Billy Talent – Bloody Nails And Broken Hearts (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)

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Here's my tab for this great song! I'm not sure if Ian D'Sa plays it with guitar that's tuned down a half-step but I tabbed it in normal Drop D Tuning. The song is quiet easy to learn, only the Main Riff's rhythm is a bit tricky. Have fun!! Tuning: Drop D Intro/Main Riff:

E||------------------|------------|------------|---------------|
B||------------------|------------|------------|---------------|
G||------------------|------------|------------|---------------|  
D||----4------4------|4-----4-----|4-----4-----|4-----4----4---| x3
A||-1-----0-1---0-1--|--0-1---0-1-|--0-1---0-1-|--0-1---0-1--0-|
D||-1-----0-1---0-1--|--0-1---0-1-|--0-1---0-1-|--0-1---0-1--0-|

Verse:

E||--------------------------------------------------------|
B||-4------------------------------------------------------|
G||-3------------------------------------------------------|
D||-1------------------------------------------------------|
A||-1------------------------------------------------------|
D||-1------------------------------------------------------|
    let ring

E||--------------------------------------------|-----------|
B||-4------------------------------------------|-----------|
G||-3------------------------------------------|-----------|
D||-1------------------------------------------|--1---4----|
A||-1------------------------------------------|--1---4----|
D||-1------------------------------------------|--1---4----|
    let ring

Pre-Chorus: play constant eights:

E||--------|--------|-------------------|------------------|
B||--------|--------|-------------------|------------------|
G||--------|--------|-------------------|------------------|
D||--6-----|-4------|-8-----10----12----|-1----------------|
A||--6--x8-|-4--x8--|-8--x4-10-x2-12-x2-|-1--x8------------|
D||--6-----|-4------|-8-----10----12----|-1----------------|
    Ab5     Gb5      Bb5    C5    D5      Eb5

E||--------|--------||---------------|--------------------||
B||--------|--------||-3------4------|-6------7-----------||
G||--------|--------||-x------x------|-x------x-----------|| repeat last
D||--6-----|-4------||-3------4------|-6------7-----------||  two bars
A||--6--x8-|-4--x8--||-1--x4--2--x4--|-4--x4--5--x4-------||
D||--6-----|-4------||---------------|--------------------||  
    Ab5     Gb5      Bb      B        Db     D

Chorus: Again play constant eights:

E||---------|-(4)-----|---------|--------------------------|
B||--7------|--4------|--6------|--------------------------|
G||--8------|--1------|--6------|--------------------------|
D||--8--x8--|--1--x8--|--6--x8--|--10----------------------| x2
A||--6------|--2------|--4------|--6---x8------------------|
D||---------|---------|---------|--6-----------------------|
    Ebm     Ebm/B        Db        Ab

Short Bridge:

E||---------|-----------|---------|------------------------|
B||-4-------|-----------|-4-------|------------------------|
G||-3-------|-----------|-3-------|------------------------|
D||-1-------|--4--4--0--|-1-------|--4--4--0---------------|
A||-1-------|--4--4--0--|-1-------|--4--4--0---------------|
D||-1-------|--4--4--0--|-1-------|--4--4--0---------------|

2. Verse (same as the first) Pre-Chorus Repeat the last two bars two times Chorus Play Chorus three times then:

E||--------------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------|
D||-4-4-4-4-6-6-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12--------------------|
A||-4-4-4-4-6-6-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12--------------------|
D||-4-4-4-4-6-6-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12--------------------|
P.M................

Bridge: Play the Main Riff 5 times Then:

E||------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||--4---------------|--6-------7--------------------------|
G||--x---------------|--x-------x--------------------------|
D||--4--x12----------|--6--x8---7--x8----------------------|
A||--2---------------|--4-------5--------------------------|
D||------------------|-------------------------------------|
     B                  Db      D

E||--------------------|------------------------------------|
B||--------------------|---------------------------------7--|
G||--------------------|---------------------------------8--|
D||-----4-------4------|-4-------------------------------8--|
A||--1-----0-1----0-1--|---------------------------------6--|
D||--1-----0-1----0-1--|------------------------------------|

Last Chorus Play Chorus three times then:

E||--------------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------|
D||-4-4-4-4-6-6-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12--------------------|
A||-4-4-4-4-6-6-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12--------------------|
D||-4-4-4-4-6-6-7-7-8-8-8-8-10-10-12-12--------------------|
P.M................

Outro:

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