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BROKEN ENGLISH by RISE AGAINST.
Album: Revolutions Per Minute (2003).
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# intro # *=play 12X #=play 9X
F#-------------------------------------------------|
C#-------------------*-----------------------------|
G#----*-------*------4--------#----7-6--*-------*--|
D#---0-------7---------------5---------0-------7---|
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# verse # X4 *=play 12X #=play 9X # pre-chorus # *=play 14X
F#---------------------------------| F#--------------%%%|
C#----*----------------------------| C#--------------%%%|
G#---4--------#----7-6--*-------*--| G#----*---------%%%| %=pause
D#-----------5---------0-------7---| D#---5---------7%%%|
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# chorus # *=play 3X #=play 6-7X %=pause
F#---------------------------------------------------------%-%-%---->
C#----*---*-------------------------*---*------------------%-%-%---->
G#---4---7----*---*---#------#-----4---7----*---*---#------%-%-%---->
D#-----------4---7---5------2--------------4---7---5------7%7%7%7--->
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------|
>----*---*--------------------------------------------------|
>---4---7----*---*---#------#------#------#--------#--------|
>-----------4---7---5------2------4------4------7-5-----7---|
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# bridge #
F#--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#---4---------------------------------4--6-7-6-4----6-7-6-4----6-7-6-4-----|
D#-----------5-------0-------7-----5-7------------5----------0----------7---|
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# verse2 # X2 *=play 5-6X #=play 9X
F#----------------------------------------------|
C#----*----*--------------*------*------*----*--|
G#---4----4-----#----7-6-7----911---12-9----9---|
D#-------------5--------------------------------|
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Repeat pre-chorus and chorus.
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# bridge2 # X2 *=play 5X #=play 7X %=pause
F#------------------------------------------------------------------------------%%%|
C#----*-------------------*-------------------*---------------------------------%%%|
G#---4-----*----*----*---4-----*----*----*---4-----*----*----*----#-------#-----%%%|
D#--------0----5----5---------0----5----5---------0----5----2----4-----7-5-----7%%%|
:
Repeat chorus (end with first note).
Tabbed by Leto 18.12.2003.
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Fieldy Average |
#1 by Fieldy at Aug 13, 1970 at 6:23 AM EST |
| this song isnt emo | |
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Austin Average |
#2 by Austin Cook at Apr 8, 1971 at 3:07 AM EST |
| great song, i dont care what they catagorize rise against as, they rock either way | |
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ryan Lead Player |
#3 by ryan harney at Sep 11, 1977 at 4:30 AM EST |
| Rise Against definitely has a lot of emo influence in their music. It's not necessarily an insult. Real emo music is actually very good. The shit that gets played on the radio today isn't emo at all. It's shitty pop-rock. Real emo is Jawbreaker, Dag Nasty, Rites Of Spring, and Orchird. Listen to those bands and you'll see how Rise Against was definitely influenced by them. | |
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Ransom Professional |
#4 by Ransom Marx at Jul 11, 1978 at 3:55 PM EST |
| I agree.. this is probably the best song off Revolutions.. as well as Black Masks and Gasoline. | |
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meh Rhythm Player |
#5 by meh at Feb 16, 1988 at 5:35 AM EST |
| yeah it isnt emo... and fuck yes, this song rocks. I saw them Live and when they played this the whole crowd went nuts and sang along. Rise Against are the best band ever, and sound even better live. RISE AGAINST 4 LIFE | |
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Tyler Rhythm Player |
#6 by Tyler Explains Cuntainment at Aug 3, 1989 at 6:18 PM EST |
| This isn't emo. It's positive. Posi-emo is completely paradoxical. Of the five songs that have been my favorite on this record, this was one. | |
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JT Wanna Be |
#7 by JT Fairchild at Sep 13, 1992 at 3:38 PM EST |
| yeah...i don't know where you got the emo thing from, max112...Rise Against is far from emo... | |
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Andrew Rhythm Player |
#8 by Andrew Gilevsky at May 7, 1996 at 11:06 AM EST |
| i agree with above, its not only about 9/11, but also not only about terrorist attacks or war. it can also be interpreted in a personal sense, relating to personal experiences and/or emotions (just for clarification, this song is NOT emo) | |
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Will Average |
#9 by Will Yost at Dec 9, 1997 at 3:27 PM EST |
| Before I say anything else, this is my interpretation only and I pulled this out of my ass, so this is not official by any means. DT9832, I think you're on to something with 9/11. Rise Against is a somewhat political group (what punk band isn't?) and they've likely got something to say. After the attacks the devastation was enormous and people were confused and scared ("we can't comprehend the sad state that we're in") so they were willing to surrender to the freedom-limiting government reforms ("surrender here one by one"). The message is that the way to truly win in this is with infinite resolve ("so push us down and we get right back up again"). The title Broken English and the line "the things you're telling me aren't making any sense" would be about the reaction to the attacks (reducing rights with sweeping anti-terrorism legislation and launching bombs) and how they feel these tactics don't make sense. The most creative line in the song is "so let the blind lead the blind, cause it's eye for an eye" which takes two well known cliched concepts and ties them together. By fighting fire with fire (eye for an eye) we become blind (Ghandi's saying, "an eye for an eye leaves everyone blind"), and those blind in turn lead the blind "in your so called life" (expressing that he does not agree). This is the real interesting part of interpreting songs, because all these things could be metaphors for a relationship and I could be way off. But it's great when songs are this way...it can mean something different to everyone. Either way, great song, great band. | |
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:Social Enemy: Average |
#10 by :Social Enemy: at Mar 26, 2000 at 4:57 PM EST |
| Oh man. This song is absolutely INCREDIBLE. Especially live. The whoel crowd gets into it. This is definately a fist pumping song. | |
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