Broken Road Tabs & Lyrics by Sully Erna
Broken Road
guitar tabs lyrics
Song: Broken Road
Artist: Sully Erna
Album: Avalon
Tuning: Drop D, with capo on the first fret
This piece is played mostly with a piano, in the key of F minor.
Intro
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Pre-Verse
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Verse
7x
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8th time
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Chorus
Fm
I don�t know if I can say
G# Bbm
I Lived through everything
Fm
But I�ve walked this earth alone
Eb C#
With Barefeet broken in the snow
Fm
And my father said to me
G# Bbm
It never seems to be
Fm D C# Fm
I simple walk down an icy cold broken road
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For the G# it might be better just to use G#5 (the power chord)
Repeat Verse and Chorus
Bridge
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Re-Entry
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Repeat Chorus
After chorus play the verse chords (Fm, C#M, Bbm) with the same timing
3x
Then it slows down, arpeggiate the C#M and Bbm then end with
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and yer done.
