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Author/Artist: Creed
Title: My Sacrifice
Album: Weathered
Tuning: D A D G B D (low to high)
Transcribed by: Adam Strachn
Email: [email protected]
This song is really good. It's amazing that Creed actually wrote a 'love' ballad. Great lyrics and guitar throughout the whole song! All I have to say is that they are back and won't stop now!! I have compiled this tab from other tabs online and my own work. Like usual I will update the tab as I figure out better ways to play it or to get it closer to the way he plays it. The tuning is just like regular Drop D but the high E string is tuned to D also. Get a tuner to do this. I was thinking it was in DADADD tuning (which it might be) but this tuning seems more accurate.
Notes -
Intro - Play this with your fingers, it sounds like he uses a delay effect.
Verse - The is last chords the Bm and the G abr chord are strummed.
Chorus - Listen to the song real good for the timing of how o play the chords.
Bridge � Easy octave riffs
Other - The clean chorus after the bridge is played with a phase shifter I
THINK. The rest is pretty simple to figure out.
Intro
(clean tone, let notes ring out)
-------------0----------------------7------------7------|
----2-----------3---------------------------------------|
-------4-----------4-------------7-----77-----7-----7~--|
----------4-----------4---------------------------------|
-2-------------------------0----------------------------|
------------------------------5-------------------------|
-0-0--0----0----0----0-0--0------0--------0----0--------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
-7-7--7/6--6/7--7----7-7--7/6----6/11----11---11/12-----|
-----------------------------------------------------0--|
-5-5--5/4--4/5--5----5-5--5/4----4/-9-----9----9/11--0--|
-0-0--0----0----0----0-0--0------0--------0----0-----0--|
-------------0----------------------7------------7------|
----2-----------3---------------------------------------|
-------4-----------4-------------7-----77-----7-----7~--|
----------4-----------4---------------------------------|
-2-------------------------0----------------------------|
------------------------------5-------------------------|
Kick in the distortion and let the feedback roll a little
Verse -
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------------------------------|----------------------------|
-7/6--6/7--7-7-7--6/7--7-7-7--|--7/6--6//7--7-7--6/7--7-6--|
------------------------------|----------------------------|
-5/4--4/5--5-5-5--4/5--5-5-5--|--5/4--4//5--5-5--4/5--5-4--|
-0----0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--|--0----0-----0-0--0----0-0--|
---------0---0-0--0-0------|-----------00-0--0--0-0-0------|
---------3---3-3--3-3------|-------------------------------|
-4---4---4---4-4--4-4------|--/7---7---77-7--7--7-7-7------|
-4---4---4---4-4--4-4---0--|--/5---5---55-5--5--5-5-5---0--|
-2---2---2---2-2--2-2---0--|--/5---5---55-5--5--5-5-5---0--|
------------------------0--|--/5---5�--55-5--5--5-5-5---0--|
* *
Right before the chorus do a pick scrape across the top D & A strings
Chorus �
When you are with me . . . . . . I�m free . . . . . . . . I�m
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--4--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
Careless . . . . . . . . . I believe . . . . �
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--------------------------10-------7-7-77---------------------------|
-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--0-0--5-5-55---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--0-0--5-5-55---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--0-0--5-5-55---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
* * *
Bridge � �I just want to say hello to again . . .�
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-11/9--9-9-----9/7--7-7-----7/6--6-6------4/6--6/7--7/6--6/9--9-9-7--7-7-----|
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--9/7--7-7--0--7/5--5-5--0--5/4--4-4--0---2/4--4/5--5/4--4/7--7-7-5--5-5--0--|
--0----0-0--0--0----0-0--0--0----0-0--0---0----0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0--0--|
* * * *
A little later on � (a Led Zeppelin like riff ala �Kashmir�)
---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------|---------3~~--|
-15-15-15-15-----15-15-15-15--x--15-15-115-15-----15-15-15-15--|---------2~~--|
---------------------------------------------------------------|------0--0~~--|
-13-13-13-13--0--13-13-13-13--x--13-13-113-13--0--13-13-13-13--|--0-0-0--0~~--|
--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0------0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0--|--0-0-0--0~~- * * * * *
Clean chorus � (listen to the song well to get this part and strum the chords)
-0--5/7--5-4---0--0----0---------0---------0--0--5/7-----0--0--0---------0-----|
-3-------------3--3-----------0-------0----0--3----------3--3---------0------0-|
-2--0-0--0-0---2--4--------2-------2-------7--2----------2--4-----2--------2---|
-0--0-0--0-0---0--4------------------------5--0-------0--0--4------------------|
-0--0-0--0-0---0--2--4---2-----------------5--0-------0--0--2--4----2----------|
-0--0-0--0-0---0---------------------------5--0-------0--0--0------------------|
Right before the distorted chorus Mark does harmonics between the 2nd and 3rd frets �
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-2.7^--2.7^--2.7^--|
-2.7^--2.7^--2.7^--|
Then it goes into the dirty chorus -
When you are with me . . . . . . I�m free . . . . . . . . I�m
--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--4--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
Careless . . . . . . . . . I believe . . . . �
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-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-----------------------------------------|
-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--------7-7--7---------------------------|
-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4---0-0--5-5--5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2---0-0--5-5--5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---0-0--5-5--5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
* * *
Then the bridge riffs
Outro (played clean very quiet then it fades out, not exactly sure how accurate it is)
-0---5/7-5-4--0--0-0---0---------------------4-4-4-5-5---------------------|
-3------------0--0-0---3--2-2h3-2-2----------3-3-3-3-3---------------------|
-2---0-0-0-0--0--0-2---4--2-2---2-2-------2--2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2h4--2--2-2--|
-0------------0--0-0---4--0-0---0-0--0-00-0--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0--0-0--|
-0------------0--0-4---2-------------0-00-0--0-0-0------0-0-0-0----0--0-0--|
-0------------0--0-0---0-------------0-00-0--0-0--------0-0-0-0----0--0-0--|
-5/7-5-4--0-0--0--|
----------0-0--0--|
----------0-0--2--|
----------0-0--0--|
----------0-0--4--|
----------0-0--0--|