Song: I’m Broken
Artist: Pantera
Album: Far Beyond Driven
My guitar teacher went through the solo for this song with me a while ago in E tuning, Pantera being my favorite band. He also went through other parts of the song with me that made me realize so many tabs for this song are very wrong. So, I’ve touched up on his version, changing it to the tuning and so on. Listen to the song for timings, note lengths, etc, and this is ‘probably’ the most correct version you’ll see: (Tabbed by RJ Badham, myself, and written by god… Uh, Dimebag Darrell).
Tune all guitars down 1 ½ steps: C#, F#, B, E, G#, C#
Tempo = about 150
Intro:
00.00 X3 00.10 4th
a a a a
C#|----------------------------| |---------------------------|
G#|----------------------------| |---------------------------|
E|----------------------------| |---------------------------|
B|-0h2--0h2~-0----------------| |-0h2--0h2~-0---------------|
F#|-------------2p0---2--------| |-------------2p0---2----2--|
C#|-----------------3-0--------| |-----------------3-0----0--|
Chorus:
00.13
a a a a a a a
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------7~-|
|-0h2--0h2~-0-----------------5h7-5~-|-0h2--0h2~-0-----------------/9----|
|-------------2p0---2--5h7-5~--------|-------------2p0---2--5h7-5~-------|
|-----------------3-0----------------|-----------------3-0---------------|
00.20
a a a a a a x x x x
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0h2--0h2~-0-----------------5h7-5~-|-0h2--0h2~-0---------------------|
|-------------2p0---2--5h7-5~--------|-------------2p0---2---2-2--2-2--|
|-----------------3-0----------------|-----------------3-0---0-0--0-0--|
Verse:
00.26
x x x x x x x x
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------------------------|
|-0-5b7-5b7-0--0-5b7-5b7-0--0-5b7-5b7-0--0-5b7-5b7-0--|
00.31
x x x x x x x
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------5-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0-5b7-5b7-0--0-5b7-5b7-0--0-5b7-5b7-0--0-5b7-5pb7r5-4-5-6-7---|
00.38
x x x x x x x
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5b7-5b7------5b7-5b7------5b7-5b7------5b7-5b7---|
|---------0--0---------0--0---------0--0---------0-|
00.43
x x x x x x x
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---5b7-5b7------5b7-5b7------5b7-5b7------5b7r5-5~----|
|-0---------0--0---------0--0---------0--0-----------0-|
Bridge:
00.49
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-5-6-5-3-0--2-3-2-1-0--5-6-5-3-0--2-3-2-1-0-|
00.54
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------2--2----|
|-5-6-5-3-0--2-3-2-1-0--5-6-5-3-0--2-3-2-1-0--0----|
2nd Chorus - 1.00
2nd Verse - 1.13
2nd Bridge - 1.37
3rd Chorus - 1.47
Interlude:
2.00
x x x x x x x x
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--|
2.02 X4
x x x x x x
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-----|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2--------------7--|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0--7-6-5-6-7-------|
2.15
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-3-3--3-3--3-|
|-1-1--1-1--1-|
3rd Bridge - 2.17
Fill before solo:
2.27
|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|
|-7-5~-|
|------|
SOLO:
2.28
|-------------------12----------12-----------------------------------------|
|-------15-15----------15-15-------15--------------14-14----15----14----15-|
|-14b16-------14b16-------14b16-------14b16~--9/12-------12----12----12----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2.32
|------------------17-12-15h12-x-12-15h12-15h12-12-12-12----------12----------|
|----14--------------------------------------------------16-15-12----12-15h12-|
|-12----12~--(12)------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2.35
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-12-15h12-15h12-13-12-13-12-------15h12-13h12-13-12-------13h12-12----12-|
|-------------------------------15-12-------------------15h12----------12----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2.38
/// /
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-14h12-14h12----12-12/11----11-11----------------------------12b14--|
|----------------14----------12-------12~------------------12h14--------|
|-------------------------------------------------10-12/14--------------|
|----------------------------------------------12-----------------------|
2.42
A.H.--------| A.H. // // // ////
|-----------------------------12~-------14~-------15~-------15b17b19~~-------|
|------------------------5/12--------12--------12--------12------------------|
|-16pb19r16b19---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------14h12-14~-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2.48 b17
b17 ^21////
|-15b17--15^17--15b17--15^17--15^13--15b17--15^17--15^13----19b21~~-------|
|-15b17--15^17--15b17--15^17--15^13--15b17--15^17--15^13------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2.55
|-------------15-17/19-19-------------16-17/19-19-------------|
|-15-17/19-19-------------15-17/19-19-------------15-17/19-19-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
2.57
|-15-17-18-19-20-21-22-22b24~~~~|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
| 2.58 - 4th Chorus
| a
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-2--2----------------|
|-2--2--5h7-5~~-------|
|-0--0----------------|
4th Bridge - 3.11
Fill before 5th Chorus:
3.20
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|-----7-5~-|
|-0-0------|
5th Chorus - 3.22
2nd Interlude - 3.33
Fade Out
Tab legend:
00.00 = Time relation in song
a = acciaccatura (note played, but as part of following note length)
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato (using finger/s)
/9 = slide in to from below
9 = slide in to from above
9 = slide out of downwards
9/ = slide out of upwards
x = palm mute
b = bend (e.g. 5b7 = play 5 then bend up 1 step)
pb = pre-bend (e.g. 5pb7 = bend 5 up one step then play)
r = release (e.g. 5b7r5 = play 5 then bend up 1 step then release down 1 step)
() = ghost note (e.g. (12) there, but no played)
/ = Pull tremolo bar up
/ = Push tremolo bar down
/// = Tremolo vibrato
A.H. = Artificial/Pinched harmonic
^ = Tremolo bend / Alter note pitch with tremolo bar (e.g. 15^17 = play 15 then pull tremolo bar up until note pitch is that of 17, i.e. one step up) NB: Tremolo bends and finger bends can be, and in one instance are executed (in this song)
That’s it ladies and jellyspoons, enjoy.
Any comments/corrections e-mail me: [email protected]
Otherwise, never forget how god-like Pantera are.
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