Verse 1
Tell me what I’ve gotta do
There’s no getting through to you
The lights are on but nobody’s home (nobody’s home)
You say I can’t understand
But you’re not giving me a chance
When you leave me, where do you go? (where do you go?
 
Pre-Chorus 1
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
And the truth is
 
Chorus 1
You turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I’m just talking to myself (ooh-ooh -ooh ooh)
Talking to myself (ooh-ooh -ooh ooh)
Talking to myself (ooh-ooh -ooh ooh)
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I’m just talking to myself
 
Verse 2
I admit I made mistakes
But yours might cost you everything
Can’t you hear me calling you home?
 
Pre-Chorus 2
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
And the truth is
 
Chorus 2
You turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I’m just talking to myself (ooh-ooh -ooh ooh)
Talking to myself (ooh-ooh -ooh ooh)
Talking to myself (ooh-ooh -ooh ooh)
Yeah I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I’m just talking to myself
 
Pre-Chorus 3
All the walls that you keep building
All this time that I spent chasing
All the ways that I keep losing you
And the truth is
 
Chorus 3
You turn into someone else
You keep running like the sky is falling
I can whisper, I can yell
But I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I’m just talking to myself (ooh-ooh -ooh ooh)
Talking to myself (ooh-ooh -ooh ooh)
Talking to myself (ooh-ooh -ooh ooh)
Yeah I know, yeah I know, yeah I know
I’m just talking to myself

I remembered black skies
The lightning all around me
I remembered each flash
As time began to blur
Like a startling sign
That fate had finally found me
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
 
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth and lies
Across this new divide
 
There was nothing in sight
But memories left abandoned
There was nowhere to hide
The ashes fell like snow
And the ground caved in
Between where we were standing
And your voice was all I heard
That I get what I deserve
 
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Across this new divide
 
In every loss in every lie
In every truth that you deny
And each regret and each goodbye
Was a mistake too great to hide
And your voice was all I heard
But I get what I deserve
 
So give me reason
To prove me wrong
To wash this memory clean
Let the floods cross
The distance in your eyes
Give me reason
To fill this hole
Connect the space between
Let it be enough to reach the truth and lies
Across this new divide
Across this new divide
Across this new divide (X2)

Song: Breaking the Habit
Album: Meteora
Tabbed By: Mathias

Tuning – E,A,D,G

Intro (0:09)

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[--------------------------------------|
[--7---------5----------3---------(3)--|
[--------------------------------------| x2

Verse 1 (no bass)

Chorus (0:47)

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[--------------------------------------|
[-7----------5----------3---------(3)--| x2
[--------------------------------------|
[--------------------------------------|
[-2----------3---------------------2---|
[-----------------------5--------------|
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[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/linkin_park/breaking_the_habit_btab.html ]
Verse 2 (1:16)

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[-------------------------------------2----|
[-7---------5----------3----------3------2-| x3(on second time, play 3 instead
[------------------------------------------| of last 2)
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[-----------------------------------------|
[-2--------5---------7---------5--------3-|
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Chorus (1:45) (same thing)

Bridge (2:10)

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[--------------------------------|
[-3-------5---------7---------8--| x2
[--------------------------------|

Chorus (2:28) (same thing excapet add the ending part) (this is the ending)

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[-2-----------|
[-----------3-|
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I- It starts with One th ing I don’t know why
It doesn’t ev en matter how hard you try
Keep that i n mind I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know Ti me is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock tic ks life away
It’s so unre al Didn’t look out below
Watch the ti me go right out the window
Trying to hold on but didn’t even know
Wasted it a ll just to
Watch you go I kept everything inside
And even though I tried it all fell apart
What it meant t o me will eventually
Be a memory of a time when
I tried so har d And got so far
But in the end It doesn’t even matter
I had to fall To lose it all But in the end It doesn’t even matter
Repeat 1st Stanza Chords
II- One thing I don’t know why
It doesn’t even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how
I tried so hard In spite of the way you were mocking me
Acting like I was part of your property
Remembering all the times you’ve fought with me
I’m surprised it got so (far)
Things aren’t the way they were before
You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then
But it all comes back to me
(In the end)
You kept everything inside
And even though I tried it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually
Be a memory of a time when
Chorus
I put my tru st in yo u Pushed as far as I ca n go
And for all this There’s only one thing you should know
I put my tru st in you Pushed as far as I can go
And for all this There’s only one thing you should know

Verse 1
Watching the wings cut through the clouds
Watching the raindrops blinking red and white
Thinking are you back on the ground
There with a fire burning in your eyes
I only halfway apologize
 
Chorus
And I’ll be sorry for now
That I couldn’t be around
Sometimes things refuse to go the way we planned
Oh I’ll be sorry for now
That I couldn’t be around
There will be a day that you will understand
You will understand
 
Verse 2
After a while you may forget
But just in case the memories cross your mind
You couldn’t know this when I left
Under the fire of your angry eyes
I never wanted to say goodbye
 
Chorus
And I’ll be sorry for now
That I couldn’t be around
Sometimes things refuse to go the way we planned
Oh I’ll be sorry for now
That I couldn’t be around
There will be a day that you will understand
You will understand
 
