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There Is No Message In A Broken Heart – guitar tab

There Is No Message In A Broken Heart | guitar tab
By Pete Townshend, 1993
>Released on petetownshend.com, 2001
Written by Pete Townshend ©2001 Eel Pie Recording Produtions Ltd.

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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transcribed by                              Whotabs                    
litgo@aol.com       rev 2002-01-13          www.thewho.net/whotabs     
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G    3x0033
G5   355xxx
A5   x02255


[intro pattern]
|D      A     |G             |
|--2-0--------|--------------|
|-----3-2-3-2-|0--3----------|
|------------2|--------------|
|0------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|

[chorus]
|D           A           |G            
 There is no message in a broken heart
|D             A                  |G
 Nothing to be learned even if you listen real hard
  |D                A              |G
Don't listen to the lovers who have drifted apart
                         [2/4]  [4/4]
|G5                      |A5 A5 |D
 There is no message in a broken heart

[repeat intro]
||:D      A     |G             :||x4

  |  G           A|A          Bm
On a day like this life is so good
|G              A               |A     G  D
 Everything has happened like we hoped it would
  |G             A         |A      Bm
We listen to the music, the sun shines down
   |G                     |Asus4           |        A|
But people are crying in a neighboring town

[chorus]
There is no message in a broken heart
Don't listen to the tears of love that's fallen apart
Encourage every lonely one to make a new start
There is no message in a broken heart

[repeat intro]
||:D      A     |G          :||x3

       [2/4][4/4]
|D    A|G A |G             D           |C                
               There is no message in a broken 

|G     D      |C             |
 heart                       
|--3-2-3-2-0--|----0---------|
|-------------|-1---1--1-----|
|-------------|0-----0-------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|

|G     D      |C             |
|--3-2-3-2-0--|----0---------|
|-------------|-1---1--1-----|
|-------------|0-----0-------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|

[interlude]

            [2/4][4/4]
| C5        |D D |E      |       |      |      |
                                                      [2/4]  [4/4]
|A5 [p.m.]  |      |      |      |      |      |      |A5 A5|
  

There is no message in a broken heart
There is no message in a broken heart

There's so much hatred, so much despair
Half of us need feeding and half of us need air
The tide of winter's coming, it can sweep us all away
This paper bowl heart'll never keep us safe

|Asus4     |        |        |A

There is no message in a broken heart
It will sink in an ocean that no sailor can chart
But even the sleeper feels the sting of the dart

G     G  G  C
There is no message
G     G  G  C
There is no message
Bm    Bm Bm C           C  D
There is no message ... broken heart 

[repeat intro]
|D     A    |G      |D     A   |G      |D    A   |G     |

           [2/4]  [4/4]
|G G G G G |A5 A5 |G/C   G/B  |G/A   G/B  |A/C#          |Bb Bb Bb Bb C C|
                  |-----------|-----------|--------------|
                  |-----------|-----------|--------------|
                  |----0-----0|----0-----0|----2-----2---|
                  |--5-----5--|--5-----5--|--2-----2-----|
                  |3-----2----|0-----2----|4-----4-------|
                  |-----------|-----------|--------------|

[harmonica solo]
G           D           |C     |G     D   |C      
There is no message in a broken heart
There is no message in a broken heart

            [2/4][4/4]
| C5[p.m.]  |D D |E       |       |         |             |
                 |--0-----|-------|---------|-------------|
                 |--0-----|-------|---------|-------------|
                 |1-1-----|-------|------9-9|9--9---9--9-9|
                 |2-2-----|0------|---------|7h9-7h9---9-9|
                 |2-2--0h2|-4^\-2-|0--7/9---|-------------|
                 |0---0---|-------|---------|-------------|

There is no message in a broken heart
Till there's nothing to be learned even if you listen real hard
Don't listen to the lovers who have drifted apart
                           [2/4] [4/4]            
|G5    G5 G5 G5 G5   G5 G5|A5 A5 |Bm     |C     |D     |Dsus4  |D     |D5  D5
 There is no message in a  broken heart

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litgo@aol.com

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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