BREAKING THE CHAINS As recorded by Dokken (From the 1983 Album BREAKING THE CHAINS) Transcribed by Words by Don Dokken atomicpunk@knac.com Music by Don Dokken & George Lynch Arranged by Dokken
A Intro E5 D5 C5 D5 E5
1 4 k V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I 4 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Gtr I P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 9 9 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 A 9 9 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 B 7 7 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 4 k V VgV I 4 V VgV
Gtr II T A 9 9 11 B 7 7 9 sl.
D5 C5 D5 E5
6 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl.
t V W gV V V V V V V V V V V V V t I gV } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } N.H. [12] 17 19[[[[[[[[ T [12] A 11 x x 11 x x 11 x x 11 x x 12 x x 12 x x 12 x x 12 x x 14 x x 14 x x 14 x x 14 x x 16 B 9 x x 9 x x 9 x x 9 x x 10 x x 10 x x 10 x x 10 x x 12 x x 12 x x 12 x x 12 x x 14
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B Verse D5 C5 D5 E5
10 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. D5 C5 D5 E5 G5 D/F b D5
14 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V c V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
T 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 0 2 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 0 0 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 3 2
D5 C5 D5 E5
18 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl.
D5 C5 D5
22 V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl.
E5 D5 C5 G/B A5 D5
25 V I V V V V V V V V V V V V T 3 9 7 5 2 2 A 9 7 5 5 2 0 B 7 5 3 2 0
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C Chorus G5 E5 D5 E5 C5 E5 D5 E5 c c 27 U V V V U V V V I U V V V U V V V U V V P.M. P.M.
T 3 0 9 7 9 5 9 7 9 A 0 9 7 9 5 9 7 9 B 7 5 7 3 7 5 7 3 0 0
G5 E5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 c 31 U V V V W W V V V V k V V V I U V V V W W V V V V V V V U V P.M.
T 3 0 9 7 9 5 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 7 A 0 9 7 9 5 7 7 9 9 9 9 9 7 B 7 5 7 3 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 5 3 0 sl. sl. k V V gV I V V gV
Gtr II T A 9 9 11 B 7 7 9 sl.
D5 C5 D5 E5
35 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl.
t V W gV V V V V V V V V V V V V t I gV } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } V } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } N.H. [12] 17 19[[[[[[[[ T [12] A 11 x x 11 x x 11 x x 11 x x 12 x x 12 x x 12 x x 12 x x 14 x x 14 x x 14 x x 14 x x 16 B 9 x x 9 x x 9 x x 9 x x 10 x x 10 x x 10 x x 10 x x 12 x x 12 x x 12 x x 12 x x 14
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F Verse 2 D5 C5 D5 E5
39 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. D5 C5 D5 E5 G5 D/F b D5
43 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V c V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
T 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 0 2 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 0 0 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 3 2
D5 C5 D5 E5
47 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl.
D5 C5 D5
51 V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl.
E5 D5 C5 G/B A5 D5
54 V I V V V V V V V V V V V V T 3 9 7 5 2 2 A 9 7 5 5 2 0 B 7 5 3 2 0
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G Chorus 2 G5 E5 D5 E5 C5 E5 D5 E5 c c 56 U V V V U V V V I U V V V U V V V U V V P.M. P.M.
T 3 0 9 7 9 5 9 7 9 A 0 9 7 9 5 9 7 9 B 7 5 7 3 7 5 7 3 0 0
G5 E5 D5 E5 C5 D5 E5 c 60 U V V V W W V V V V I U V V V W W V V V V U V P.M.
T 3 0 9 7 9 5 7 7 9 9 9 A 0 9 7 9 5 7 7 9 9 9 B 7 5 7 3 5 5 7 7 7 3 0 sl.
