Breaking the Broken Lyrics

As recorded by Control Denied
(From the 1999 Album THE FRAGILE ART OF EXISTENCE)
Words and Music by Chuck Shuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 3'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Guitar 4'
Gtr V (D G C F A D) - 'Chanting'
Q=113
Gtrs I, II
W W W H E E +Q
||o---------------|----------|---------------|----------------o||
||o-4-------------|-3--------|-6-------------|-7------7-(7)---o||
| Gtr V
| H Q. +E W H Q. +E W
||o---------------|----------|---------------|----------------o||
||-------6----(6)s|=5--------|------8----(8)s|=9---------------||
||o------4----(4)s|=3--------|------6----(6)s|=7--------------o||
W W W H E E +Q
| Gtr III
| W W W W
| Gtr IV
| H H +W +W W
|----------16b17=====|=(16)--------|-(16)--------|----------------|
$
W W W H E E +Q
Q=100
E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S E E
E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S S S +E E S S E E
E S S S S +E E S S S S +E S E. S E. S E. S S Q.
E S S S S +E E S S S S +E S E. S E. S E. S E. 5x
||o-----------------------------|------------------------o||
||o-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-2-2-2-2-3-(3)-|---7-----8----10----5---o||
Gtr I
W W W W 3x
||o--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------o||
||o-7------------|--8------------|--5-------------|--8-------------o||
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q +Q Q Q Q +Q Q Q Q +Q Q Q Q 3x
||o--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------o||
||o-----8--7--5--|-(5)--7--5--7--|-(7)---8--7--5--|-(5)--7--5--7---o||
Q=175
N.C.
E E E E E E Q E E E E H E E E E E E Q E E S S E E E +Q
| W E E E E H E E E E E E Q E E S S E E E +Q
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E Q E E E E H E E E E E E Q E E S S E E E +Q 3x
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------o||
||o----------------|--------------|----------------|---5-4-5-4----------o||
N.C.
PM--------| PM----| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||o----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-7-------------10---------9-|-----------------------------|
PM--------| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S Q S S S S Q
PM--------| PM----| PM----| PM| PM|
E S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S Q
To Coda
PM--------| PM----| PM------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E E E E 3x
|----------------------------|-----------------10-----------o||
|-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-0-9-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----10--9-----o||
Bass Solo
Q=113
W W W W
||o----------|-----------|----------|-------o||
||o-7--------|--8--------|-7--------|--8----o||
Guitar Solo
Gtr III
H. +E S S W
| Gtr IV
| H. +E S S W
| Gtrs I, II
| W W
E S S S S S S E E E S S E E E E H
| W W
| W W
+Q. E E E E E +E Q S S S Q +E.
|----------14-15---b17==|=(15)-b17--12----------------|
| W W
| W W
+Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S H
| W Q. S S H
| W W
+Q +E S S S S S E +Q +Q. S S S S S E +Q
| +Q +E S S S S S E +Q +Q. S S S S S E +Q
| W W
+E. T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
| +E. S Q H
| W
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
| Gtrs I, II
| W
H H
|-24b26----24b26=====|
| W
Q=175
D.S. al Coda &
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W W W W
| W W H E E +Q H H
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths