Breaking The Habit(4 String) Bass Tab

		
		Ver 1 Ver 2 Ver 3 
	

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Song : Breaking The Habit
Band : Linkin Park
Album : Meteora
Tabbed By : Lucky (Lucky.Bassiste@wanadoo.fr)

Turn your E string into a C#

'~' means let it ring

Intro
G :-----------------------------------------|X2
D :-----------------------------------------|X2
A :-----------3~--------2~------------------|X2
C#:-3~--------------------------------------|X2

No Bass in the 1st verse and in the 1st pre chorus

Chorus
G :-----------------------------------------|X3|----------------------------------------
D :-----------------------------------------|X3|-----------------------5~---------------
A :-----------3~--------2~------------------|X3|-3~--------5~--------3--------5~--------
C#:-3~--------------------------------------|X3|----------------------------------------

2nd Verse (listen to the song for the rythm)
G :------------------------------|X4
D :------------------------------|X4
A :------------------------------|X4
C#:-3--3-3-1--1-1-3--3-3-3---6-6-|X4

2nd Pre Chorus
G :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D :-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A :-3~--------0~--------3~------------2---3~--------0~--------3~----------------
C#:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bridge
G :------------------------------------------|X2
D :------------------------------------------|X2
A :-------------------------------0~---------|X2
C#:-3~--------5~--------6~-------------------|X2

Last Chorus
G :-----------------------------------------|X3|---------------------|X2|--------------------
D :-----------------------------------------|X3|---------------------|X2|---5~---------------
A :-----------3~--------2~------------------|X3|-3~--------5~--------|X2|-3--------5~--------
C#:-3~--------------------------------------|X3|---------------------|X2|--------------------

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/l/linkin_park/122125.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture John Professional	#1 by John Payne at Dec 10, 1970 at 4:45 PM EST
	Duh. Priests wear habits. He's breaking the habit. This songs about leaving the priesthood. J/k I thought it was about drug addiction."I don't know why I instigate And say what I don't mean I don't know how I got this way" On drugs you can't control what you say if you're stoned enough and you get addicted just like that and don't realize how you got that way. That's just my opinion though. I dunno maybe I can't have full understanding cuz i don't hurt myself...phsically.

No Picture Nic Rhythm Player	#2 by Nic F at Aug 4, 1980 at 5:50 PM EST
	Lp writes songs on what they've been through. None of them are big on drugs and alcohol. The song could mean a 1,000 things. "clutching my cure" ... he could also be holding a phone which he could call a hot line, leading to his cure. People think that if you hurt yourself you are safe in you room.BS! I know from experience.

No Picture jichael Average	#3 by jichael at Oct 12, 1982 at 9:27 AM EST
	this is definitaly one of the best songs on the cd...and yes, it is about suicide...

No Picture Tony Average	#4 by Tony at Sep 23, 2004 at 9:54 PM EST
	I agree that this song could be about either self-mutilation or suicide but I think that the 'habit' could also be about hostility maybe. I think it's saying how he has all this anger in him and self-deprecating thoughts because, 'I'm picking me apart again' and he might lash out at people (or vice versa) which turns into fights with people but he hates fighting and doesn't mean to and questions why he does it thus, 'I don't want to be the one The battles always choose Cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused I don't know what's worth fighting for Or why I have to scream I don't know why I instigate And say what I don't mean I don't know how I got this way I know it's not alright ' . It's emotionally and physically draining as it says, 'I try to catch my breath again' and he can't express how he is feeling to everyone else or even himself which triggers self-harm or depressing thoughts as 'Memories consume Like opening the wounds. I'm picking me apart again.' He thinks it's his fault for all the pain he and other people feel 'Cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused', or maybe he also doesn't want to be living with them either anymore, and thinks the only way out is by commiting suicide because he might 'have no options left again.' Maybe he is depressed but no one understands this and thinks he just has a bad 'habit.' It also says 'again' so he may have thought about committing suicide before and didn't go through with it but now he 'hurts much more than any time before' or perhaps it didn't work. He doesn't know how to say what is going through his head so by committing suicide he can 'have some clarity, To show you what I mean. ' So the 'habit' could be his inability to communicate his feelings with others which leads in fights and violent outbursts which he thinks is wrong and feels guilty and regretful about, because the chorus is says that he doesn't know why he 'instigates' those things towards others and then says, 'I don't know how I got this way, I know it's not alright. So I'm breaking the habit tonight.' But I think everyone is right about all the different meanings. This is just another slightly different idea.