E Bridge E5 D5 C5 C5 D5 E5 c c c 64 V V V V V U V V V V U I V V V V V U V V V V U T 9 7 5 (5) 5 7 9 (9) A 9 7 5 (5) 5 7 9 (9) B 7 5 3 (3) 3 5 7 (7)
E5 D5 C5 C5 D5 E5 c c c 68 V V V V V U V V V V I V V V V V U V V V V T 9 7 5 (5) 5 7 9 A 9 7 5 (5) 5 7 9 B 7 5 3 (3) 3 5 7
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D Guitar Solo D5 C5
71 W k V V V V V V V V V V V I W V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. T 9 9 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 A 9 9 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 B 7 7 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. V gV V V V V V V V V V V V eV I j V V V 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 Gtr II M M M M [[[[[[[[[[ T 9 11 (11) 11 (11) 11 11 11 11 (11) 11 9 8 A O O 10 9 G B G P
D5 E5 D5 C5
74 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 A 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 B 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. gW V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV V V gV V V V W 3 eV I u 3 u V 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ 12 14 M 14 14 M14 14 M (14) M 12 14 12 [[[[[[ T 7 8 10 10 12 10 8 7 8 7 8 12 O 13 13 G 9 8 A 9 G B G H P sl. sl. H P
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D5 E5 G5 E5 D5 E5 c 78 V V V V V V V V I V V V V V W W V V V V V V V V V V V V V V W W V P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 9 A 7 7 7 9 9 5 9 7 9 B 5 5 5 7 7 5 7 5 7 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV V gV gV V V V V V V W V u W I u u u Full Full Full Full Full
7 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 17 M 17 17 M17 17 M17 17 M17 17 (17) M 15 14 [[[[[[[[[ T G7 8 10 8 7 O 15 14 A 9 (9) 16 B P P
C5 E5 D5 E5 c 82 U V V V I U V V V V P.M. T 5 9 7 9 A 5 9 7 9 B 3 7 5 7 0
P W V V V V V V z u W I Full
20 M[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[17 19 17 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ T 20 20 A 21 B
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G5 E5 D5 E5 C5 E5 c 84 V V V U k V V V I W W V V V U W V V V W W V W P.M. T 9 7 9 5 9 9 7 A 5 9 7 9 5 2 9 9 7 B 5 7 5 7 3 2 7 7 5 3 0 0 sl. P U W W z V V V V V V V V V u W W I Full Full
22 M[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 22 M [[[[[[[[[ 20 19 17 17 19 17 15 17 15 12[[[[[[[[[(12) T O A B P sl. P sl. sl.
H Verse 3 D5 C5 D5 E5
88 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. D5 C5 D5 E5 G5 D/F b D5
92 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V c V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V gV P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
T 3 3 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 0 2 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 0 0 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 3 2
D5 C5 D5 E5
96 V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 7 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl.
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100 V V V V V V V V V V V V I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V P.M. P.M. P.M. T 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 A 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 9 B 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 7 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl. 0 0 0 0 sl.
103 V I V V V V V V V V V V V V T 3 9 7 5 2 2 A 9 7 5 5 2 0 B 7 5 3 2 0
I Out-Chorus c c 105 U V V V W V V V V V I U V V V W V gV V V V U V V V P.M. P.M.
T 3 0 9 7 9 5 4 9 7 9 A 0 9 7 9 5 4 9 7 9 B 7 5 7 3 2 7 5 7 3 0 0
c c 109 U V V V W V V V V V I U V V V W V gV V V V U V V V P.M.
T 3 0 9 7 9 5 4 9 7 9 A 0 9 7 9 5 4 9 7 9 B 7 5 7 3 2 7 5 7 3 0 0
c c 113 U V V V W V V V V V I U V V V W V gV V V V U V V V P.M. P.M.
T 3 0 9 7 9 5 4 9 7 9 A 0 9 7 9 5 4 9 7 9 B 7 5 7 3 2 7 5 7 3 0 0
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T 3 0 9 7 9 5 7 7 9 9 9 A 0 9 7 9 5 7 7 9 9 9 B 7 5 7 3 5 5 7 7 7 3 0 sl.
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