Author/Artist: Creed
Title: Whos Got My Back?
Album: Weathered
Tuning: Drop D
Transcribed by: Philipp Ströller & Adam Strachn
Email: [email protected] & [email protected]
Philip and I both worked on this GREAT song.
Notes:
Intro/Verse ? There is a weird effect going on here. Delay or reverb?
Pre-Chorus/Chorus ? Octave chords. Listen to song to get it right!
Interlude ? clean but palm mute it!
Bridge ? palm mute the open chords.
Other ? Just follow the song.
Intro - (clean tone, in at 1:18)
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Verse ? (in at 1:41) ?Run . . . hide . . .?
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Pre?Chorus ? (strum, in at 2:38) ?To rest our head on . . .?
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Chorus - (strum with clean tone, in at 2:45)
?Who?s . . . . . . . . got my . . . back . . . now . . . .?
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?When all we have left is deceptive . . . so disconnected . . . .?
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?What is the truth now? . . .?
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Then go into the verse (in at 3:08)
Pre-Chorus ? (play with distortion, in at 4:29)
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Chorus ? (distorted, in at 4:35)
?Who?s . . . . . . . . got my . . . back . . . now . . . .?
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?When all we have left is deceptive . . . so disconnected . . . .?
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?What is the truth now? . . .?
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Then it goes into the ?tribal? interlude ? (in at 5:20)
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Bridge ? (in at 5:47) ?What is the truth now??
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It goes onto the chorus. (in at 6:07) ?Who?s got my back now??
Then play the bridge until the end ?What is the truth now . . .? (in at
6:51)
Then goes back to the Cherokee Indian chants.
Tab Key -
* = palm mute
b = bend string
/ = slide up
= slide down