The Mall And Misery

 Artist: Broken Bells (Brian Burton a.k.a. Danger Mouse / James Mercer) 
 Album: Broken Bells (Self titled) 
 Song: The Mall and Misery 
 Track: Track 10(CD) | Side 2 Track 5(Vinyl) 
 Duration: 4:07 
 Transcriber: Kevin Burress (mekevin1917@gmail.com) 
  
 -Intro- 
 Rhythm: Play first half x2 then second half x2, repeat (x2 + x2) x4. 
  
  [--------------(x2)-------------]|[--------------(x2)-------------] 
  [                               ]|[                               ] 
 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 A|--6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-|--9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9-| 
 E|11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|14--14--14--14--14--14--14--14--| 
  
  Slide: I tried to line it all up right, the first three lines are 
 correct, the last one is a rest for 5-3/4 beats.. (the 6-11 and 3/4 of 
 the 14-9 for the rhythm before the slide starts again.) 
  
 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 D|------------------------11/13/11|--------------------------------| 
 A|--------------------------------|13------------------------------| 
 E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
  
 e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 D|----13------------------11/13/11|--------------------------------| 
 A|9/13----------------------------|13------------------------------| 
 E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
  
 e|---------------------------16/18|18----------------------18/xx-11| --*1 
 B|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
 E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
  
 *1 - Slide down to 11 muting the tone just before plucking 11. 
  
       _ Rest 5-3/4 beats, 
      /                 _ Then play this. 
     \/                / 
                      \/ 
 e|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| 
 B|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| 
 G|-[]-|--------------11/15-15/11-11-11/13-13/15-15/18-18/20|---*2 
 D|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| 
 A|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| 
 E|-[]-|----------------------------------------------------| 
  
 *2 - the first slide you can hardly hear, it may be unintentional, 
 it is there on the album. 
  
 -/Intro- 
 -Verse 1- 
 Wah accent: F# played 9th fret barred, and d# 6th fret barred(*3): 
  
    F#       d# 
  
 e|--x-|  |--x-| 
 B|--x-|  |--7-| 
 G|-11-|  |--8-| 
 D|-11-|  |--8-| 
 A|--9-|  |--x-| 
 E|--x-|  |--x-| 
  
 Rhythm: (One bar of tab == four beats; 12 bars total.) 
  
 (*3 Play chords in time with bars: 
  
  [F#----------------------------F#-----------------------------] 
  
  then: 
   
  [d#----------------------------d#-----------------------------]) 
  
  While lead #1:  
  
  [-------------------------(Repeat x12)------------------------] 
  [                                                             ] 
 e|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
 B|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
 G|--------------8---------------|------------8-----------------| 
 D|--8---8---11------11--8---8---|8---8---11------11--8---8---8-| 
 A|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
 E|------------------------------|------------------------------| 
  
 Lead #2: Rest six bars, play pattern x4 (over two bars), rest two bars, play pattern  
  
 x4 in a similar manner. 
  
 e|--------------------------------| 
 B|--------------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------------| 
 D|11--11--11----8---------8-------| 
 A|------------------11------------| 
 E|----------------------------11--| 
  
  
 -/Verse 1- 
 -Chorus- 
 Lead #1 plays F# and d# light staccato: 
  
  
  [----F#-----F#-----F#----F#------|----F#-----F#-----F#----F#------] 
  
  [----d#-----d#-----d#----d#------|----d#-----d#-----d#----d#------] 
  
 -/Chorus- 
 -Verse 2- 
 Lead #1: Same pattern as previous verse x12. 
  
 Lead #2: Rest two bars, play pattern x4 similar to previous verse, 
 rest two bars, play pattern x4 again. 
  
 -/Verse 2- 
 -Chorus- 
  
 Same as before. 
  
 -/Chorus- 
 -Outro- 
  
 Lead #1: Play verse pattern x12 
  
 Lead #2: Rest two bars, Play verse x4, rest two bars, Play verse x4 Then: 
  
 Alt pattern x8 over four bars: 
  
 e|--------------------------------| 
 B|--------------------------------| 
 G|--------------------------------| 
 D|13--13--13----11--11----13------| 
 A|----------------------------13--| 
 E|--------------------------------| 
  
 Fade guitars out last two bars. 
  
 Have some synthesized instruments in the background playing along with bass four bars. 
  
 Whistle along last four bars, fade out all over last bar. 
  
 -/Outro-