Band- Creed
Song- What If
Album- Human Clay
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Clean W/ Sound Effects'
Intro
Moderately Q=102
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
|---------------|---5--------3-----|---1-----------1-|---0-----------0-|
|-------------5-|-6---6---5----5---|-3---3-------3---|-3---3-------3---|
|-----------7---|------------------|-------1---1-----|-------0---0-----|
|--------/7-----|-0----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------0--------|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-------|
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
H Q. E H H H H
E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
|---0---------------|----5--------3-----|---1-----------1-|---0-----------0-|
|-2---2-----------5-|-6----6---5----5---|-3---3-------3---|-3---3-------3---|
|-------0-------7---|-------------------|-------1---1-----|-------0---0-----|
|-----------/7------|-0-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-------0---------|--------0-0------0-|-1-------1-------|-0-------0-------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
H E Q. Q. E Q. E H H H H
Gtrs I, IV
E E E Q E E E H. E E H E Q T T T T W
|---0-----------0-|-------------|---------------------|--------||
|-2---2-------2---|-3-------3---|-3------2h3--5p3p2p0h|==2-----||
|-------0---0-----|-------------|---------------------|--------||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------|--------||
|-0-------0-------|-1-------1---|-0-----------0-------|-(0)----||
|-----------------|-------------|---------------------|--------||
H H H. E E H.. E +W
Slower Q=74
E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------0-------|
|-0-0-0-------------0---0-0-|-0-0-0-------------0---2-2-|
|-0-0-0-----0-3h5-0-1---1-1-|-0-0-0-----0-3h5-0-1---1-1-|
|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0-0-0-2-2-|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-----|
Gtr II
PM
E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S S S E E S E.
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-0-0-0-----------0-0---0-0-|-0-0-0-------------------||
|-0-0-0-----0-3h5-0-1---1-1-|-0-0-0-----0-3h5---------||
|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0-0-0-2-2-|-0-0-0-3h5-0-------0-[3]-||
Verse
PM| PM PM ~~ PM| PM PM ~~
E S S S S S S S S E S E. E S S S S S S S S E S E.
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-0------------------------|
|-------------3h5---1------|-0-----------3h5---1------|
|-0-0-0-0h3-0-----0---0-2--|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|
PM| PM PM ~~ PM| PM PM ~~~
E S S S S S S S S E S E. E S S S S S S S S E S E.
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0-------------------------|
|-0-----------3h5---1------|-0-----------3h5---1-------|
|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|-0-0-0-0h3-0-----0---0-[3]-|
PM| PM PM ~~ PM| PM PM ~~
E S S S S S S S S E S E. E S S S S S S S S E S E.
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------|
|-0-----------3h5---1------|-0-----------3h5---1------|
|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|
PM| PM PM ~~ PM| PM PM ~~
E S S S S S S S S E S E. E S S S S S S S S E S E.
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------||
|-0-----------3h5---1------|-0-----------3h5---1------||
|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--||
Chorus
$
~~ ~~ ~~
Q E. E S E. E. Q E. E S E. E. Q S S S E. E. E.
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-3--3--3---3------|-5--5--5---3------|------5s7--7-7---3---------|
|-3--3--3---x------|-5--5--5---x------|--0---x----x-x---x---------|
|-1--1--1---1------|-3--3--3---1------|--0---3s5--5-5---1---------|
|---------0----2---|---------0----2---|--0-----------------2------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W Q. Q Q E
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-12-------11----10-----10S=|
|------------------|------------------|--x--------x-----x------x--|
|------------------|------------------|-10--------9-----8------8S=|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
~~ ~~ ~~
Q S S S E. E. E. Q E. E S E. E. Q E. E S E. E.
