CREED - "My Sacrifice" Tablature

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PROPS GO TO: Chris Ballard

MY SACRIFICE
Creed
From the album "Weathered"

Transcribed by Chris Ballard (c_ballard@hotmail.com)

Tuning: D A D G B e (drop D)
Time: 4/4
Key: D Major/B Aeolian
_________________________________________
| KEY: |
| = - hold note(s) |
| h - hammer on |
| p - pull off |
| PM - palm mute |
| ^ - accented note |
| . - staccato note |
| / \ - slide up or down (shorter) |
| // \\ - slide up or down (longer) |
| / 3 \ - triplet |
| [] - defines Rhythm Figure # |
| <> - play rhythm figure # |
| u d - up & dn rt hand picking attacks |
|_________________________________________|


Intro (clean, let ring)
Bm G
|---------2---------|--------5---5---5--------|-------------|-------------------------------|
|---2-------3-------|-------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
|.----4-------4-----|------7---7---7---7------|-7/6--6/7--7-|-7-7--7/6--6/11-11---11/12-----|
|.------4-------4===|-^--7--------------------|-------------|----------------------------0--|
|-2=================|-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--|


Bmadd9 G Fade in distorted feedback
|-------------2-----------|-----------5-----5-----5-----|
|----2----------(3)-------|-----------------------------|
|-------6-----------6-----|--------7-----7-----7-----7--|
|----------4-----------4--|--^--7-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|--0--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
______________________________
[Rhy Fig 1] [RIFF A1] |
4/4: 1 + 2 + 3 4 + + 2 + 3 + + 1 + 2 + 3 + + 2 + + 4 + 1-4 123+ 4 + 123 4 + |
|----------------^---------------|------------------------------|-----------------|------------|
|--------------^-.------.---^----|-------------.----------------|--(0)------------|------------|
4 |.-7/6-6/7--7--7-7--6/7-7-6/7--7-|-7/6-6/7--7--7--6/7-7--6/7-7--|-4===(4)---12-12-|-12----x-x-.|
- |.-------------------------------|------------------------------|-4===(2)---12-12-|-10----x-x-.|
4 |--5/4-4/5--5--5-5--4/5-5-4/5--5-|-5/4-4/5--5--5--4/5-5--4/5-5--|-2===(2)---10-10-|-10----x-x--|
|--0--------0----0--0---0-0----0-|-0---0----0--0--0------0------|-----------------|--0----x-x--|
PM.
Play A1 the first time, then A2 the next and subsequent times
(The only reason I included Riff A1 is because you can see Mark Tremonti
play it on the video, and it sounds higher than a normal G in III position)

______________________________
[RIFF A2] |
|---------------|-----------|
|--(0)----------|-----------|
|-4===(4)---4-4-|-4----x-x-.|
|-4===(2)---5-5-|-5----x-x-.|
|-2===(2)---5-5-|-5----x-x--|
|-----------5-5-|-5----x-x--|

[Rhy Fig 2] (Improv strumming)
When you... I'm careless...
Above all... This brings...
D Dmaj7sus2 Bm G
|--------|----0----|--------|-----------------------|
|---3----|----3----|--3-----|-----------------------|
|.--2----|----2----|--4---7=|=7-----p--------------.|
|.--0----|----0----|--4---5=|=5---5-3-(0)-3===5-3--.|
|---0----|----4----|--2---5=|=5---5-3-(0)-3===5-3---|
|---0----|----0----|------5=|=5---5-3-(0)-3===5-3---|
PM

<Rhy Fig 1 (1 time)>


[Rhy Fig 3]
|--------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------^-.-------^-.--|-----------------------|-------------------.--|
|.-----11\9-9-9---9\7-7-7--|-7\6-6-6-------6/7-7-7-|-9\7-7--(7)/11\9-9-9--|
|.-------------------------|----------x-x----------|----------------------|
|--(0)--9\7-7-7---7\5-5-5--|-5\4-4-4--x-x--4/5-5-5-|-7\5-5--(5)/ 9\7-7-7--|
|--(0)--0---0-0---0---0-0--|-0---0-0--x-x------0-0-|----------------------|
PM * * * * Make sure guitar muted at *'s

[Rhy Fig 4] /-3-\ [End Rhy Fig 4]
|------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-------|
|-----------.--------------.---|-----------.-----------------------|-------|
|-15-15-15-15----15-15-15-15---|-15-15-15-15----15-15-15-15--------|-------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------/-3-\-|--0====|
|-13-13-13-13----13-13-13-13---|-13-13-13-13----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====|
PM. PM...

(with flanger)
|--2--2--2/3--2-0-----|--0--|--2--|-(3)--|------------------------------------|
|--3--3--3----3-2-2---|--3--|--3--|-(3)--|------------------------------------|
|.-2--2--2----2-----3-|--2--|--4--|-----.|------------------------------------|
|.-0--0--0----0-------|--0--|--4--|--0--.|-x-x---nh---nh---nh---nh---nh---nh--|
|--0==========0-------|--4--|--2--|--2---|-x-x---2.7--2.7--2.7--2.7--2.7--2.7-|
|--0==========0-------|-----|-----|------|-x-x---2.7--2.7--2.7--2.7--2.7--2.7-|
strum and/or arpeggiate...................

<Rhy Fig 2> (Chorus)
<Rhy Fig 3>
<Rhy Fig 4>
[End]

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