Bridge
Play the chord throughout the Bridge
Yeah, stop telling ‘em to pump the bass up
Tried to call home but nobody would wake up
Switch your time zones can’t pick the bass up
I just passed out by the time you wake up
Best things come to those who wait
And it’s time to get pumped on any road you take
Don’t ever have a problem make no mistake
I can’t wait to come back when I’m going away
 
Outro
I’ll be sorry for now
That I couldn’t be around
There are things we have to do that we can’t stand
Oh I’ll be sorry for now
That I couldn’t be around
There will be a day that you will understand
 
Oh I’ll be sorry for now
That I couldn’t be around
There are things we have to do that we can’t stand
Oh I’ll be sorry for now
That I couldn’t be around
There will be a day that you will understand
You will understand
You will understand
You will understand

Title: Don’t Stay
Album: Meteora
Transcribed by: Beaver

Tuning: Dropped-B

[Intro 00:02 – 00:12]

-|MIKE-------------------------|- -|BRAD-------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-5.5~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~1.5-|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------------|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-----------------------------------|-

Play four times Play once while Mike plays his part
Gradually slide the harmonic from
5.5 to 1.5

[Intro 00:12 – 00:23]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|-

Play four times

[Verse 00:23 – 00:31] [Verse Con’t 00:31 – 00:34]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|- -|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-

Play three times Play once PM…..

[Verse 00:34 – 00:41] [Verse Con’t 00:41 – 00:44]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|-- -|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1---1-1-1--|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1---1-1-1--|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1---1-1-1--|-

Play three times Play once PM…

[Chorus 00:44 – 01:06]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD--------------------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------|-
-|-0--0-0--0-0-7--8--10--5--5-5--5-5-7--3--1-|-
-|-0--0-0--0-0-7--8--10--5--5-5--5-5-7--3--1-|-
-|-0--0-0--0-0-7--8--10--5--5-5--5-5-7--3--1-|-

Play four times

[Verse 01:06 – 01:11]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|-

Play twice

[Verse Con’t 01:11 – 00:19] [Verse Con’t 01:19 – 01:22]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|- -|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-------------1-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-

Play three times Play once PM…..

[Verse Con’t 01:22 – 00:29] [Verse Con’t 01:29 – 01:34]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|- -|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1---1-1-1--|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1---1-1-1--|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1---1-1-1--|-

Play three times Play twice PM…

[Chorus 01:34 – 01:55]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD--------------------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------|-
-|-0--0-0--0-0-7--8--10--5--5-5--5-5-7--3--1-|-
-|-0--0-0--0-0-7--8--10--5--5-5--5-5-7--3--1-|-
-|-0--0-0--0-0-7--8--10--5--5-5--5-5-7--3--1-|-

Play four times

[Bridge 01:55 – 02:06]

-|MIKE-------------------------|- -|BRAD-------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-5.5~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~x~1.5-|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------------|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-----------------------------------|-

Play four times Play once while Mike plays his part
Gradually slide the harmonic from
5.5 to 1.5

[Bridge Con’t 02:14 – 02:16]

[Bridge Con't 02:06 - 02:14] Gradually bend up /-----------
-|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|- -|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|---------------5-5-5-5-5-5/8-|- -|---------------5-5-5-5-5-5-6-|-
-|-0--0-1-0-1-0--x-x-x-x-x-x/x-|- -|-0--0-1-0-1-0--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-
-|-0--0-1-0-1-0--3-3-3-3-3-3/6-|- -|-0--0-1-0-1-0--3-3-3-3-3-3-4-|-
-|-0--0-1-0-1-0----------------|- -|-0--0-1-0-1-0----------------|-

Play three times Play once

[Bridge Con’t 02:16 – 02:25] [Bridge Con’t 02:25 – 02:26]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|- -|MIKE-&-BRAD---|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|--------------|-
-|---------------5-5-5-5-5-5/8-|- -|--------------|-
-|-0--0-1-0-1-0--x-x-x-x-x-x/x-|- -|-0--0-1-0-1-0-|-
-|-0--0-1-0-1-0--3-3-3-3-3-3/6-|- -|-0--0-1-0-1-0-|-
-|-0--0-1-0-1-0----------------|- -|-0--0-1-0-1-0-|- 

Play three times Play once

[Bridge Con’t 02:26 – 02:32]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD----|- -|MIKE-&-BRAD----|-
-|---------------|- -|---------------|-
-|---------------|- -|---------------|-
-|-1-1--1--1-1-1-|- -|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-|-
-|-1-1--1--1-1-1-|- -|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-|-
-|-1-1--1--1-1-1-|- -|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-|-

PM… Play once
Play three times

[Chorus 02:32 – 02:53]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD--------------------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------|-
-|-0--0-0--0-0-7--8--10--5--5-5--5-5-7--3--1-|-
-|-0--0-0--0-0-7--8--10--5--5-5--5-5-7--3--1-|-
-|-0--0-0--0-0-7--8--10--5--5-5--5-5-7--3--1-|-

Play four times

[Outro 02:53 – 03:01] [Outro Con’t 03:01 – 03:04]

-|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|- -|MIKE-&-BRAD------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------|- -|-----------------------------|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1---1-1-1--|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1---1-1-1--|-
-|-0-0-0-7--3--3/5-5-5-8--7--7-|- -|-0-0-0-7--3--1-1--1---1-1-1--|-

Play three times Play once PM…

END [3:07]