Breaking The Habit - Tab Tuning: Dropped D Note: I know I have parts of the song that aren't played by a guitar in the actual song, but you can still play it and it sounds fine. Guitar III is optional, but it adds to the song in my opinion. [Intro] [Guitar I] [Play this sequence once] E|--------------------|---------------------------------------| B|----10--8--7--------|--------8--7-----10--8--7--------------| G|-9------------(x5)--|--9-----------9------------(x1)--------| D|--------------------|-----9---------------------------------| A|--------------------|---------------------------------------| D|--------------------|---------------------------------------| [This continues quietly throughout the entire song] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|----10--8--7------------------------------------------------| G|-9----------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar II] [Begins at 0:09, goes to the end of verse I] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--12--9-9--9--10--9-9-------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Chorus I] [Guitar II (I'm not sure this is completely correct, it's really hard to hear it during the chorus for me)] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------9-------------------------------------------------| D|-9--12-12----(x20)------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar III] [x3] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--10--9~--------------------------------------------------| A|-7--10--9~--------------------------------------------------| D|----10--9~--------------------------------------------------| [x2] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----------12----------11----------------------------------| D|-x--(x8)----x---(x4)----x---(x4)----------------------------| A|-7----------10----------9-----------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar II] [Begins right after chorus I, and goes to the end of verse II] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--12--9-9--9--10--9-9-------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Chorus II] [Guitar II] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------9-------------------------------------------------| D|-9--12-12----(x20)------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar III] [x3] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--10--9~--------------------------------------------------| A|-7--10--9~--------------------------------------------------| D|----10--9~--------------------------------------------------| [x2] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----------12----------11----------------------------------| D|-x--(x8)----x---(x4)----x---(x4)----------------------------| A|-7----------10----------9-----------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Bridge] [Guitar II] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------9-------------------------------------------------| D|-9--12-12----(x16)------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar III] [x4] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----------11----------------------------------------------| D|-x--(x8)----x---(x8)----------------------------------------| A|-7----------9-----------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Chorus III] [Guitar II (Ends at about 2:57)] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------9-------------------------------------------------| D|-9--12-12----(x24)------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| [Guitar III] [x3] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----------------------------------------------------------| D|-9--10--9~--------------------------------------------------| A|-7--10--9~--------------------------------------------------| D|----10--9~--------------------------------------------------| [x3] E|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-9----------12----------11----------------------------------| D|-x--(x8)----x---(x4)----x---(x4)----------------------------| A|-7----------10----------9-----------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| If there's any confusion, questions, or advice on how to improve it, please post a comment. Have fun playing, and please rate! -Rarrlow
