CREED - "Riders On The Storm" Tablature

Author/Artist: Creed
Title: Riders on the Storm
Album: Live at Woodstock '99
Transcribed by: Adam Strachn
Email: CookieMonster912@hotmail.com

This is a cool Doors cover Creed does.
Standard tuning!!

Intro -
---------------------------------|---------|
---------------------------------|----1----|
-------0-------------------------|----0----|
-2--2-----0--2-------------------|----2----|
---------------------------------|----0----|
------------------0--0--3--3--0--|---------|


Verse -
---------------------------------|---------------------------------3--3--|
---------------------------------|--1--1---------------------0--0--3--3--|
-------0-------------------------|--0--0---------2--2--------0--0--2--2--|
-2--2-----0--2-------------------|--2--2---------4--4--------5--5--2--2--|
---------------------------------|--0--0---2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--0--0--|
------------------0--0--3--3--0--|---------------------------------------|

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------------------3--3--3--------|
------------------4--4--4--------|
-2--2--2--0--0h2--5--5--5--------|
------------------5--5--5--5--5--|
------------------3--3--3--2--2--|


Play this next – (6x)
-----3-----------5-----------7-----------5------5--|
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-4------4--4/6------6--6/7------7--7\6------6------|
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Then this -
--------------------------------3--3--|
-1--1---------------------0--0--3--3--|
-0--0---------2--2--------0--0--2--2--|
-2--2---------4--4--------5--5--2--2--|
-0--0---2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--0--0--|
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-----3-----------5-----------7-----------5------5--|-------------------|
---------------------------------------------------|--3--3--3----------|
-4------4--4/6------6--6/7------7--7\6------6------|--4--4--4----------|
---------------------------------------------------|--5--5--5----------|
---------------------------------------------------|--5--5--5----5--5--|
---------------------------------------------------|--3--3--3----2--2--|

Play this when Scott sings “Killer on the run . . . yeeaaa~”
-----3-----------5-----------7-----------5------5--|
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-4------4--4/6------6--6/7------7--7\6------6------| Play 2x
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When the distortion kicks in – (play 7x)
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-9-----9--9/11-----11--11/12-----12--12/14-----11/12\11--|
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-7-----7--7/-9------9---9/10-----10--10/12------9/10\-9--|
----0-----------0-------------0-------------0------------|

On the 8th time play this -
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-9-----9--9/11-----11--11/12-----12--12/14--|
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-7-----7--7/-9------9---9/10-----10--10/12--|
----0-----------0-------------0-------------|

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-2--2--x-x-x-x--4--4--x-x-x-x--5--5--x-x-x-x--12--12--|
-2--2--x-x-x-x--4--4--x-x-x-x--5--5--x-x-x-x--11--11--|
-0--0--x-x-x-x--2--2--x-x-x-x--3--3--x-x-x-x---0---0--|
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This part below is just where Mark plays some muting with harmonics -
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------------5^-5^-x-5^-------|
------------5^-5^-x-5^--0-0--|
-0-x-7^-7^--5^-5^-x-5^--0-0--|
-0-x-7^-7^--------------0-0--|

Verse – 4x with distortion “Girl you gotta love you man . . .”
-----3-----------5-----------7-----------5------5--|
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-4------4--4/6------6--6/7------7--7\6------6------|
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Then when Scott sings “Take him by the hand!~” -
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-2--2--x-x-x-x--4--4--x-x-x-x--5--5--x-x-x-x--12--12--|
-2--2--x-x-x-x--4--4--x-x-x-x--5--5--x-x-x-x--11--11--|
-0--0--x-x-x-x--2--2--x-x-x-x--3--3--x-x-x-x---0---0--|
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Then back to this -
-----3-----------5-----------7-----------5------5--|------------|
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-4------4--4/6------6--6/7------7--7\6------6------|------------|
---------------------------------------------------|--5^-5^-5^--|
---------------------------------------------------|--5^-5^-5^--|
---------------------------------------------------|--5^-5^-5^--|

After the harmonics go back to the distorted verse

Then go back to the clean verse

Finally go to this when the distortion comes back –
“Riders on the storm!!~~”
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-9-----9--9/11-----11--11/12-----12--12/14-----11/12\11--|
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-7-----7--7/-9------9---9/10-----10--10/12------9/10\-9--|
----0-----------0-------------0-------------0------------|

That’s about it. Hope it works for ya!!

Tab Key –
x = mute string(s)
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
^ = natural harmonic
h = hammer on