Author/Artist: Creed Title: My Sacrifice Album: Weathered Tuning: D A D G B D (low to high) Transcribed by: Adam Strachn Email: CookieMonster912@hotmail.com This song is really good. It\'s amazing that Creed actually wrote a \'love\' ballad. Great lyrics and guitar throughout the whole song! All I have to say is that they are back and won\'t stop now!! I have compiled this tab from other tabs online and my own work. Like usual I will update the tab as I figure out better ways to play it or to get it closer to the way he plays it. The tuning is just like regular Drop D but the high E string is tuned to D also. Get a tuner to do this. I was thinking it was in DADADD tuning (which it might be) but this tuning seems more accurate. Notes - Intro - Play this with your fingers, it sounds like he uses a delay effect. Verse - The is last chords the Bm and the G abr chord are strummed. Chorus - Listen to the song real good for the timing of how o play the chords. Bridge - Easy octave riffs Other - The clean chorus after the bridge is played with a phase shifter I THINK. The rest is pretty simple to figure out. Intro (clean tone, let notes ring out) -------------0----------------------7-----------7------| ----2-----------3--------------------------------------| -------4-----------4-------------7-----7-----7-----7~--| ----------4-----------4--------------------------------| -2-------------------------0---------------------------| ------------------------------5------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------| -7-7--7/6--6/7--7----7-7--7/6----6/11---11---11/12-----| ----------------------------------------------------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----------------------7-----------7------| ----2-----------3--------------------------------------| -------4-----------4-------------7-----7-----7-----7~--| ----------4-----------4--------------------------------| -2-------------------------0---------------------------| ------------------------------5------------------------| Kick in the distortion and let the feedback roll a little Verse - ------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| ------------------------------------|----------------------------------------| -7/6--6/7---7---7--7--6/7--7--7--7--|--7/6--6/7--7-7--6/7--7--6--4-------/7--| ------------------------------------|----------------------------4---0---/5--| -5/4--4/5---5---5--5--4/5--5--5--5--|--5/4--4/5--5-5--4/5--5--4--2---0---/5--| -0----0-----0---0--0--0----0--0--0--|--0----0----0-0--0----0--0--0---0---/5--| * Right before the chorus do a pick scrape across the top D & A strings Chorus - When you are with me . . . . . . I’m free . . . . . . . . I’m --------------------------------|-------------------------------| -3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--| -2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--| Careless . . . . . . . . . I believe . . . . \\\" --------------------------------------------------------------------| -3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3----------------------------------------| -4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--------7-7-7---------------------------| -4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4---0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--| -2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2---0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--| * * * Bridge - \\\"I just want to say hello to again . . .\\\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| -11/9--9-9-----9/7--7-7-----7/6--6-6-----4/6--6/7--7/6--6/9--9-9-7--7-7-----| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------| --9/7--7-7--0--7/5--5-5--0--5/4--4-4--0--2/4--4/5--5/4--4/7--7-7-5--5-5--0--| --0----0-0--0--0----0-0--0--0----0-0--0--0----0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0--0--| * * * * A little later on - (a Led Zeppelin like riff ala \\\"Kashmir\\\") --------------------------------------------------------------|--------------| --------------------------------------------------------------|---------3~~--| -15-15-15-15-----15-15-15-15--x--15-15-15-15-----15-15-15-15--|---------2~~--| --------------------------------------------------------------|------0--0~~--| -13-13-13-13--0--13-13-13-13--x--13-13-13-13--0--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--|--0-0-0--0~~--| * * * * * Clean chorus - (listen to the song well to get this part and strum the chords) ----5/7--5-4-----------0---------0--------0--0--5/7-----0--0--0---------0-----| -3-------------2--3-----------0-------0---0--3----------3--3---------0------0-| -2--0-0--0-0---0--4--------2-------2------7--2----------2--4-----2--------2---| -0--0-0--0-0---0--4-----------------------5--0-------0--0--4------------------| -0--0-0--0-0---0--2--4---2----------------5--0-------0--0--2--4----2----------| -0--0-0--0-0---0--------------------------5--0-------0--0--0------------------| Right before the distorted chorus Mark does harmonics between the 2nd and 3rd frets - -------------------| -------------------| -------------------| -------------------| -2.7^--2.7^--2.7^--| -2.7^--2.7^--2.7^--| Then it goes into the dirty chorus - When you are with me . . . . . . I’m free . . . . . . . . I’m --------------------------------|-------------------------------| -3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--| -2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2--| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--| Careless . . . . . . . . . I believe . . . . \\\" --------------------------------------------------------------------| -3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3----------------------------------------| -4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--------7-7-7---------------------------| -4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4---0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--| -2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2---0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--| * * * Then the bridge riffs Outro (played clean very quiet then it fades out, not exactly sure how accurate it is) -0---5/7-5-4--0--0-0---0--------------------4-4-4-5-5---------------------| -3------------0--0-0---3--2-2h3-2-2---------3-3-3-3-3---------------------| -2---0-0-0-0--0--0-2---4--2-2---2-2------2--2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2h4--2--2-2--| -0------------0--0-0---4--0-0---0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0--0-0--| -0------------0--0-4---2-------------0-0-0--0-0-0------0-0-0-0----0--0-0--| -0------------0--0-0---0-------------0-0-0--0-0--------0-0-0-0----0--0-0--| -5/7-5-4--0-0--0--| ----------0-0--0--| ----------0-0--2--| ----------0-0--0--| ----------0-0--4--| ----------0-0--0--| Tab Key- H = hammer on P = pull off ~ = let note(s) ring / slide up or down x = mute sting(s) ^ = harmonics * = palm mute