Creed - My Sacrifice Chords & Tabs

Song: My Sacrifce
Band: Creed
Album: Weathered
Tabbed by:  Alejandro D'Brot 
	    alexd@terra.com.pe


h= hammer-on 
/= slide up
\= slide down 
PM.= palm mute
()= ghost note, play very softly
*= these are each separate chords, but to show the time, I put them close together

Tuning: Guitar DADGBd

NOTE: The strumming parts do not display the rythm exactly, so listen to the song and 
      find the strumming that feels best to you.            			 

[ intro ] 
(clean & with delay)

I:
d|-----------0--------------------0----------| 
B|---2-----3---2-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------14------14----|
D|-----4---------4----------12------12----12-|
A|-2-----2------------0--10------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|

II: 
(struming, without delay)

d|------0----0----0-----0-0-0-0-0-------0-----| 
B|-0-0--x----x----x-----x-x-x-x-x-------x-----|
G|-2-2--7\6--6/7--7---7-7-7-6-6-7/-11---11/12-|
D|-0-0--0----0----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-----|
A|-0-0--5\4--4/5--5-----5-5-4-4-5/-9----9-/10-|
D|------0----0----0-----0-0-0-0-0-------0-----|

III:
d|-------------0---------------------0----------| 
B|-----------3---2------------------------------|
G|-2----2-------------------------14------14----|
D|-x------4--------4-----------12------12----12-|
A|-0--2-----2------------0---10-----------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|


...let ring...
...now kick in with distortion...

[ main riff ]
(struming, with distortion)

d|-----------0--0------0--0-----|-----------0--0------0-------|
B|-----------x--x------x--x-----|-----------x--x------x-------|
G|-7\6--6/7--7--7--6-6-7--7/9\7-|-7\6--6/7--7--7--6-6-7--6-2--|
D|-0----0----0--0--0-0-0--0-----|-0----0----0--0--0-0-0--0-0--|
A|-5\4--4/5--5--5--4-4-5--5/7\5-|-5\4--4/5--5--5--4-4-5--4-0--|
D|-0----0----0--0--0-0-0--0-----|-0----0----0--0--0-0-0--0----|

d|----0-0-0--0 0---0----0--0--0--0-0-0-0-0------|   
B|----3-3-3--3-3---3----x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x------|  
G|-4--4-4-4--4-4---4/12-12-12-12-1212121212-**--|  
D|-4--4-4-4--4-4---4/12-12-12-12-1212121212-00--|
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2---2/10-10-10-10-1010101010-00--|
D|------------------------------------------00--|
	            		         PM.¨¨ 

...play that two more times...
[ when Stapp sings, mute the D string(4th) & don't play the open d strings ]
[ on the first part  							   ]



[ chorus ]
(strumming, with distortion)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/creed/my_sacrifice_tab.html ]
  "When you are away with me..."
d|---------------------0--0--0-0--0-0----------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------3--3--3-3--3-3-----2--2--3-3--3-----------------------|
G|-7--7--7--7--7-7--2--2--2--2-2--2-2--4--4--4--4-4--4-----***-**-***--------|
D|-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--5--555-00-540-4--5\4-|
A|-0--5--4/55--5-5--4--4--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2--2-2--2--5--555-00-540-4--5\4-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--5--555-00-540-4--5\4-|
							     PM.¨   
d|----0--0--0--0-0-----0--0--0-0--0-0-----------------------------------| 
B|----x--x--x--x-x-----3--3--3-3--3-3--2--2--2--3-3--3------------------|
G|-7--7--7--7--7-7--2--2--2--2-2--2-2--4--4--4--4-4--4-----***-**-***---|
D|-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--5--555-00-540-4-|
A|-0--5--4/55--5-5--4--4--4--4-4--4-4--2--2--2--2-2--2--5--555-00-540-4-|
D|-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0--0-0--0--5--555-00-540-4-|
							     PM.¨   

...then play the main riff three times... 

...and then play the chorus...
...but replace the very last part of the chorus with this...

d|-----------------| 
B|-----------------|
G|-**-***----------|
D|-00-540-4--5/4-0-|
A|-00-540-4--5/4-0-|
D|-00-540-4--5/4-0-|
 PM.¨	      PM.¨

...and now the bridge...

[ bridge ]

d|-------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11/9-9-9----9/7-7-7----7/6-6-6----4/6-6/7-7\6-6/9-9\7-7-7---|
D|--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-00-0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-|
A|--9/7-7-7-0--7/5-5-5-0--5/4-4-4-00-2/4-4/5-5\4-4/7-7\5-5-5-0-|
D|--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-0--0---0-0-00-0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-|
         PM.¨       PM.¨       PM.¨¨	                  PM.¨

...play that three more times...

...then play this...

d|-8-8-8-8-----8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-----8-8-8-8---------------| 
B|-11111111----11111111---11111111----11111111--------3-----|
G|-10101010----10101010---10101010----10101010--------2-----|
D|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--7-7-0--0-----|
A|----------0----------------------0-----------5-4-0--0-----|
D|----------0----------------------0-----------0-0-0--0-----|
         PM.¨		        PM.¨	    PM.¨¨¨¨¨		
 
..let ring and then play this...
(clean, struming)

  "Cuz when you are away with me...	
d|-0--0--00--7--5--***----0--0--0-0--0-0------0--0-------0----| 
B|-x--x--xx--x--x--7------3--3--3-3--3-3------3--3------------|
G|-7--7--77--7--7--722-2--2--2--2-2--2-2------4--4---4----(4)-|
D|-7--7--77--7--7--700-0--0--0--0-0--0-0--4---4--4-4---4------|
A|-5--5--55--5--5--500-4--4--4--4-4--4-4--2---2--2------------|
D|-------**---------------------------------------------------|

d|-------0-0---------| 
B|-------x-x----****-|
G|----7--7-7-7--7777-|
D|-7--7--7-7-7h99977-|
A|-5--5--5-5-5--5555-|
D|-5--5--5-5-5--5555-|
         ^ 
...then play second time with delay at the end, stop at the ^ and play this instead...

d|-----------------| 
B|-----------------|
G|-7-7-7-7---------|
D|-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-|
A|-7-7-5-5-4-4-0-0-|
D|---------0-0-0-0-|
PM.¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨

[ this is the part when the soft part turns into the chorus (listen to the song) ]

...put on distortion and play the chorus once, with the change at the end...
...then play the first part of the bridge three times, 
 and then play the second part once...

...