Creed: Fear
Transcribed by: Andrew Zara (disturbedfreak0520@yahoo.com)
YouTube Account: MysticGuitar77
Tuning: Drop B (B,F#,B,E,G#,C#)
ph - pinch harmonic
* - palm mute
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - 1/2 bend unless otherwise noted
~ - let ring/vibrato
^ - up-strummed
Riff 1
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------3-----------------------3---3-5ph-|
F#|-------3-----------5-5ph-------3-----------5-------|
B|-0h3h5---0-0h3h5---------0h3h5---0-0h3h5-----------|
C#|-------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------3-------------------------------------|
F#|-------3-----------5-5ph-3-5-3------3--------3---------|
B|-0h3h5---0-0h3h5---------------5-3----5-3-2----5-3-2-1-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 2
C#|-----------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------3-----------------|
F#|-0-0-------3-0-0---------0-0-0---3ph-----|
B|-0-0-0h3h5---0-0-0h3h5---0-0-0-0-----3ph-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
F#|-0-0-------3-0-0---3-5-3------3--------3---------|
B|-0-0-0h3h5---0-0-0-------5-3----5-3-2----5-3-2-1-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 3 "Don't you turn a blind eye..."
C#|-----------------------|
G#|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-|
F#|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-|
B|-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3/5-5-|
*
Repeat first half of Riff 2
Riff 3a
C#|-------------------|
G#|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
B|-5-5-5-5-3~-----\\-|
F#|-5-5-5-5-3~-----\\-|
B|-5-5-5-5-3~-----\\-|
*
Riff 4 "Listen to me when I tell you..."
C#|---0------------------------|
G#|---3-3-3--------------------|
E|---2-2-2--------------------|
B|-0-0-0-0-10--10-10-0-8--8-8-|
F#|-0-0-0-0-10--10-10-0-8--8-8-|
B|-0-0-0-0-10--10-10-0-8--8-8-|
C#|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
B|-3-2-0-5-0-7-5-0-|
F#|-3-2-0-5-0-7-5-0-|
B|-3-2-0-5-0-7-5-0-|
* * * * * *
Repeat first measure of Riff 4
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/creed/fear_tab.html ]
C#|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
B|-3-2-0-5-0-3-2-0-|
F#|-3-2-0-5-0-3-2-0-|
B|-3-2-0-5-0-3-2-0-|
* * * * * *
Repeat first measure of Riff 4
C#|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
F#|-----------------|
B|-3-2-0-5-0-7-5-0-|
Repeat first measure of Riff 4
C#|----------------|
G#|----------------|
E|----------------|
B|-0-3-3-5-5-5-7~-|
F#|-0-3-3-5-5-5-7~-|
B|-0-3-3-5-5-5-7~-|
* * * *
Play Riff 1
Play Riff 2
Play Riff 3
Play first half of Riff 2
Play Riff 3a
Play Riff 4
Riff 5 w/ light distortion and lightly palm muted
C#|-----------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-0-5-7-8-7-5-8---8-3---3-5---5-2---2-3---3-5---5-2-0-|
Riff 6
C#|-------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-0-0-0-0-3/7/8-8-8-8-7-3-3-3-3-0-3-5-7-7-7-5-3-0-|
Riff 7 "Let go, let go..."
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------3------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------3-1-0~-|
F#|--------------0----------------0------------------------1-1-0~-|
B|-1b-0-0-0-0-0---0-1b-0-0-0-0-0---0-1b-0-0-1b-0-0-1b-0-0---1-0~-|
* * * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 8 (clean)
C#|-0^----------------------------------|
G#|-3^----------------------------------|
E|-2^-----12-12-12------10-10-10-10-10-|
B|-0^-0-0-10-10-10-0-8--8--10-10-10-8--|
F#|-0^-0-0-10-10-10-0-8--8--8--8--8--8--|
B|-0^-0-0-10-10-10-0-8--8--8--8--8--8--|
C#|-0----------------------------------|
G#|-3-3-3------------------------------|
E|-2-2-2-12-12-12------10-12-12-12-10-|
B|-0-0-0-10-10-10-0-8--8--8--8--8--8--|
F#|-0-0-0-10-10-10-0-8--8--8--8--8--8--|
B|-0-0-0-10-10-10-0-8--8--8--8--8--8--|
Repeat first measure of Riff 8 w/o up-strummed chord and end on:
C#|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|
E|-10~-------------|
B|-8~~----------\\-|
F#|-8~~----------\\-|
B|-8~~----------\\-|
Play Riff 4
End with Riff 7 and let last chord ring out
That's it and very fun song to play.
You can check my YouTube channel if you need any help or questions
as I have a video of me covering this song.
Enjoy.
