Broken Harpoon
by The Jayhawks
From Smile
(Gary Louris)


Chords originally transcribed by Warren Owen ( wozza@altcountrytab.com )
Tablature by Thomas Chase ( tec1212@brookings.net )
From the AltCountryTab.com website which rather surprisingly
can be found at www.altcountrytab.com

Notes: I originally worked out the chords... which I noted were in a
difficult key for standard tuning, and suggested a capo on 1st to
make it easier. Thomas Chase came up with the tablature for the
progression through the song based on tuning the guitar down half
a step on all strings. This sounds correct, the progression through
the song is then

Tuning: all strings tuned down 1/2 step to E flat B flat F# C# Ab Eb
(1st to sixth)

Chord names are relative to fingering postion

   G       G                          Emin Emin                     C    C

---3------3---------------------------0----0------------------------0----0--------------------
---3------3-------3---3---3----3------0----0------------------------1----1--------------------
---4------4-------2---4---2----0------0----0------------------------0----0--------------------
---5------5---------------------------2----2----4---5----4----2-----2----2-----0---0---0--0---
------------------------------------------------5---5----5----0-----3----3-----2---3---2--3---
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Amin   Amin
---0------0-------2---2---------Repeat---------------------------------------------------------
---1------1-------3---3---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---2------2-------2---2---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---2------2-------0---0---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---0------0----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

{lyrics below, repeat progression except where chords shown)

Gonna build a fire
Lead the choir in my song
As I climb the walls
Walk the halls to be strong

[D]Once, it was [Am]around my schoolboy [D]days
[D]New lines were [Am]drawn and rules were made

I wear the scars
Smell the blood on the breeze
I weathered the storm
For a glimpse of the trees

[D]When it seemed no [Am]matter what you [D]gave
[D]I took my [Am]secret to my grave

Broken harpoon
Broken harpoon
Broken harpoon

Broken harpoon
Broken harpoon
Broken harpoon

[ F C F C F C Am] x2

Repeat Intro

I could drown in the sound of my dreams
Shiver and moan feel the need to be free

[D]Once, it was [Am]around my schoolboy [D]days
[D]New lines were [Am]drawn and rules were [D]made

Broken harpoon
Broken harpoon
Broken harpoon

Broken harpoon
Broken harpoon
Broken harpoon

-------------Original Version-------------

Notes: In this version, my original take, the chords
are expressed as if played with no capo ( actual ).
The A#7 is wrong and you'd do better to examine
the tablature above for guidance.

Intro F# A#7 D#m F# B F# G#m C#

[F#]Gonna [A#7]build a [D#m]fire
[F#]Lead the [B]choir [F#]in my [G#m]song [C#]
[F#]As I [A#7]climb the [D#m]walls
[F#]Walk the [B]halls [F#]to be [G#m]strong [C#]

[C#]Once, it was [G#m]around my schoolboy [C#]days
[C#]New lines were [G#m]drawn and rules were [F#]made

[A#7]I wear the [D#m]scars
[F#]Smell the [B]blood [F#]on the [G#m]breeze [C#]
[F#]I [A#7]weathered the [D#m]storm
[F#]For a [B]glimpse [F#]of the [G#m]trees [C#]

[C#]When it seemed no [G#m]matter what you [C#]gave
[C#]I took my [G#m]secret to my [F#]grave

[A#7]Broken [D#m]harpoon
[F#]Broken [B]harpoon
[A#m]Broken [G#m]harpoon [C# F#]

[A#7]Broken [D#m]harpoon
[F#]Broken [B]harpoon
[A#m]Broken [G#m]harpoon [C#]

[ E B E B E B G#m] x2

Repeat Intro

[F#]I could [D#m]drown [F#]in the [B]sound [F#]of my [G#m]dreams[C#]
[F#]Shiver and [D#m]moan [F#]feel the [B]need [F#]to be [G#m]free[C#]

[C#]Once, it was [G#m]around my schoolboy [C#]days
[C#]New lines were [G#m]drawn and rules were [F#]made

[A#7]Broken [D#m]harpoon
[F#]Broken [B]harpoon
[A#m]Broken [G#m]harpoon [C# F#]

[A#7]Broken [D#m]harpoon
[F#]Broken [B]harpoon
[A#m]Broken [G#m]harpoon [C#]
F# A#7 D#m C# B A#m G#m B E C#