Broken Crown tab by Mumford & Sons (Ver. 2)

Broken Crown - Mumford and Sons
Tabbed by: James Walters
Email: Jojomcfee1@gmail.com
Submitted to GTE by: Eliza90

I tabbed this song using parts of other tabs and by ear to make it playable on an
acoustic guitar and also standard tuning, I'm pretty sure everything is Correct. Please leave
comments and suggestions.

Tuning: Standard


Intro:

  Dm               C
|--1----1--3----3--5----5--5----5--0----0--1----1--3----3--3----3----------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3-------1-------1-------1-------1------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Bb       Am             Dm
|---------------------------------------------1----1--1----1---------------|
|--3----3-6-5-3-1-1h3---3--1----1-0--2--3—0-----3-------3------------------|
|-----3---------------2-------2--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------0-0-0---0-0-0----------------|
|--1-1-1----------0--0-0---0-0-0-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------0--1--3-0--------------------------------|

Verse 1

  Dm    C        Dm
|--1-----1--0-----0-----------1-----1------------------------------------------|
|------3--------1--------—-------3---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----0---------------------------------------------------|
|--0—-0--0--------------------0—-0--0------------------------------------------|x2
|-----------3—-3--3------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0----0---------------------------------------------------|
  Touch my mouth and hold my tongue
  I will not be Your chosen one

  Bb              Dm
|----------------------------------1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1----------|
|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3---—3-----3-------3-------3-------3------------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
|----—------------------------—----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------|x2
|--1-1-1—--1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  I'll be home safely tucked away
  You can't tempt me if...the day

  Dm    C
|--1-----1--0-----0-----------1-----1------------------------------------------|
|------3--------1--------—--------3--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----0---------------------------------------------------|
|--0—-0--0--------------------0—-0--0------------------------------------------|x2
|-----------3—-3--3------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0----0---------------------------------------------------|
  The pull on my flesh was just too strong
  It stifled the choice and the air in my lungs
Bb                Dm
|----------------------------------1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1----------|
|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3---—3-----3-------3-------3-------3------------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
|----—------------------------—----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------|x2
|--1-1-1—--1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Better not to breathe than to breathe a lie
  Cause when I open my body I breathe alive

Repeat Intro

Verse
        Bb  Dm C Dm C  Dm
  I will not speak ooooooof your sin
        Bb Dm C Dm C  Dm
  There was a way oooooout for him
        Bb Dm C Dm C Dm
  The mirror shooooooooows not
        Bb Dm C Dm C Dm
  Your values areeeeeeee all shot

Bridge:

   C  Dm C   Dm C   F Dm   C Bb
 But oh, my heart was flawed I knew my weakness
   C  Dm C  Dm C  F Dm C Bb
 So hold my hand consign me not to darkness.

  Dm     C     Bb     Am
|--1---3---5---0---1---3---1-------------------------------------|
|--3---3---3---1---1---1---3-6-5-3-1-1-2--3--0--2----------------|
|--2---2---2---------------3---------2---------------------------|
|--0---0---0---2---2---2---3---------2---------------------------|
|--------------3---3---3---1-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------0--1--3--0----------------|
  /  /  /  /  /  / /     /

Verse 2: Strum

 Dm     C       F  A11 Dm
 Crawl on my belly till the sun goes down
 Dm     C     F  All Dm
 I'll never wear your bro-ken crown
     Bb                Dm       X2
 I took the road and I fucked it all away.
   Bb                   Dm
 Now in this twilight how dare you speak of grace.

Instrumental:
 Bb C Dm F C (2x)
 Bb C Dm C
 Bb C Dm F C Dm

Outro

  Dm    C        Dm
|--1-----1--0-----0-----------1-----1--------------------------------------|
|------3--------1--------—--------3----------------------------------------|
|---------------------2----0-----------------------------------------------|
|--0—-0--0--------------------0—-0--0--------------------------------------|x2
|-----------3—-3--3--------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------0----0-----------------------------------------------|
  So, crawl on my belly until the sun goes down
  I’ll never wear your broken crown

  Bb              Dm
|----------------------------------1----1--1----1--1----1--1----1----------|
|--3----3--3----3--3----3--3---—3-----3-------3-------3-------3------------|
|-----3-------3-------3-------3--------------------------------------------|
|----—------------------------—----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------|x2
|--1-1-1—--1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-1-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  I can take the road and I can fuck it all away.
  But in this twilight our choices seal our fate


| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note