CREED - "beautiful" Tablature

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Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 23:01:15 -0500
From: "bharvey" <bharvey@gore-high.school.nz>
Subject: c/creed/beautiful.tab

Song Name: Beautiful
Artist: Creed
Album: Human Clay

"Dropped-D Tuning" (low to high DADGBE)

I have tried to TAB this piece as per the record, but at times there
are 2 guitars so I have only included the rhythm part in these cases.
I have worked out the solo (short, sweet and simple) so I'll put that
in too, but it's not perfect, but you should get the idea.

Abbreviations I have used:

h = hammer on p = pull off
b = bend (up to the next note tabbed) eg 5b7 is full bend, finger on
fret 5 r = release bend
s = slide pm = palm muting /\/\ = vibrato

clean guitar
e-----|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------
B-----|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------
G-----|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------
D-----|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------
A-----|-8-------8h10-----|-7-------8p5-----|-8-------8h10-----|------
D-0-0-|-----0-0------0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0------0-0-|------

e-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------
B-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------
G-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------
D-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------
A-7-------8-------|-8-------8h10-----|-7-------8p5-----|-8-------8h10
D-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0------0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----

distortion in Eb5
e-----|-----------------|--------------|----------------|------------
B-----|-----------------|--------------|----------------|------------
G-----|-----------------|--------------|----------------|------------
D-----|-----------------|-1------x-x-1-|--------1-1-1-1-|------------
A-----|-7-------3b5r3p0-|-1------x-x-1-|--------1-1-1-1-|------------
D-0-0-|-----0-0---------|-1------x-x-1-|--------1-1-1-1-|------------
pm-| *
e------------------|-----------------|
B------------------|-----------------| repeat from *
G------------------|-----------------|
D------------------|-----------------|
A-8-------8h10-----|-7-------8p5-----|
D-----0-0----------|-----0-0-----0-0-|
pm-| pm-| pm-|

that is the basic part of the song, there are only 2 other bits, the
first comes after the second chorus. I have not tried to indicate
timing as it is deliberately played to get out of time with the beat
so just leave it to the drummer! ;)

Figure A

e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--------7------------------7b-----------------19b--------19b----19b-
D--------7--play 4x------------play 4x-------------------------------
A-0--0-0-5-----------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-----
pm----| pm----| pm----| pm----| pm-|

e--------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------------
G-play 3(?)x--19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--19--19--19--19--19------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------

next comes the bridge, which is based around a three chord riff, the
basic chords are:

G2 (2 bars) Em2 (2 bars) Dsus4 (4 bars)

the following is an approximate TAB for this part, without the
strumming pattern

G2 G G2 Em2 Em Em2 D Dsus4
e----------|-------|---------|------|---------|----------------------
B----------|-------|---------|------|---------|----------------------
G----------|-------|---------|------|---------|---repeat this bar ---
D--7---7h9-|--9p7--|-4---4h5-|--5p4-|-4---4h5-|---for another--------
A--5---5---|--5----|-2---2---|--2---|-5---5---|------3 bars----------
D--5---5---|--5----|-2---2---|--2---|-0---0---|----------------------

this whole figure goes four or five times, then goes back to the
chorus, coming in where the distortion bit starts. It ends with
figure A and then just a basic D5 power chord.

Now for the solo. This may be a bit off as I'm TABbing this from
memory at work. It starts from the second bar of the bridge.
G2 Em2 D
e----------------------------------------------------------------17/\
B---------------------------------------7h8p7--s10------7----8-------
G----------------7----------------7--9-------------------------------
D----------7--9----9/\/\---------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------

This is probably pretty rough.

Let me know if any changes, I'd welcome comments as this is my first
time posting a TAB to olga

Ben Harvey
Gore High School
Southland
New Zealand

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