• Song:

    No Games

  • Artist:

    Breaking Benjamin

  • Album:

    Saturate

Breaking Benjamin
"No Games"
From the album Saturate
Tab by Joe Costello (joseph.costello@villanova.edu)

I figured since nobody's tabbed this one, I'd give it a shot. I think I'm close.

Tuning: low to high (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

Symbols Used:
/ = Slide up
 = Slide down
* = Let note or chord ring
P.M. = Palm-mute

Intro (with clean tone):
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Bb|-------------------3------|-------------------3------|
Gb|-------------------2------|-------------------2------|
Db|-------4-------7---0------|-------4-------2---0------|
Ab|-----4-------7-----0------|-----4-------2-----0------|
Db|---4-------7-------0*-----|---4-------2-------0*-----|

Riff 1: 
Part 1:
				 (3x)
Eb|----------------------------5----|
Bb|----------------------------5*---|
Gb|-------------------------7-------|
Db|-------4-------7-------7---------|
Ab|-----4-------7-------5-----------|
Db|---4-------7-------0-------------|

Part 2:
				 (1x)
Eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------2p0--|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-------4-------2---0-------------|
Ab|-----4-------2-----0-------------|
Db|---4-------2-------0*------------|

Play Riff 1 during the verse.

Pre-Chorus: (with distortion)
Riff 2:
				 (4x)
Eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|----4----2----0----0--0--0--0----|
Ab|----4----2----0----0--0--0--0----|
Db|----4----2----0----0--0--0--0----|

Chorus: (strumming pattern shown)
Riff 3:
									 (2x)
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9---|
Db|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9---|
Ab|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---|
Db|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------|

play Riff 1 (2x) - 2nd Verse
play Riff 2 (4x) - Pre-Chorus
play Riff 3 (4x) - Chorus 2

Then break while the bass, drums, and violin do their thing...
Riff 4: (at 2:13)
					      (2x)
Eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|---2---4---6--6--6-4-2---6---7---9--9--9--9---|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Ab|---0---2---4--4--4-2-0---4---5---7--7--7--7---|
Db|----------------------------------------------|

Interlude:
Riff 5: Guitar 1
					 (3x)
Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------7--7--7---|
Db|---0--0--0----0--0----0--0--0------------|
Ab|---0--0--0----0--0----0--0--0--5--5--5---|
Db|---0--0--0----0--0----0--0--0------------|
      P.M.  .    .  .    .  .  .

Guitar 2: Lead over Riff 5
                       (3x)
Eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|-----------------------|
Ab|---11---11---9--9--9---|
Db|-----------------------|

play Riff 3 (2x) - Chorus 3 part 1 
Riff 6: (Chorus 3 part 2)
									     (2x)
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11---|
Db|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11---|
Ab|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9---|
Db|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------------------|

End:
Riff 7:
									  (2x)
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4----|
Ab|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4----|
Db|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4----|

Last chord:
Eb|-------|
Bb|-------|
Gb|-------|
Db|---9---|
Ab|---9---|
Db|---9*--|

And that should do it. E-mail me with any corrections (if I'm wrong) or comments on the tab. 

Take it easy,
Joe
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