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transcribed by Adam Farmer
Corrections very welcome.
Rhythm guitar
plays barre chords throughout, it’s not very
prominent on the record. during verse there’s
the odd strum on a G chord with a few A# chords
thrown in when the lead guitar moves up a fret.
Also when the bass guitar plays that short funky
section there’s a D chord behind it.
for the chorus the rhythm plays :
A G F Bb G C A
break my body hold my bones hold my bones
Lead guitar
intro
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—9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-
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play above throught verses
—————————-12-12-12-12-
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—9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9————-
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play above at end of verses
-12—10———-
-10—10———-
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——————
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play above pattern through chorus and then
—13-12-10————————
————13-12-10————— ———————————-
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—13-12-10————————
————13-12-10/9/8/7/6/5-5-5
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then play note on 5th fret in similar
way to the pattern on the 8th fret.
At the end of the song play
B D D# x 2
B D D# B
Lyrics :
I’m a hard loser
You’ll find me crashing through my mother’s door
I am the ugly lover
You’ll find us crawling on the dirty floor
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones x 3
I’m a belly dancer
I’ll shake forever and I’ll never care
I’m a building jumper
Roof to roof you see me flying in the air
Break my body, hold my bones, hold my bones x 3
Somebody got hurt
Somebody got hurt
Somebody got her
Broken Face Tab by Pixies
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From [email protected] (Andrew Wall)
Subject: CRD: Broken Face by the Pixies
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Date: Tue, 8 Mar 1994 09:05:35 GMT
Here is an attempt at the chords to «Broken Face» off the album Surfer Rosa.
What follows is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the
innocent.
Broken Face — The Pixies
I got a broken face
I got a
I got a broken face
A
I got broken face *2
A
There was this boy who had two
Children with his sisters
A
They were his daughters
C G
They were his favourite lovers
A D B E A
I got no lips, I got no tongue
D B E A
Where there were eyes there’s only space
D B E A
I got no lips, I got no tongue
A
I got a broken face, uh-hu, uh-hu
I got a broken face
There was this man who snapped his poke
In little pieces
And then they drilled holes
And then they put ’em back in there
I got no lips, I got no tongue
Where there were eyes there’s only space
I got no lips, I got no tongue
I got a broken face
Uh-hu, uh-hu, uh-hu, uh-hu, ooo
I got a broken face
The little thing who loves my mother
Speaks no English
But if you saw her
You’d say «Hey isn’t she lovely»
I got no lips, I got no tongue
Where there were eyes there’s only space
I got no lips, I got no tongue
As far as I can tell all the chords are Emaj and Amaj bar chords, although I
could easily be convinced that this is not the case. Any help or corrections
would be appreciated.
Cheers
Andrew ([email protected])