Surround Me Chords & Tabs
Surround me
Scott Stapp
Track number 6 from The Great Divide (2005)
Tunnings and Guitars
Guitar 1: Acoustic Guitar; Standard Tunning; (played by guitar player 1, can be guitar 2 clean)
Guitar 2: Distorted Electric Guitar; Standard Tunning; (played by guitar player 1,
where guitar 1 is off)
Guitar 3: Clean & Distorted Electric Guitar; Standard Tunning Drop D; Connected to 2
fast and normal;
(played by guitar player 2)
Intro (only Guitar 3; clean; normal delay)
Asus2 Dsus2
e||----------5----------------5--------|----------5----------------5--------||
B||------5-------5--------5-------5----|------5-------5--------5-------5----||
G||----4---4---4---4----4---4---4---4--|----7---7---7---7----7---7---7---7--||
D||--7----------------7----------------|--7----------------7----------------||
A||-------------------0----------------|-------------------0----------------||
D||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
F#sus2 Esus2
e||----------5----------------5--------|-----------2----------------2--------||
B||------7-------7--------7-------7----|-------5-------5--------5-------5----||
G||----6---6---6---6----6---6---6---6--|-----4---4---4---4----4---4---4---4--||
D||--4----------------4----------------|--2-----------------2----------------||
A||-------------------0----------------|--------------------0----------------||
D||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Verse 1
(only Guitar 3; clean; normal delay)
Riff 1
They say no man's an island but I tend to disagree
Riff 1
I guess they've never seen my island, And where it lies at sea
(Guitar 1 enters, Guitar 3 keeps pn playing)
Riff 1
Asus2 Dsus2 F#m E
I'm lost inside my memory. I'm still in disbelief.
Riff 1
Asus2 Dsus2 F#m E
If I could paint a picture for you, this is what you'd see
Riff 1 (basicly guitar 1 picks the notes from the chords shown above of the riff)
Asus2 Dsus2
e||----------5----------------5--------|----------5----------------5--------||
B||------5-------5--------5-------5----|------5-------5--------5-------5----||
G||----4---4---4---4----4---4---4---4--|----7---7---7---7----7---7---7---7--||
D||--7----------------7----------------|--7----------------7----------------||
A||-------------------0----------------|-------------------0----------------||
D||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
F#msus2 Esus2
e||----------5----------------5--------|-----------2----------------2--------||
B||------7-------7--------7-------7----|-------5-------5--------5-------5----||
G||----6---6---6---6----6---6---6---6--|-----4---4---4---4----4---4---4---4--||
D||--4----------------4----------------|--2-----------------2----------------||
A||-------------------0----------------|--------------------0----------------||
D||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Chorus 1
(Guitar 1 play chords, Guitar 3 plays theriff with slow delay)
A
I'm down on my knees
Dsus2
Begging you to rescue me
Please stop me
F#m
Don't let me run
E
Surround me...Surround me...now
Chrous Riff (play this along with the chords of the chorus, the notes that are not in
are the ones that really
matters, the res are just for fillin blanks)
A5 D5
e||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
B||----------10---------------(10)-------|----------3---------------(3)-------------||
G||--------9-----------------9----(9)----|--------2-----(2)--------2----(7)---------||
D||----(7)-------(7)-----(0)----------7--|----(0)--------------(0)----------(5)-----||
A||--0----------------(7)----------------|--0----------------0-----------------(5)--||
D||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
F#5 E5
e||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
B||-----------7-----------------(7)----|----------5------------------5-------------||
G||--------6-----------------6---------|--------4-----(4)----------4----(4)--------||
D||----(4)-------(4)-----(2)------(2)--|--2-----------------2--(2)---------(9)-----||
A||--2-----------------2---------------|----(2)-------------------------------(7)--||
D||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||
Break
Guitar 1
A Dsus2
e||--5---5--5---------5---5--5--|--0---0--0-------0--0-----||
B||--5---5--5----5----5---5-----|--3---3--3----3--3--3--3--||
G||--6---6--6--6------6---6-----|--2---2--2--2----2--2-----||
D||--7---7--7---------7---7-----|--0---0--0-------0--0-----||
A||--7---7--7---------7---7-----|--0---0--0-------0--0-----||
E||--5---5--5---------5---5-----|--0---0--0-------0--0-----||
F#m E
e||--2---2--2--------2---2--2--|--0---0--0-------0--0--0--||
B||--2---2--2----2---2---2-----|--0---0--0----0--0--0-----||
G||--2---2--2--2-----2---2-----|--1---1--1--1----1--1-----||
D||--4---4--4--------4---4-----|--2---2--2-------2--2-----||
