Song: My Sacrifce
Band: Creed
Album: Weathered
Tabbed by: Alejandro D`Brot
alexd@terra.com.pe
h= hammer-on
/= slide up
= slide down
PM.= palm mute
()= ghost note, play very softly
*= these are each separate chords, but to show the time, I put them close together
Tuning: Guitar DADGBd
NOTE: The strumming parts do not display the rythm exactly, so listen to the song and
find the strumming that feels best to you.
[ intro ]
(clean & with delay)
I:
d|-----------0--------------------0----------|
B|---2-----3---2-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------14------14----|
D|-----4---------4----------12------12----12-|
A|-2-----2------------0--10------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
II:
(struming, without delay)
d|------0----0----0-----0-0-0-0-0-------0-----|
B|-0-0--x----x----x-----x-x-x-x-x-------x-----|
G|-2-2--76--6/7--7---7-7-7-6-6-7/-11---11/12-|
D|-0-0--0----0----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-----|
A|-0-0--54--4/5--5-----5-5-4-4-5/-9----9-/10-|
D|------0----0----0-----0-0-0-0-0-------0-----|
III:
d|-------------0---------------------0----------|
B|-----------3---2------------------------------|
G|-2----2-------------------------14------14----|
D|-x------4--------4-----------12------12----12-|
A|-0--2-----2------------0---10-----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
...let ring...
...now kick in with distortion...
[ main riff ]
(struming, with distortion)
d|-----------0--0------0--0-----|-----------0--0------0-------|
B|-----------x--x------x--x-----|-----------x--x------x-------|
G|-76--6/7--7--7--6-6-7--7/97-|-76--6/7--7--7--6-6-7--6-2--|
D|-0----0----0--0--0-0-0--0-----|-0----0----0--0--0-0-0--0-0--|
A|-54--4/5--5--5--4-4-5--5/75-|-54--4/5--5--5--4-4-5--4-0--|
D|-0----0----0--0--0-0-0--0-----|-0----0----0--0--0-0-0--0----|
d|----0-0-0--0 0---0----0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0------|
B|----3-3-3--3-3---3----x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x------|
G|-4--4-4-4--4-4---4/12-12-12-12-1212121212-**--|
D|-4--4-4-4--4-4---4/12-12-12-12-1212121212-00--|
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2---2/10-10-10-10-1010101010-00--|
D|------------------------------------------00--|
PM.ЁЁ
...play that two more times...
[ when Stapp sings, mute the D string(4th) & don`t play the open d strings ]
[ on the first part ]
[ chorus ]
(strumming, with distortion)
When you are away with me...
d|---------------------0--0--0-0--0-0----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------3--3--3-3--3-3-----2--2--3-3--3-----------------------|
G|-7--7--7--7--7-7--2--2--2--2-2--2-2--4--4--4--4-4--4-----***-**-***--------|
D|-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--5--555-00-540-4--54-|
A|-0--5--4/55--5-5--4--4--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2--2-2--2--5--555-00-540-4--54-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--5--555-00-540-4--54-|
PM.Ё
d|----0--0--0--0-0-----0--0--0-0--0-0-----------------------------------|
B|----x--x--x--x-x-----3--3--3-3--3-3--2--2--2--3-3--3------------------|
G|-7--7--7--7--7-7--2--2--2--2-2--2-2--4--4--4--4-4--4-----***-**-***---|
D|-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--5--555-00-540-4-|
A|-0--5--4/55--5-5--4--4--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2--2-2--2--5--555-00-540-4-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--5--555-00-540-4-|
PM.Ё
...then play the main riff three times...
...and then play the chorus...
...but replace the very last part of the chorus with this...
d|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-**-***----------|
D|-00-540-4--5/4-0-|
A|-00-540-4--5/4-0-|
D|-00-540-4--5/4-0-|
PM.Ё PM.Ё
...and now the bridge...
[ bridge ]
d|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11/9-9-9----9/7-7-7----7/6-6-6----4/6-6/7-76-6/9-97-7-7---|
D|--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-00-0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-|
A|--9/7-7-7-0--7/5-5-5-0--5/4-4-4-00-2/4-4/5-54-4/7-75-5-5-0-|
D|--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-00-0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-|
PM.Ё PM.Ё PM.ЁЁ PM.Ё
...play that three more times...
...then play this...
d|-8-8-8-8-----8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-----8-8-8-8---------------|
B|-11111111----11111111---11111111----11111111--------3-----|
G|-10101010----10101010---10101010----10101010--------2-----|
D|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--7-7-0--0-----|
A|----------0----------------------0-----------5-4-0--0-----|
D|----------0----------------------0-----------0-0-0--0-----|
PM.Ё PM.Ё PM.ЁЁЁЁЁ
..let ring and then play this...
(clean, struming)
Cuz when you are away with me...
d|-0--0--00--7--5--***----0--0--0-0--0-0------0--0-------0----|
B|-x--x--xx--x--x--7------3--3--3-3--3-3------3--3------------|
G|-7--7--77--7--7--722-2--2--2--2-2--2-2------4--4---4----(4)-|
D|-7--7--77--7--7--700-0--0--0--0-0--0-0--4---4--4-4---4------|
A|-5--5--55--5--5--500-4--4--4--4-4--4-4--2---2--2------------|
D|-------**---------------------------------------------------|
d|-------0-0---------|
B|-------x-x----****-|
G|----7--7-7-7--7777-|
D|-7--7--7-7-7h99977-|
A|-5--5--5-5-5--5555-|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--5555-|
^
...then play second time with delay at the end, stop at the ^ and play this instead...
d|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-7-7-7-7---------|
D|-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-|
A|-7-7-5-5-4-4-0-0-|
D|---------0-0-0-0-|
PM.ЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁЁ
[ this is the part when the soft part turns into the chorus (listen to the song) ]
...put on distortion and play the chorus once, with the change at the end...
...then play the first part of the bridge three times,
and then play the second part once...
...
