Broken Hearted

Broken-Hearted

Originally released in non-acoustic 
form
on Pilgrim album (Reprise Records, 
1998);
played acoustic live on Music for 
Montserrat
DVD; also played acoustic featuring 
John Mayer
on CNN's Hurricane Relief telethon 
in 2005.
Videos of both live performances are
 on Youtube.

Standard Tuning (EADGBe)

Song Structure:
B        B/G#       C#m       C#m/A
When the wind blows down this hard
B      B/G#         A         E/A
Many a bond is broken
B        B/G#       C#m       C#m/A
See the water lie on the ground
B      B/G#         A         E/A
From where the heavens opened


E      Asus2        F#m       B
Lord, how will you get through this 
night
E/G#   C#m          F#m        B
With your dreams departed?
B        B/G#       C#m       C#m/A
And who alone will comfort you?
B      B/G#         A         E/A
Only the broken hear-art
A    E/A
Hear-art-ed


B        B/G#       C#m       C#m/A
So you've gone beyond your means
B      B/G#         A         E/A
Every wound is open
B        B/G#       C#m       
Your best laid plans are out of 
C#m/A
reach
B      B/G#         A         E/A
And all your fears unspoken


E      Asus2        F#m       B
Lord, how will you get through this 
night
E/G#   C#m          F#m        B
With your dreams departed?
B        B/G#       C#m       C#m/A
And who alone will comfort you?
B      B/G#         A         E/A
Only the broken hear-art
A    E/A
Hear-art-ed

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F#     F#/E       B      B/A
Sweet revenge is spoken then
A                      C#m
In the twilight it is gone
F#     F#/E       B      B/A
To living lies with no escape
E/G#                      A    
Lord, I would rather be alone
E/A   A  E/A



B        B/G#       C#m       C#m/A
I press my fingers to the wood
B      B/G#         A         E/A
To tell you of my dreaming
B        B/G#       C#m       C#m/A
To sing you songs from olden times
B      B/G#         A         E/A
To keep the love light gleaming

E      Asus2        F#m       B
'Cause there's a place where we can 
go
E/G#   C#m          F#m        B
Where we will not be parted
B        B/G#       C#m       C#m/A
And who alone will enter there?
B      B/G#         A         E/A
Only the broken hearted

Main riff (Clapton's way, very easy):
e---------------4----------------
B-----4---7-5-----7~~------4---7-
G-4-6------------------4-6-------
D--------------------------------
A--------------------------------
E--------------------------------
e|----------| 
B|5---4-----| 
G|------6~~-| 
D|----------| 
A|----------| 
E|----------| 


Main riff (my way, very VERY easy):
e---------2-0---4-2~~-----------2-
B-0-2-4----------------0-2-4------
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A---------------------------------
E---------------------------------
e|0--------| 
B|---4-2~~-| 
G|---------| 
D|---------| 
A|---------| 
E|---------| 


*Lower-case "v"s above the tab 
indicate
where Clapton mute-slaps the strings
 to
keep the beat.*

Acoustic Verse:

  B          B/G#       C#m      
       v          v          v   
C#m/A
      v
e---------------------------------
B---4-----------4----------5------
G---4-----------4----------6------
D---------------------------------
A-2--------0------------4-------0-
E------------4--------4-----------
e|---------| 
B|-5-------| 
G|-6-------| 
D|---------| 
A|-------0-| 
E|---------| 


  B          B/G#         A       
       v          v          v    
E/A
     v
e---------------------------------
B---4-----------4---------2-------
G---4-----------4---------2-------
D-------------------------2-------
A-2--------0--------------0-------
E------------4--------4-----------
e|---0-----| 
B|0--0-----| 
G|1--------| 
D|2--------| 
A|0------0-| 
E|---------| 

Acoustic Chorus:
  E          Asus2      F#m       
       v          v          v      
 B
   v
e----0----------0-----------------
B-0--0----------0----------2------
G-0h1-----------2----------2------
D---------------------------------
A------------0--------0-----------
E-0--------0------------2-------2-
e|---------| 
B|---4-----| 
G|---4-----| 
D|---------| 
A|2------0-| 
E|---------| 


  E/G#       C#m        F#m       
       v          v          v      
 B
   v
e----4---------------------2------
B----5----------5----------2------
G----4----------6----------2------
D---------------------------------
A------------4--------------------
E-4--------4---------4-2--------2-
e|---------| 
B|---4-----| 
G|---4-----| 
D|---------| 
A|2------2-| 
E|---------| 


  B          B/G#       C#m      
       v          v          v   
C#m/A
      v
e---------------------------------
B---4-----------4----------5------
G---4-----------4----------6------
D---------------------------------
A-2--------0------------4-------0-
E------------4--------4-----------
e|---------| 
B|-5-------| 
G|-6-------| 
D|---------| 
A|-------0-| 
E|---------| 


  B          B/G#         A       
       v          v
E/A

e-------------------------0-------
B---4-----------4---------2-------
G---4-----------4---------2-------
D-------------------------2-------
A-2--------0--------------0-------
E------------4--------------------
e|---0-----| 
B|0--0-----| 
G|1--------| 
D|2--------| 
A|0------0-| 
E|---------| 


  A       E/A

e------------0-----| 
B-2-------0--0-----| 
G-2-------1--------| 
D-2-------2--------| 
A-0-------0------0-| 
E------------------| 

Acoustic Bridge:
  F#        F#/E      B        
       v         v         v        
B/A
v
e-2------------------------------
B-2----------2--------4--------4-
G-3----------3--------4--------4-
D-4------------------------------
A-4-------------------2-2----2-0-
E-2-2------2-0-0----0------------
e|----------| 
B|----------| 
G|----------| 
D|----------| 
A|0------0--| 
E|----------| 

  A                   C#m
       v         v         v
e---------------------------------
B-2---------2-----------5---------
G-2---------2-----------6---------
D---------------------------------
A-0-0-----0-0-0-----0-4-------4-4-
E---------------------------------
e|---------| 
B|5--------| 
G|6--------| 
D|---------| 
A|---------| 
E|---------| 


  F#        F#/E      B        
       v         v         v        
B/A
v
e-2------------------------------
B-2----------2--------4--------4-
G-3----------3--------4--------4-
D-4------------------------------
A-4-------------------2-2----2-0-
E-2-2------2-0-0----0------------
e|----------| 
B|----------| 
G|----------| 
D|----------| 
A|0------0--| 
E|----------| 


  E/G#                 A       E/A
       v         v
e----------------------0--------0-
B-5---------5----------2--------0-
G-4---------4----------2--------1-
D----------------------2--------2-
A----------------------0--------0-
E-4-4-----4-4-4------4------------


  A       E/A

e------------0-----| 
B-2-------0--0-----| 
G-2-------1--------| 
D-2-------2--------| 
A-0-------0------0-| 
E------------------| 


I looked all over the Internet for a
 decent
tab of this song, but none seemed to
 be
quite right. So I decided to 
transcribe the
tab from Clapton's own fingerwork in
 the
Youtube videos of Broken-Hearted. 
This is my
first tab, and I tried to make it as
 thorough
as possible without going overboard.
 Feedback
and corrections are welcome!
- Jaquito