Breaking Benjamin - No Games guitar tab
Breaking Benjamin
"No Games"
From the album Saturate
Tab by Joe Costello (joseph.costello@villanova.edu)
I figured since nobody's tabbed this one, I'd give it a shot. I think I'm close.
Tuning: low to high (Db Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Symbols Used:
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
* = Let note or chord ring
P.M. = Palm-mute
Intro (with clean tone):
Eb|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Bb|-------------------3------|-------------------3------|
Gb|-------------------2------|-------------------2------|
Db|-------4-------7---0------|-------4-------2---0------|
Ab|-----4-------7-----0------|-----4-------2-----0------|
Db|---4-------7-------0*-----|---4-------2-------0*-----|
Riff 1:
Part 1:
(3x)
Eb|----------------------------5----|
Bb|----------------------------5*---|
Gb|-------------------------7-------|
Db|-------4-------7-------7---------|
Ab|-----4-------7-------5-----------|
Db|---4-------7-------0-------------|
Part 2:
(1x)
Eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------2p0--|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-------4-------2---0-------------|
Ab|-----4-------2-----0-------------|
Db|---4-------2-------0*------------|
Play Riff 1 during the verse.
Pre-Chorus: (with distortion)
Riff 2:
(4x)
Eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|----4----2----0----0--0--0--0----|
Ab|----4----2----0----0--0--0--0----|
Db|----4----2----0----0--0--0--0----|
Chorus: (strumming pattern shown)
Riff 3:
(2x)
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9---|
Db|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9---|
Ab|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---|
Db|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------------------|
play Riff 1 (2x) - 2nd Verse
play Riff 2 (4x) - Pre-Chorus
play Riff 3 (4x) - Chorus 2
Then break while the bass, drums, and violin do their thing...
Riff 4: (at 2:13)
(2x)
Eb|----------------------------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------------------------|
Gb|---2---4---6--6--6-4-2---6---7---9--9--9--9---|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Ab|---0---2---4--4--4-2-0---4---5---7--7--7--7---|
Db|----------------------------------------------|
Interlude:
Riff 5: Guitar 1
(3x)
Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------7--7--7---|
Db|---0--0--0----0--0----0--0--0------------|
Ab|---0--0--0----0--0----0--0--0--5--5--5---|
Db|---0--0--0----0--0----0--0--0------------|
P.M. . . . . . .
Guitar 2: Lead over Riff 5
(3x)
Eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|-----------------------|
Ab|---11---11---9--9--9---|
Db|-----------------------|
play Riff 3 (2x) - Chorus 3 part 1
Riff 6: (Chorus 3 part 2)
(2x)
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11---|
Db|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11---|
Ab|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9---|
Db|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------------------|
End:
Riff 7:
(2x)
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4----|
Ab|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4----|
Db|----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4----|
Last chord:
Eb|-------|
Bb|-------|
Gb|-------|
Db|---9---|
Ab|---9---|
Db|---9*--|
And that should do it. E-mail me with any corrections (if I'm wrong) or comments on the tab.
Take it easy,
Joe
