Artist: Mest
Song: Breaking Down
Album: Destination Unknown (2001)

Tuning: Standard

Tabbed by: Daniel Ortega 
E-mail: [email protected]

Intro (00:01)

E|--------------------------------------------- (Repeat 2x)
B|---------------------------------------------
G|---5-5--xxx----------------------------------
D|---5-5--xxx--5-5--xxx--3-3--xxx--5--xxx------
A|---3-3--xxx--5-5--xxx--3-3--xxx--5--xxx------
E|-------------3-3--xxx--1-1--xxx--3--xxx------

E|------------------------
B|------------------------
G|---5--------------------
D|---5---let ring---------
A|---3--------------------
E|------------------------
  "When we first met..." 
      (00:07/08)

E|---------------
B|---------------
G|---------------    *Numbers in parentheses means harmonics*
D|--*(5)(5)(5)*--
A|---------------
E|---------------

Verse 1 (00:21)   (Repeat 2x)
Palm mutted

E|---------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------
G|---5-5-5-5-----------------------------------
D|---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-----
A|---3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-----
E|-------------5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-----
          "And the years have passed...."

Pre-chorus (00:33)

E|--------------
B|--------------
G|--------------
D|---3----let---
A|---3---ring---
E|---1----------
"...time"

E|-----------------------------
B|-----------------------------
G|-----------------------------
D|-----------------------------
A|---p-i-c-k---s-l-i-d-e-------
E|-->->->->->->->->->->->->---- 


Chorus (00:34) (Repeat 4x)

E|-------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------
G|---5-5-------------------------------------
D|---5-5-----5-5----3-3----5-5---------------
A|---3-3-----5-5----3-3----5-5---------------
E|-----------3-3----1-1----3-3---------------
   "Breaking, breaking, she's breaking down"


Verse 2 (00:48)  (Repeat 2x)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   
G|---------5--------5-----5---------5--------5------5--------5-------5----5-----------5--------5-----5---
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------(3)(3)---(3)(3)---(3)-----
A|--(3)(3)---(3)(3)----(3)----(0)(0)--(0)(0)----(0)------------------------------------------------------
E|-----------------------------------------------------(3)(3)--(3)(3)--(3)-------------------------------

Note: Numbers in parentheses means that they are palm mutted.


Pre Chorus: (01:01)
E|---------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------
G|---5-5-5-5-----------------------------------
D|---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-----
A|---3-3-3-3---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-----
E|-------------5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-----
  "... say yo're so jaded, but intoxicated..."


E|-----------------------------|----------------------------
B|------------------------(2x)-|----------------------------
G|---5-5---5-5---4---5-5-------|---10-10-10-10---9-9-9-9----
D|---x-x---x-x---x---x-x-------|---x--x--x--x----x-x-x-x----
A|---3-3---3-3---2---3-3-------|---8--8--8--8----7-7-7-7----
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------
 "... and now I learn....."      "...was never real"


Repeat chorus (01:14)



Bridge: (01:29)  (Repeat 2x)


E|----------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------
D|---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5------
A|---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5------
E|---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1---3-3-3-3------


Solo (01:43)


E|---------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------  Repeat 2x
G|----5/9--7---7/9---5--5--4--4--5-------------
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------

                      then.........

E|---------------------------------------------                  
B|----8--6--8--5--5--3--3--5-------------------  Repeat 2x
G|----9--7--9--5--5--4--4--5-------------------
D|---------------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------------

End of solo: (01:56)


E|------------------------------|-------------------------------
B|------------------------------|-------------------------------
G|---5------let ring------------|-------------------------------
D|---5--------------------------|--3-3--xxx--5-5-xxx------------
A|---3--------------------------|--3-3--xxx--5-5-xxx------------
E|------------------------------|--1-1--xxx--3-3-xxx------------
  "The things you've done.."



Chorus  (02:01)


E|---------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------  Repeat 4x
G|----7-7-7------------------------------------
D|----7-7-7--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7---------------
A|----5-5-5--7-7-7--5-5-5--7-7-7---------------
E|-----------5-5-5--3-3-3--5-5-5---------------


Pre-ending (02:17)

On this pre ending repeat as the Bridge on minute 1:43  (Previously tabbed a couple of lines above)



Ending (02:24)
E|-------------------------------------------------|-------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|-------|
G|----7-7-7-xxx------------------------------------|--7-7--|
D|----7-7-7-xxx--7-7-7-xxx--5-5-5-xxx--7-7-7-xxx---|--7-7--|
A|----5-5-5-xxx--7-7-7-xxx--5-5-5-xxx--7-7-7-xxx---|--5-5--|
E|---------------5-5-5-xxx--3-3-3-xxx--5-5-5-xxx---|-------|


THAT'S IT! Pretty easy song to play, I recommend to listen to the record or the mp3 for the timing.

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