Heartbreaks A Blessing Chords

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Heartbreaks A Blessing by Danko Jones is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D
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16
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  			Standard Tuning 
Tabbed by: Bas Blok ([email protected] 
 
Another one from one of the hottest rockbands of this moment 
 
Figure out the timing yourself, it's not that hard 
 
Main Riff/ Intro 
Guitar 1 
 
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-----3--------3----------------------------------------- 
-3-5---5--3-5---5-3-5--5-5-5-5-5------------------------ 
pmpm   pmpmpm  pmpm   pmpmpmpmpm 
 
Guitar 2: play around with these notes: 
 
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-----5-------5------------------5-7b8-5------------------- 
-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-7------7-7---------7-7--------------- 
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Verse:  
Play Main Riff Guitar 1 but then completely palmmuted 
 
and in verse 2 and 3 Danko also does this: 
 
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- Strike as many times as necessary 
 
 
Chorus: 
 
----------     ------------ 
----------     ------------ 
----------     ---------5-- 
-7\6--5--- x3  -7\4--5--5-- 
-7\6--5---     -7\4--5--3-- 
-5\4--3---     -5\6--3----- 
 
 
Then go back to Main Riff/Intro 
Then go to verse again 
Then go to Chorus again 
 
After Pre-Chorus: Bridge: Play this two times 
Guitar 1: 
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-9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9--2-------------------- 
-9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9--2-------------------- 
-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7--0-------------------- 
 
Directly after that: 
 
Guitar 2: 
 
b---------12b14------------ Strike 12 a lot of times while bending to 14 
 
 
Then go back to Intro/Main Riff 
 
Then go to verse again 
 
Then go to Chorus again 
 
Then Outro: 
 
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------7--- 
-9-9--7---  x 4, but the fourth(=last) time without the D5 chord 
-9-9--5--- 
-7-7------ 
 

    	

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100 BPM Andante