G C
e|---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0-1-|-----------0---------------------|-------0---------------------0---|
G|-0-2-----|-------0-------0-2-------------2-|-2p0-------2---0---------0-2-----|
D|---------|-----2-----------0-------0-------|-----0---------------------------|
A|---------|-0-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------|---------------------------------|-3-------3-----------------------|
4 e + a | 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Dsus2
Am7 Am7* D D
e|-----------------3-------0-------|---------------0-2---------------|
B|-0h1-------------1-----------2---|-----------2---------------------|
G|-----------0-----0---------------|-2-------------------------------|
D|-----2-------2---------2---------|-0-------------------------------|
A|-0-------0-------0---------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
[Verse 3]
Am7 D7
Now you're trying to find what you've lost
G C
And don't know where to turn
C/B Am7 D7
Single mind double crossed
G C
With all your bridges burned
C/B Am7 D7
So many roads and so many plans
G G/F# Em
So many warm and loving hands
Am7 Am7*
But none of them hers
D7 D7sus4 D7
No none of them hers
[Chorus]
C G Em
For nothing aches like a broken heart
A7 C
Lying awake in the lonely dark
G Em A7 A7*
Nothing aches like a broken he-e-a-art
C G Em
Don't try to love again too soon
A7 C
You're rubbing salt in an open wound
Dadd4 Em (D E D G)
Nothing aches like a broken heart
C Dadd4 G Gsus4 G
No nothing aches like a broken heart
Alternative instrumental section before Verse 3 (from live performance from The Royal Albert Hall)
Gadd2 Gadd2
Am7 D7 G C
e|---------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----0-1-|-----------0---------------------|-------0-----------------0-------|
G|-0-2-----|-------0-------0-2-------------2-|-2p0-------2---0-------0-----0-2-|
D|---------|-----2-----------0-------0-------|-----0---------------------------|
A|---------|-0-------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
E|---------|---------------------------------|-3-------3-----------------------|
4 e + a | 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
Am Asus2 Am Am7* D7sus4 D7sus2 D7
e|-------------------------3-------|-3---------0-----2---------------|
B|-----------0-----1-------1-------|-1---------------1---------------|
G|-------2-------2---------0-------|-2-----2---------2---------------|
D|-----2-------2-------2-----------|-0--(0)-(0)-(0)--0---------------|
A|-0-------0-------0-------0-------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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| p Pull-off
| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
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love this! Passenger is awesome and I love having tabs for his song. :)
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