A||--4---4--4--------4---4-----|--2---2--2-------2--2-----||
E||--2---2--2--------2---2-----|--0---0--0-------0--0-----||
Guitar 3 (normal delay)
Asus2 Dsus2
e||----------5----------------5--------|----------5----------------5--------||
B||------5-------5--------5-------5----|------5-------5--------5-------5----||
G||----4---4---4---4----4---4---4---4--|----7---7---7---7----7---7---7---7--||
D||--7----------------7----------------|--7----------------7----------------||
A||-------------------0----------------|-------------------0----------------||
D||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
F#sus2 Esus2
e||----------5----------------5--------|-----------2----------------2--------||
B||------7-------7--------7-------7----|-------5-------5--------5-------5----||
G||----6---6---6---6----6---6---6---6--|-----4---4---4---4----4---4---4---4--||
D||--4----------------4----------------|--2-----------------2----------------||
A||-------------------0----------------|--------------------0----------------||
D||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
Verse 2
(Guitar 1 plays chords, Guitar 3 plays Riff 2, normaldelay, let ring)
Riff 2
Asus2 Dsus2 F#m E
A wounded man sounds desperate when he's lost all his belief
Riff 2
Asus2 Dsus2 F#m E
Can you look into my eyes and say you won't betray me
Riff 2
Asus2 Dsus2 F#m E
We're running out of time, How precious time can be
Riff 2
Asus2 Dsus2 F#m E
I'm counting all the moments of the times you could have helped me
Riff 2
Asus2 Dsus2
e||------------------------0.<12>----------------|------------------0.<12>---------------||
B||--------------------12---------0.<12>---------|---------------5---------3.<15>--------||
G||-----------14-------------------------2.<14>--|---------7----------------------2.<14>-||
D||------(14)----(14)----------------------------|-----(7)---(7)-------------------------||
A||--/12-----------------------------------------|--5------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/scott_stapp/surround_me_tab_ver_3.html ]
F#m E
e||---------------------2.<14>----------------|-------------------0.<12>---------------||
B||------------------9---------2.<14>---------|---------------7----------0.<12>--------||
G||----------11-----------------------2.<14>--|---------9-----------------------1.<13>-||
D||-----(11)----(11)--------------------------|-----(9)---(9)--------------------------||
A||--/9---------------------------------------|--7-------------------------------------||
E||-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
Chorus 2
Guitar 1: Out
Guitar 2: Enters distorted playing chords
Guitar 3: Distorted no delay, plays chords riff
A
I'm down on my knees
Dsus2
Begging you to rescue me
Please stop me
F#m
Don't let me run
E
Surround me...Surround me
A
I'm down on my knees
Dsus2
Begging you to rescue me
Please stop me
F#m
Don't let me run
E
Surround me...Surround me...now
Chord riff
A5 D5
e||------------5------------------5--------|------------5------------------5--------||
B||--11----5-------5----11----5-------5----|--------5-------5----------5-------5----||
G||--9---4---4---4---4--9---4---4---4---4--|--3/--7---7---7---7--3/--7---7---7---7--||
D||--7------------------7------------------|--0------------------0------------------||
A||--7------------------7------------------|--0------------------0------------------||
D||--7------------------7------------------|--0------------------0------------------||
F5 E5
e||----------5----------------5-----------|-----------2----------------2---------||
B||--7----7-------7----7-----7-------7----|--5----5-------5----5----5-------5----||
G||--6--6---6---6---6--6---6---6---6---6--|--4--4---4---4---4--4--4---4---4---4--||
D||--4-----------------4------------------|--2-----------------2-----------------||
A||--4-----------------4------------------|--2-----------------2-----------------||
D||--4-----------------4------------------|--2-----------------2-----------------||
Bridge
Guitar 2: Distorted playing chords
Guitar 3: Distorted no delay, plays chords riff
From the chorus before
(E) A Dsus2 F#m E
Surround me...now, Surround me...now, Surround me...now, Surround me...now
A5 D5
e||------------5------------------5--------|------------5------------------5--------||
B||--11----5-------5----11----5-------5----|--------5-------5----------5-------5----||
G||--9---4---4---4---4--9---4---4---4---4--|--3/--7---7---7---7--3/--7---7---7---7--||
D||--7------------------7------------------|--0------------------0------------------||
A||--7------------------7------------------|--0------------------0------------------||
D||--7------------------7------------------|--0------------------0------------------||
F5 E5
