Band: Breaking Benjamin Song: Breakdown Tabbed by: Rudy Website: www.geocities.com/creed989 This is a great song! One of 2 songs that are in the "Db" tune Most of their other songs have gone to C tune. Tune: Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (number of strokes not indicated) Intro (clean) --6-5-6-5-----------6-5-6-5----------------8-- ----------3-5-5-6-6---------3-5-5-6-6--------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Riff 1 (distortion) (ring) ---------------------------------------------|---0---- ---------------------------------------------|---3---- -------------------3-------------------3-----|---2---- -0-0--------4-0-0--1--0-0--------4-0-0-1-----|---0---- -0-0--5p3h5---0-0--1--0-0--5p3h5---0-0-1-----|---0---- -0-0----------0-0--1--0-0----------0-0-1-----|---0---- First half second half of verse of verse --6-5-6-5---|-6-5-6-5-- ----------3-|---------- ------------|---------- ------------|---------- ------------|---------- ------------|---------- Pre-Chorus(distortion) ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- -0000-3333-8888-5555-88-77-- -0000-3333-8888-5555-88-77-- -0000-3333-8888-5555-88-77-- pm......................... Chorus (listen for 2nd half pms) ------------------------- ------------------------- ------7-7-6-6-8-8-------- --3-3-7-7-6-6-8-8-0-1-2-- --3-3-5-5-4-4-6-6-0-1-2-- --3-3-------------0-1-2-- **Riff 1** **Verse** **Pre-Chorus** **Chorus** (these notes x times) Bridge Muted part Plays over Muted Part --------------|------------------------------|------------------------- --------------|------------------------------|------------------------- --------------|------------------------------|-7~~~~~~~----5~~~~~~~~--- --0-----------|-00-00---1-0-1-3-00-00-0-1-0-1|------------------------- --0-----------|-00-00---1-0-1-3-00-00-0-1-0-1|-5~~~~~~~----3~~~~~~~~--- --0--xxxxxxxxx|-00-00-0-1-0-1-3-00-00-0-1-0-1|------------------------- scrape pm........................... **chorus** **Riff 1** Outro ----------------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- --7--10--14--13-5--3--0 --5--8---12--11-5--3--0 ring~~~ ----------------5--3--0