Artist: Creed
Tabber: Nick Whittenburg ([email protected])
Tuning: ***OPEN D*** DADF#AD
this song has been tabbed, and probably pretty well played, in many different
tunings, but if you want to get the right feeling & the right chords without
trouble then this is the way you want to play it. Whole solo & all!
Intro:
Part A
D |———————————————————————–|
A |———————————————————————–|
F#|———————————12~–0~———–12—-12h13—13-12-|
D |—-11h12—11h12—12h14-11h12————-12——————-12-12-|
A |-0——–0——-0———————10——10—–10—–10—-10-|
D |———————————————————————–|
*Let A string ring throughout* ^ let ring
Part B
D |—0———————-0——————————————|
A |—0———————-0——————————————|
F#|—0—————-7-8—0——————7-810——————|
D |————-7-79——————–7-79————————–|
A |——-0-4h5——————–0-4h5——————————–|
D |—-0————————0—————————————|
*some stuff starts playing backwards in the background*
Distortion kicks in
Part C
D |———————————————————————–|
A |———————————————————————–|
F#|———————————12~–0————12—-13bfr-13-12—|
D |—-11h12—11h12—12h14-11h12————-12———————-12-|
A |-0——–0——-0———————10——10—-10—————|
D |———————————————————————–|
Part D
D |————————-0-0————————–0-0–|
A |————————-0-0————————–0-0–|
F#|—————–7-8bfr–0-0—————–7-810~–0-0–|
D |–0——–7-79————–0——–7-79—————|
A |–0–0-4h5——————–0–0-4h5———————|
D |–0—————————0—————————-|
repeat until chorus, going back & forth between A & C (always play the
corresponding second phrase, i.e. B after A & D after C)
Last time:
D |————————-0-0——————————-|
A |————————-0-0——————————-|
F#|—————–7-8—–0-0—————–7-8bfr——–|
D |–0——–7-79————–0——–7-79———–0—|
A |–0–0-4h5——————–0–0-4h5—————–0—|
D |–0—————————0————————0—|
Chorus:
D |——————————————————-|—————|
A |——————————————————-|—————|
F#|—6–6-6-6-6–6-6-6—5—–4–4-4——————–|—————|
D |—5–5-5-5-5–5-5-5-0-5–0–3–3-3-0-3–3-3-0-3-5-5-5-|–0-0-0—0-0–|
A |—3–3-3-3-3–3-3-3-0-2–0–2–2-2-0-3–3-3-0-3-5-5-5-|–0-0-3h5-0-0–|
D |—————————————–3-3-0-3-5-5-5-|–0-0-0—0-0–|
D |———————————–|
A |———————————–|
F#|———————————–| repeat whole chorus 2x
D |–0–0-0—–0-0–0–0——0-0-0–|
A |–0–0-0-3h5-0-0–0–0-3h5–0-0-0–|
D |–0–0-0—–0-0–0–0——0-0-0–|
Second time:
D |————|
A |————|
F#|————|
D |————|
A |—–3b^–0-|
D |–5———|
repeat verses as the first, varying the same way
repeat chorus, adding slides before entrances (listen to the song for timing)
Solo: (at beginning, deep whammy bar bends by 2nd guitar, which Scott Stapp plays
in concert, believe it or not)
D |—————————————————|
A |——————————10-10—————-|
F#|————–10——-8~—–10-10h11————-|
D |————–9b^–9——————-12~———|
A |—————————-0—————-17/—|
D |———————————————17/—|
|—————————————————-|
|–5-7-5h7p5—5————————————-|
|————6—6-3———————————|
|——————–5–5-4p0-5-4p0-5-4p0-5-4p0——|
|—————————————————-|
|————————————————-0–|
|—16bf—-17bfr—-16~—15————————|
|—————————–17-19—-17————|
|———————————–18—-18bf-18r—|
|—————————————————-|
|—————————————————-|
|—————————————————-|
|—————————————————|
|–7-8-10p8p7-8————————————-|
|—————8-10—-8~—–8-11-8—-8~———|
|——————–10—–10——–10————|
|—————————————————|
|——————————————-15/–0–|
|16-14-16——16-14-16-17—16-14-16-17-16-14-16—-|
|———17~————————————-17~|
|—————————————————-|
|—————————————————-|
|—————————————————-|
|—————————————————-|
|–16-14-16-17—16-14-16-17-16-14-16——|
|————————————-17~–|
|——————————————|
|——————————————|
|——————————————|
|——————————————|
|–16-14-16-17—16-14-16-17-16-14-16-|
|————————————-|
|————————————-|
|————————————-|
|————————————-|
|————————————-|
|-19p16–16-19p16–16-19p16–16-19p16–16-|
|——17——–17——–17——–17—|
|—————————————–|
|—————————————–|
|—————————————–|
|—————————————–|
|-21p16–16-19p16–16-21p16–16-19p16–16-|
|——17——–17——–17——–17—|
|—————————————–|
|—————————————–|
|—————————————–|
|—————————————–|
*keep bent on re-attacks,
and release a half-steps
worth on last note*
|–19bf-19b-19b-19r~———|
|—————————-|
|—————————-|
|—————————-|
|—————————-|
|———————-17/—|
This is the ending part, just repeat these 2 sections several times, eventually
it fades & drops out to the vocals
D |—————————0-0-|
A |—————————0-0-|
F#|——————-7-8bfr–0-0-|
D |–0———7-79————–|
A |–0–0-4h5———————|
D |–0—————————-|
D |———————————————————————–|
A |———————————————————————–|
F#|———————————12~–0————12—-13bfr-13-12—|
D |—-11h12—11h12—12h14-11h12————-12———————-12-|
A |-0——–0——-0———————10——10—-10—————|
D |———————————————————————–|
thats everything, i know some of it might be confusing so email me with any questions at:
[email protected]
– or –
[email protected]
Nick Whittenburg
***Key***
h – hammer-on
– slide
/ – slide down
b^ – bend up
bf – bend full
bfr – bend full & return
~ – vibrato
