Hüsker Dü – Broken Home Broken Heart (Bass Tab)

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NOTES: - Timing is inconsistent throughout the song, especially during the solo. This tab is just a suggestion, and pretty much any rhythm works. - The optional notes in the break (1:18) can also be played as ghost notes or without palm muting. Pick also sounds good and makes it easier to play the chords at the end, which sounds especially good if you downstroke slowly. Otherwise you can just pluck the three strings with your index, middle and ring fingers.
[Intro]
(0:00)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|-3/5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5--/7-7-7-|
   S S E   S E   E   S E   S S S S   S E   S S S E   E   S E   S S S

[Verse 1]
(0:08)
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D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-0-0-3---0---0---5---5/7---7-7-7-|-0-0-3---0---0---5---5/7---7-7-7-|
   S S E   E   E   E   S E   S S S   S S E   E   E   E   S E   S S S

G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-/-7-7-7-/-9-9-9-10---9------|
A|---------------------------------|------------------------------10---|
E|-0-0-3---0---0---5---5/7---7-7-7-|-----------------------------------|
   S S E   E   E   E   S E   S S S   S S E   S S E   S S S E    S E

[Chorus]
(0:24)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------|
   S S S S S E   E   S S S S S S S   S S S S S E   E   S S S S S S S

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------7---7-7-7-7-7---|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---|
   S S S S S E   E   S S S S S S S   E   S S S S E   E   S S S S E

G|---------------------------------|
D|-9---9-9-9-9---9---9-9---9---9---|
A|-7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7---7---7---|
E|---------------------------------|
   E   S S S E   E   S E   E   E

(0:35)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-0---0-0-0-0---0-----------------|-5---5-5---5-5-------------------|
   E   S S S E   E   S S S S S S S   E   S E   S E.    S S S S S S S

[Verse 2]
(0:43)
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D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-0-0-3---0---0---5---5/7---7-7-7-|-0-0-3---0---0---5---5/7---7-7-7-|
   S S E   E   E   E   S E   S S S   S S E   E   E   E   S E   S S S

G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-5-5-5-/-7-7-7-/-9-9-9-10---9------|
A|---------------------------------|------------------------------10---|
E|-0-0-3---0---0---5---5/7---7-7-7-|-----------------------------------|
   S S E   E   E   E   S E   S S S   S S E   S S E   S S S E    S E

[Chorus]
(0:59)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------|
   S S S S S E   E   S S S S S S S   S S S S S E   E   S S S S S S S

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------7---7-7-7-7-7---|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---|
   S S S S S E   E   S S S S S S S   E   S S S S E   E   S S S S E

G|---------------------------------|
D|-9---9-9-9-9---9---9-9---9---9---|
A|-7---7-7-7-7---7---7-7---7---7---|
E|---------------------------------|
   E   S S S E   E   S E   E   E

[Bridge]
(1:09)
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D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-0---0-0-0-0---0-----------------|-5---5-5---5-5-------------------|
   E   S S S E   E   S S S S S S S   E   S E   S E.    S S S S S S S

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-7---7---7---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------------0-0-----------------|-5---5-5---5-5-------------------|
   E   E   E   S E   S S S S S S S   E   S E   S E.    S S S S S S S

[Break]
(1:18)              PM----------|      (Live variation, 1:20 in the concert video)
G|--------------------------------|       G|---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|       D|---------------------------------|
A|--------------------(2)-(2)-(2)-|       A|---------------------------------|
E|-0-0---0-0---0-0-x--(0)-(0)-(0)-|       E|-0---0---0---0h1-----1---1---1---|
   S E   S E   S S E   E   E   E             E   E   E   S E.    E   E   E

[Solo]
(1:20)
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----0-------0--/2-2--/4---4-4---|-----0---------0h2-2--/4---4-4---|
E|-2-2---2-2-2---------------------|-2-2-----2-2---------------------|
   S S S S S S E   S E   E   S E     S S E   S E   S S E   E   S E

G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|-7---7--/9---9--/11---11/12-\-11-------|
A|-----0-------0---2-2--/4---4-4---|----------------------------------12---|
E|-2-2-----2-2---2-----------------|---------------------------------------|
   S S E   S S S S S E   E   S E     E   E   E   E   E    S  E    S   E

[Outro]
(1:36)
G|-(12)~~~~~~~~-(7)~~~~~~~~-(9)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-(12)~~~~~~~~-(7)~~~~~~~~-(9)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
D|-(12)~~~~~~~~-(7)~~~~~~~~--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-(12)~~~~~~~~-(7)~~~~~~~~--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A|--10~~~~~~~~~--5~~~~~~~~~-(0)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|--10~~~~~~~~~--5~~~~~~~~~-(0)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
E|-----(x--x--x)---(x--x--x)----(x-x-x-x-x-x-x)-|-----(x--x--x)---(x--x--x)----(x-x-x-x-x-x-x)-|
    S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S S S S S S S     S   S  S  S  s  S  S  S  S   S S S S S S S

G|-(12)~~~~~~~~-(7)~~~~~~~~-(9)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-12~~~~~~-7~~~~-x-9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
D|-(12)~~~~~~~~-(7)~~~~~~~~--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-12~~~~~~-7~~~~-x-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
A|--10~~~~~~~~~--5~~~~~~~~~-(0)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|-10~~~~~~-5~~~~-x-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
E|-----(x--x--x)---(x--x--x)----(x-x-x-x-x-x-x)-|----------------------------------|
    S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S   S S S S S S S    Q        E.    S H