Artist: Buffalo Springfield
Song: Broken arrow
Tabbed by: DJ
23rd June 2013

Tuning: Standard

Original recording is slightly sharp of concert pitch.

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   E7sus4           (E5)
e|----------0----|--(0)---------|
B|--------0------|--(0)---------|
G|------7--------|--(9)---------|
D|----7----------|--(9)---------|
A|--7------------|--(7)---------|
E|---------------|--(0)---------|


            E5          F#/E      G/E        F#/E    E5
Well, hel - lo, Mr.Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason,
F#/E  G/E
           Ya---, ya---, ya---, ya -ya -ya -ya!
F#/E        E5                 F#/E    G/E              F#/E     E5
 For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season, oh!
F#/E  G/E                              F#/E      G
          Ya---, ya---, ya---, ya -ya!  Why in crowds...

   G
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
   ^  ^  ^  ^     ^  ^  ^  ^

      G           Bm             Em         C
The lights turned on, and the curtain fell down,
     Am7                 D
And when it was over it felt like a dream,
      Am7                           D
They stood at the stage door, and begged for a scream,
      G        G/F#         Em             Em7
The agents had paid for the black limou - sine,
       C                    D
That waited outside in the rain!


        G4    G       G4 G
Did you see them?  |  /__/  /  /  /  |
                      ^  ^  ^  ^
         C   Cmaj7   C    Cmaj7 C       
Did you see------- them? |  /__/  /  /  /  |
                            ^ ^   ^  ^
        F        Fmaj7      F6
||:  /  /__/  /  /__/ |  /  /__/  /  /  :||(Twice)
        ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   ^   ^  ^  ^

Dm                   G7
    Did you see them in the river?
Bb                      Dm  Em/D  F/D   Em/D
    They were there to wave  to   you! 
Dm                            G7
    Could you tell that the empty quivered,
  Bb                      Dm        Em/D
Brown - skinned... Indi - an on the banks,
           F/D         Em/D    F                G    G
That were crowded and narrow, held a... broken ar - row?
                                                ^     ^

   E          E6  E        B7
|  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |


   Em            
e|-----0---0---0--|--0---0----0--|--0--------|
B|-----0---4---1--|--0---1----2--|--1--------|
G|-----0---0---0--|--0---0----0--|--0--------|
D|-----2---2---2--|--2---2----2--|--2--------|
A|-----2---2---2--|--2---2----2--|--2--------|
E|--0-------------|-----------0--|-----------|


   G  
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
   ^  ^  ^  ^     ^  ^  ^  ^

   G      Bm            Em      C
Eighteen years of A - merican dream,
   Am7                        D
He saw that his brother had sworn on the wall,
   Am7                       D
He hung up his eyelids, and ran down the hall,
       G        G/F#       Em         Em7
His mother had told him a trip was a fall,
      C                      D
And don't mention babies at all!


        G4   G       G4 G
Did you see him?  |  /__/  /  /  /  |
                     ^  ^  ^  ^ 
         C   Cmaj7  C    Cmaj7 C
Did you see------- him? |  /__/  /  /  /  |
                           ^ ^   ^  ^
        F        Fmaj7      F6  
||:  /  /__/  /  /__/ |  /  /__/  /  /  :||(Twice)
        ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   ^   ^  ^  ^

Dm                  G7
    Did you see him in the river?
Bb                   Dm  Em/D  F/D   Em/D
    He was there to wave  to   you!
Dm                            G7
    Could you tell that the empty quivered,
  Bb                      Dm        Em/D
Brown - skinned... Indi - an on the banks,
           F/D         Em/D    F               G     G
That were crowded and narrow, held a... broken ar - row?
                                                ^    ^
   G
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
   ^  ^  ^  ^     ^  ^  ^  ^

       G          Bm             Em          C
The streets were lined for the wedding pa - rade,
     Am7                               D
The Queen wore the white gloves, the county of song,
     Am7                         D
Her black covered caisson, her horses had drawn,
        G        G/F#            Em        Em7
Pro - tected her King from the sunrays of dawn,
        C                         D
They married for peace, and were gone!


        G4    G       G4 G
Did you see them?  |  /__/  /  /  /  |
                      ^  ^  ^  ^
         C   Cmaj7   C    Cmaj7 C
Did you see------- them? |  /__/  /  /  /  |
                            ^ ^   ^  ^
        F        Fmaj7      F6
||:  /  /__/  /  /__/ |  /  /__/  /  /  :||(Twice)
        ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   ^   ^  ^  ^

Dm                   G7
    Did you see them in the river?
Bb                      Dm  Em/D  F/D   Em/D
    They were there to wave  to   you!
Dm                            G7
    Could you tell that the empty quivered,
  Bb                   Dm        Em/D
Brown - skinned Indi - an on the banks,
           F/D         Em/D    F                G    G
That were crowded and narrow, held a... broken ar - row?
                                                ^    ^

(Instrumental coda)
G7      F                       G7
   ||:  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  |  /  /  / :|| (Repeat)


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 ^   = Emphasise the beat

E5   =  079900            Am7   =  x02213    Dm   =  xx0231
F#/E =  0  9 11 11 x x    D     =  xx0232    G7   =  320001
G/E  =  0 10 12 12 x x    G/F#  =  2x0033    Bb   =  x24442
G    =  320033            G4    =  320013    Em/D =  xx0453
Bm   =  x24432            Cmaj7 =  x32000    F/D  =  xx0565
Em   =  022000            F     =  133211    E    =  022100
C    =  x32010            Fmaj7 =  133210    E6   =  022120
Em7  =  022030            F6    =  100211    B7   =  x21202