Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart (mandolin) tab by Chris Cornell

• Tuning: Standard tuning

Off of the 2015 album Higher Truth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpMfZPAc1kg
The mandolin licks throughout the entire song use a technique called alternate picking;
meaning every downstroke is followed by an upstroke and vice versa. So every open A
string on the mandolin and is played on an upstroke.

If you would like to see my video lessons, click here for guitar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z30SpMLqZ90
and here for mandolin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_thwzEp7bL0


INTRO

    ^   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
e|---------------------------------|
A|-----0-----0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D|-0h2---2h3-------0---0---0---0---| x2
G|-------------6-------------------|

VERSE 1 LEAD 0:10

   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0-|
D|-0---0------------0---0---0---0---|-0---0------------3---3---2---2---|
G|---------4---4--------------------|----------4---4-------------------|

   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
e|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
D|-0---0------------0---0-----------|-3---3------------2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
G|---------4---4-------------4---4--|---------4---4------------------------------------|

   ^  ^  ^ ^  ^  ^  ^  ^   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
e|--------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|---0---0---0--0----0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0-|
D|-0---0-----------0---0------------0---0---0---0---|-0---0------------3---3---2---2---|
G|--------4---4-------------4---4-------------------|----------4---4-------------------|

   ^  ^  ^  ^   ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^  ^
e|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
A|---0---0---0---0-|----0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0-|
D|-0---0-----------|--3---3------------2---2---2---2---|
G|---------4---4---|----------4---4--------------------|


RHYTHM (guitar, transposed for mandolin) 0:28

 Dm G Dm    Dm G F A Dm G Dm G F G A
e|-1-3-1----|----1-3-1-5--1-3-1--3-1--3-5-|
A|-0-2-0----|----0-2-0-4--0-2-0--2-0--2-4-|
D|-0-0-0----|----0-0-3-2--0-0-0--0-3--0-2-|
G|-2-0-2----|----2-0-5-2--2-0-2--0-5--0-2-|


CHORUS 1 LEAD 0:45

  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^  ^ ^ ^ ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
e|-------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
D|-0--0--2--2--3--3--------|-0--0---------3--3--2--2--0--0--|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------4--4--|-------4--4---------------------|-6--6--5--5--4--4--3--3--2--2--|


RHYTHM

  Dm A F G Dm G F A Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 G F A Dm   Dm
e|-1--5-1-3-1--3-1-5-1--1------1---3-1-5-1--|---1-|
A|-0--4-0-2-0--2-0-4-0--4------3---2-0-4-0--|---0-|
D|-0--2-3-0-0--0-3-2-0--0------0---0-3-2-0--|---0-|
G|-2--2-5-0-2--0-5-2-2--2------2---0-5-2-2--|---2-|


REPEAT INTRO 0:59


VERSE 2 1:07

 Dm G Dm    Dm G F A Dm G Dm G F G A
e|-1-2-1----|----1-3-1-5--1-3-1--3-1--2-5-|
A|-0-3-0----|----0-2-0-4--0-2-0--2-0--3-4-|
D|-0-0-0----|----0-0-3-2--0-0-0--0-3--0-2-| x2
G|-2-0-2----|----2-0-5-2--2-0-2--0-5--0-2-|


CHORUS 2 1:39

 Dm A F G Dm G F A Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 G F A C
e|-1--5-1-3-1--3-1-5-1--1------1---3-1-5-0-|
A|-0--4-0-2-0--2-0-4-0--4------3---2-0-4-3-|
D|-0--2-3-0-0--0-3-2-0--0------0---0-3-2-2-|
G|-2--2-5-0-2--0-5-2-2--2------2---0-5-2-0-|


BRIDGE 1 1:53

  C F G A C F G   D C   G
e|-0-1-3-5-0-1-3-| |-2-0-----3-|
A|-3-0-2-4-3-0-2-| |-0-3-----2-|
D|-2-3-0-2-2-3-0-| |-0-2-----0-| x3
G|-0-5-0-2-0-5-0-| |-2-0-----0-|


RHYTHM DURING GUITAR SOLO 2:19

 Dm G Dm G Dm G F A
e|-1-3-1--3--1-3-1-5-|
A|-0-2-0--2--0-2-0-4-|
D|-0-0-0--0--0-0-3-2-| x2
G|-2-0-2--0--2-0-5-2-|


BRIDGE 2 2:35

  C F G A C F G    G
e|-0-1-3-5-0-1-3---|---3-|
A|-3-0-2-4-3-0-2---|---2-|
D|-2-3-0-2-2-3-0---|---0-|
G|-0-5-0-2-0-5-0---|---0-|


CHORUS 3 2:51

  ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^  ^ ^ ^ ^  ^ ^ ^ ^  ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
e|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
D|-0--0--2--2--3--3--------|-0--0---------3--3--2--2--|-0--0--------------------------------|
G|-------------------4--4--|-------4--4---------------|-------6--6--5--5--4--4--3--3--2--2--|


RHYTHM 2:59 (GUITAR SOLO REPEATS 3:07)              OUTRO 3:21

 Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 G F A C Dm A F G Dm G F A Dm Dmmaj7 Dm7 G F A    D C   G
e|-1--1-----1---3-1-5-0-1--5-1-3-1--3-1-5-2--1------1---3-1-5--| |--2-0------3-|
A|-0--4-----3---2-0-4-3-0--4-0-2-0--2-0-4-0--4------3---2-0-4--| |--0-3------2-|
D|-0--0-----0---0-3-2-2-0--2-3-0-0--0-3-2-0--0------0---0-3-2--| |--0-2------0-| x6
G|-2--2-----2---0-5-2-0-2--2-5-0-2--0-5-2-2--2------2---0-5-2--| |--2-0------0-|



Tab 🏷Legend:

^ Upstroke
h Hammer on
p Pull off