No Picture Stoner Average	#5 by Stoner Punk at Jan 25, 2006 at 2:04 AM EST
	Beautiful explaination MethMeth, it's excatly what I thought... I know all about the struggle with SI too... and it hit home with me too

No Picture Spencer Wanna Be	#6 by Spencer at Mar 24, 2006 at 11:27 PM EST
	I think it's about trying to get over serf-mutilation... He's thinking about everything that's wrong with him, all his problems and remembering how good it felt when he hurt himself... "memories consume, like opening the wound" "you all assume i'm safe here in my room, unless i try to start again".... he's family and friends all know he has a problem, and they think he's over it, little do they know he's continuously thinking about it.... He feels like he's the one with all the problems, that all the bad things go looking for him... clearly he's confused as to what to do, where to go with it all... which problems to fix and which problems to ignore... he's frustrated... he doesnt know what made him what to hurt himself, he knows it isn't a good thing and thats why he wants to stop... "Clutching my cure, tightly lock the door".... He's found his instrument with which he'll inflict his "medecin"... the locks the door 'cause he's ashamed, he doesnt want anyone to know that he's back to his old tricks... "I hurt much more, then any time before, i had no options left again".... judging by the last few words, saying "again" after he said he hurt more then anyother time makes me think that the feelings at that moment are just as bad as before, but he just thinks it's worse because he hurts so much... i'm not sure how to interpret "I'll paint it on the walls/'cause i'm the one at fault/i'll never fight again/and this is how it ends"...... perhaps he's blaming himself for making everone miserable, blaming himself for hurting himself and trying to make things alright again.... At the end of the song he figures out what to do... he knows he'll never be completely over his problem, he knows he needs help and his willing to fight it.... At least thats what it means to mean....... i really relate to this song.... it makes me feel like there are other people out there that have the same problem as me..... i know how it feels to struggle with the problem of self-harm..... this song really touched me....

No Picture [HFC] NICK fuck Average	#7 by [HFC] NICK fuckers at May 11, 2006 at 2:17 PM EST
	I think this song is about self mutilation or suicide, just my views. "Memories consume Like opening the wounds I'm picking me apart again" Depressed, hating himself "You all assume I'm safe here in my room Unless I try to start again" Everyone thinks if they just ban them from the rest of the world, he'll stop cutting, unless he cuts again in his room. "I don't want to be the one The battles always choose" The person is tired of being depressed and under stress "Cause inside I realize that I'm the one confused" They know what's going on with them isn't right "I don't know what's worth fighting for Or why I have to scream I don't know why I instigate And say what I don't mean" The person is confused and aren't in controll of what they are doing "I don't know how I got this way I know it's not alright So I'm breaking the habit I'm breaking the habit tonight" the person is trying to quit cutting/trying to kill themselves because they know its not right "Clutching my cure I tightly lock the door I try to catch my breath again I hurt much more Than anytime before I have no options left again" Something went wrong and the person is holding a razor (anything you could cut yourself on) locked in thier room getting ready to cut. They feel like there is nothing else they can do, and cutting is the only way out. "I'll paint it on the walls Cause I'm the one at fault I'll never fight again And this is how it ends" This part confuses me...either the person is trying to kill themselves or to end everything, or they are quitting cutting and are finally happy.

No Picture Nicolas Rhythm Player	#8 by Nicolas Turgeon at Sep 6, 2006 at 1:27 AM EST
	am i the only one who still thinks that this song, like the rest of their songs, makes no sense....linkin park has to learn that you cant write lyrics around the music....u write music around the lyrics....metallica, the best band ever, is an example of this, all their songs make perfect sense and have great messages.

No Picture Donal Average	#9 by Donal farrigan at Dec 31, 2006 at 1:53 AM EST
	ok....Chester was heavy on drugs n alcohol, but this song was written by mike about a friend who had a bad life. Listen carefuly between the very ending of figure 0.9 and the very beggining of breaking the habit and u will hear a gun shot - aka. suicide - which is a cure for the problem of a bad life

No Picture john Wanna Be	#10 by john etling at Jul 6, 2007 at 10:01 AM EST
	kavna: HOW! THE! FUCK! DO! YOU! KNOW! show me the article where mike or chester or anyone from lp says its about exactly what you said. or wait... what you think its about, i mean.