e||----------5----------------5-----------|-----------2----------------2---------||
B||--7----7-------7----7-----7-------7----|--5----5-------5----5----5-------5----||
G||--6--6---6---6---6--6---6---6---6---6--|--4--4---4---4---4--4--4---4---4---4--||
D||--4-----------------4------------------|--2-----------------2-----------------||
A||--4-----------------4------------------|--2-----------------2-----------------||
D||--4-----------------4------------------|--2-----------------2-----------------||
Chrous 3
Guitar 1: Enters playing chords
Guitar 2: Out
Guitar 3: clean no delay, plays chords riff
A
I'm down on my knees
Dsus2
Begging you to rescue me
Please stop me
F#m
Don't let me run (distortion and guitar 2 enter)
E E E E E E E E E E E E
Surround me...Surround me...now
Chrous Riff (play this along with the chords of the chorus, the notes that are not in
are the ones that really
matters, the res are just for fillin blanks)
A5 D5
e||--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
B||----------10---------------(10)-------|----------3---------------(3)----------------||
G||--------9-----------------9----(9)----|--------2-----(2)--------2----(7)------------||
D||----(7)-------(7)-----(0)----------7--|----(0)--------------(0)----------(5)--------||
A||--0----------------(7)----------------|--0----------------0-----------------(5)-----||
D||--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
F#5 E5
e||------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
B||-----------7-----------------(7)----|--5--5---5---5---5--5--5---5---5---5--||
G||--------6-----------------6---------|--4--4---4---4---4--4--4---4---4---4--||
D||----(4)-------(4)-----(2)------(2)--|--2--2---2---2---2--2--2---2---2---2--||
A||--2-----------------2---------------|--2--2---2---2---2--2--2---2---2---2--||
D||------------------------------------|--2--2---2---2---2--2--2---2---2---2--||
Chorus 4
Guitar 2: Distorted playing chords
Guitar 3: Distorted no delay, plays chords riff
A
I'm down on my knees
Dsus2
Begging you to rescue me
Please stop me
F#m
Don't let me run
E
Surround me...Surround me
A
I'm down on my knees
Dsus2
Begging you to rescue me
Please stop me
F#m
Don't let me run
E
Surround me...Surround me...now
Chords Riff
A5 D5
e||------------5------------------5--------|------------5------------------5--------||
B||--11----5-------5----11----5-------5----|--------5-------5----------5-------5----||
G||--9---4---4---4---4--9---4---4---4---4--|--3/--7---7---7---7--3/--7---7---7---7--||
D||--7------------------7------------------|--0------------------0------------------||
A||--7------------------7------------------|--0------------------0------------------||
D||--7------------------7------------------|--0------------------0------------------||
F5 E5
e||----------5----------------5-----------|-----------2----------------2---------||
B||--7----7-------7----7-----7-------7----|--5----5-------5----5----5-------5----||
G||--6--6---6---6---6--6---6---6---6---6--|--4--4---4---4---4--4--4---4---4---4--||
D||--4-----------------4------------------|--2-----------------2-----------------||
A||--4-----------------4------------------|--2-----------------2-----------------||
D||--4-----------------4------------------|--2-----------------2-----------------||
Bridge
Guitar 2: Distorted playing chords
Guitar 3: Distorted Fast delay, plays lead guitar part
From the chorus before
(E) A Dsus2 F#m E
Surround me...now, Surround me...now, Surround me...now, Surround me...now x2
lead guitar part
e||---5---|---10--|---14---|--12---||
B||-------|-------|--------|-------||
G||--(2)--|--(7)--|--(11)--|--(9)--||
D||-------|-------|--------|-------||
A||-------|-------|--------|-------||
E||-------|-------|--------|-------||
Outro
Guitar 3: Distorted Fast delay, plays Outro riff (only guitar)
I'm down on my knees
Begging you to rescue me
Outro Riff (let ring)
e||---5---||
B||-------||
G||--(2)--||
D||-------||
A||-------||
E||-------||
INTRO
|------5------------5---------5--------5------------|
|---5---5-5------5---5-5----5--5-5---5--5-5---------|
|--7-7---7------7-7---7----6-6--6---6-6--6----------|
|-7------------7----------7--------7----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|------5---------5---------3--------3---------------|
|----5--5-5----5--5-5----3--3-3---3--3-3------------|
|---7-7--7----7-7--7----5-5--5---5-5--5-------------|
|--5---------5---------5--------5-------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
Chors used :
A D F#m E E
e-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-| |-0-|
b-0-|-3-|-0-|-0-| |-0-|
g-2-|-2-|-2-|-9-|OR|-x-|
d-2-|-0-|-4-|-9-| |-6-|
a-0-|---|-4-|-7-| |-7-|
E---|---|-2-|---| |---|
Verse 1: (A-D-F#m-E)
Chorus : (A-D-F#m-E)
Verse 2: (A-D-F#m-E)
