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The Mall And Misery

Broken Bells

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Artist: Broken Bells (Brian Burton a.k.a. Danger Mouse / James Mercer) Album: Broken Bells (Self titled) Song: The Mall and Misery Track: Track 10(CD) | Side 2 Track 5(Vinyl) Duration: 4:07 Transcriber: Kevin Burress (mekevin1917@gmail.com) -Intro- Rhythm: Play first half x2 then second half x2, repeat (x2 + x2) x4. [--------------(x2)-------------]|[--------------(x2)-------------] [ ]|[ ] e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-| E|11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--| Slide: I tried to line it all up right, the first three lines are correct, the last one is a rest for 5-3/4 beats.. (the 6-11 and 3/4 of the 14-9 for the rhythm before the slide starts again.) e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|------------------------11/13/11|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|13------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|----13------------------11/13/11|--------------------------------| A|9/13----------------------------|13------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| e|---------------------------16/18|18----------------------18/xx-11| --*1 B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| *1 - Slide down to 11 muting the tone just before plucking 11. _ Rest 5-3/4 beats, / _ Then play this. \/ / \/ e|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| B|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| G|-[]-|--------------11/15-15/11-11-11/13-13/15-15/18-18/20|---*2 D|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| A|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| E|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| *2 - the first slide you can hardly hear, it may be unintentional, it is there on the album. -/Intro- -Verse 1- Wah accent: F# played 9th fret barred, and d# 6th fret barred(*3): F# d# e|--x-| |--x-| B|--x-| |--7-| G|-11-| |--8-| D|-11-| |--8-| A|--9-| |--x-| E|--x-| |--x-| Rhythm: (One bar of tab == four beats; 12 bars total.) (*3 Play chords in time with bars: [F#----------------------------F#-----------------------------] then: [d#----------------------------d#-----------------------------]) While lead #1: [-------------------------(Repeat x12)------------------------] [ ] e|------------------------------|------------------------------| B|------------------------------|------------------------------| G|--------------8---------------|------------8-----------------| D|--8---8---11------11--8---8---|8---8---11------11--8---8---8-| A|------------------------------|------------------------------| E|------------------------------|------------------------------| Lead #2: Rest six bars, play pattern x4 (over two bars), rest two bars, play pattern x4 in a similar manner. e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|11--11--11----8---------8-------| A|------------------11------------| E|----------------------------11--| -/Verse 1- -Chorus- Lead #1 plays F# and d# light staccato: [----F#-----F#-----F#----F#------|----F#-----F#-----F#----F#------] [----d#-----d#-----d#----d#------|----d#-----d#-----d#----d#------] -/Chorus- -Verse 2- Lead #1: Same pattern as previous verse x12. Lead #2: Rest two bars, play pattern x4 similar to previous verse, rest two bars, play pattern x4 again. -/Verse 2- -Chorus- Same as before. -/Chorus- -Outro- Lead #1: Play verse pattern x12 Lead #2: Rest two bars, Play verse x4, rest two bars, Play verse x4 Then: Alt pattern x8 over four bars: e|--------------------------------| B|--------------------------------| G|--------------------------------| D|13--13--13----11--11----13------| A|----------------------------13--| E|--------------------------------| Fade guitars out last two bars. Have some synthesized instruments in the background playing along with bass four bars. Whistle along last four bars, fade out all over last bar. -/Outro-
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