CREED - "With Arms Wide Open" Tablature

PROPS GO TO: Adam Strachn


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Author/Artist: Creed
Title: With Arms Wide Open
Album: Human Clay
Tuning: Drop D (low to high - D A D G B E)
Transcribed by: Adam Strachn
Email: CookieMonster912@hotmail.com

Notes -
A nice ballad for Stapp’s son. Good guitar work by Tremonti too.
Tremonti always holds his guitar in the classical position while playing.
Mostly while he finger picks. Not so much on the real HEAVY stuff.
He props his left leg up on one of his 2 x 12 JBL floor monitors and plays like that. This naturally gives you the elevation to use all five of your fingers when finger picking. It may be unorthodox to some of you but it really is nice way to play stuff. This is how he plays this tune. I've studied him when he plays live. It actually is easier to play this way.

Tab Key –
H = hammer on
P = pull off
~ = let note ring
/ = slide up
\ = slide down

Intro/Verse – (uses wah pedal as a filter, no wah when played live.)

Csus2
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-0h1-----------1--------1h3-----1--------0h1p0--|
-0----0-----------0----------------0------------|
---------0--------------------------------------|
-3----------3--------3-------3--------3---------|
------------------------------------------------|

Gsus4/B
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-0h1-----------1--------3-----1--------0h1p0--|
-0----0-----------0-----0--------0------------|
---------0------------------------------------|
-2----------2--------2-----2--------2---------|
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Am11
----------------------------------------|
-0h1-----------1--------0h1p0-----------|
-0----0-----------0------------0--------|
---------0------------------------0-----|
-0----------0--------0---------------0--|
----------------------------------------|

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-0h1-----------1--------0h1p0------------0--------|
------0-----------0-------------0-----------0-----|
---------0-------------------------0--------------|
-0----------0--------0----------------0--------0--|
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Chorus – (strum chords)
--------------3-----------------------5--|
-6------------3------------5----------5--|
-5------------5------------4----------7--|
-3------------5------------2----------7--|
-3------------3------------2----------5--|
-3-------------------------2-------------|

Verse II – (Tremonti just plays verse I over again when played live)
“I don’t know” “I’m ready “ “be the man” “I have to be”
-0------------ --0------------ --0------------ --3-----3---0--|
-1------------ --3------------ --1------------ --1-----1---1--|
-0------------ --0------------ --0------------ --0---------0--|
-0------------ --0------------ --0------------ --2------------|
-3------------ --2------------ --0------------ ---------------|
-------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------|

“take a . . .” “by my side” “stand in awe” “created life”
-0------------ --0------------ --0------------ --3------------|
-1------------ --3------------ --1----------- --1------------|
-0------------ --0------------ --0------------ --0------------|
-0------------ --0------------ --2------------ --2------------|
-3------------ --2------------ --0------------ ---------------|
-------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------|

“With arms” |Chorus II – (distortion, strum chords)
------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
------------|--5------------5------------4------------7------------5--|
------------|--3------------5------------2------------7------------5--|
-------12\--|--3------------3------------2------------5------------3--|
-12----12\--|--3-------------------------2----------------------------|


Solo – (with wah pedal)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------5-6-5-6-5---------5-6-5-6-5---------5-6b~-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-5-6-8b~~~r--|
-5--7--------------5--7--------------5--7----------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhythm guitar for solo -
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-5--5-5-5-5-5---5/7\5---------------------------3--3-3--3-3-3---2--2-2-2-2--|
-5--5-5-5-5-5------------5--5-5-5-5-5--5--0-0---3--3-3--3-3-3---2--2-2-2-2--|
-3--3-3-3-3-3---3/5\3----2--2-2-2-2-2--2--0-0---1--1-1--1-1-1---0--0-0-0-0--|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

He plays this live after the solo during the bridge – “If I had just one wish”
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-5--5-5-5-5-5-------5--5-5-5-5-5---------3--3-3--3-3-3-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
-3--3-3-3-3-3---0---2--2-2-2-2-2---0-0---1--1-1--1-1-1--0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
-3--3-3-3-3-3---0---2--2-2-2-2-2---0-0---1--1-1--1-1-1--0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
-3--3-3-3-3-3---0---2--2-2-2-2-2---0-0---1--1-1--1-1-1--0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

Last strum – “Wide open~~~ ”
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------1~~----|
------0~~----|
------3~~----|
------3~~----|
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