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|----------5s7-7-7---3------|--3---3--3-----3---------|-5--5--5--------3-----|
|--0-------x---x-x---x------|--3---3--3-----x---------|-5--5--5--------x-----|
|--0-------3s5-5-5---1------|--1---1--1-----1---------|-3--3--3--------1-----|
|--0--------------------2---|-------------0------2----|--------------0----2--|
|
| PM| ~~
| E S S S S Q Q. +H E E E E H +E E. E.
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-14-14-14-----3----/7------|-(7)-------7---7--7----7S|=9-------(9)\---3-----|
|--x--x--x-----x-----x------|-----------x---x--x----x-|-x--------------x-----|
|-12-12-12-----1----/5------|-(5)-------5---5--5----5S|=7-------(7)\---1-----|
|----------0-0--------------|-------------------------|-------------------2--|
To Coda
~~ PM
Q S S S E. E. E. Q S S S S E E S E.
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|------5s7--7-7---3--------|----------5s7--7--5--7----------||
|--0---x----x-x---x--------|--0-------x----x--x--x----------||
|--0---3s5--5-5---1--------|--0-------3s5--5--3--5----------||
|--0-----------------2-----|--0-----------------------0-[2]-||
|
| PM--|
| Q. Q Q E E S S S S S S E Q.
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-12-------11----10-----10S|=14-14-14-----10-10-10----------||
|--x--------x-----x------x-|--x--x--x------x--x--x----------||
|-10--------9-----8------8S|=12-12-12------8--8--8----------||
|--------------------------|----------0-0-------------------||
Verse
PM| PM PM ~~ PM| PM PM ~~
E S S S S S S S S E S E. E S S S S S S S S E S E.
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-0------------------------|
|-------------3h5---1------|-0-----------3h5---1------|
|-0-0-0-0h3-0-----0---0-2--|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|
PM| PM PM ~~ PM| PM PM ~~~
E S S S S S S S S E S E. E S S S S S S S S E S E.
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0-------------------------|
|-0-----------3h5---1------|-0-----------3h5---1-------|
|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|-0-0-0-0h3-0-----0---0-[2]-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/creed/what_if_tab_ver_10.html ]
PM| PM PM ~~ PM| PM PM ~~
E S S S S S S S S E S E. E S S S S S S S S E S E.
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------|
|-0-----------3h5---1------|-0-----------3h5---1------|
|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|
PM| PM PM ~~~~~~~~
E S S S S S S S S E S E. Q. Q. E E
|--------------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------||
|-0------------------------|-----------------||
|-0-----------3h5---1------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-3h5-0-----0---0-2--|-x\----------12\-||
Chorus
~~ ~~ ~~
Q E. E S E. E. Q E. E S E. E. Q S S S E. E. E.
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-3--3--3---3------|-5--5--5---3------|------5s7--7-7---3---------|
|-3--3--3---x------|-5--5--5---x------|--0---x----x-x---x---------|
|-1--1--1---1------|-3--3--3---1------|--0---3s5--5-5---1---------|
|---------0----2---|---------0----2---|--0-----------------2------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W Q. Q Q E
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-12-------11----10-----10S=|
|------------------|------------------|--x--------x-----x------x--|
|------------------|------------------|-10--------9-----8------8S=|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
~~ ~~ ~~
Q S S S E. E. E. Q E. E S E. E. Q E. E S E. E.
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|----------5s7-7-7---3------|--3---3--3-----3---------|-5--5--5--------3-----|
|--0-------x---x-x---x------|--3---3--3-----x---------|-5--5--5--------x-----|
|--0-------3s5-5-5---1------|--1---1--1-----1---------|-3--3--3--------1-----|
|--0--------------------2---|-------------0------2----|--------------0----2--|
|
| PM| ~~
| E S S S S Q Q. +H E E E E H +E E. E.
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-14-14-14-----3----/7------|-(7)-------7---7--7----7S|=9-------(9)\---3-----|
|--x--x--x-----x-----x------|-----------x---x--x----x-|-x--------------x-----|
|-12-12-12-----1----/5------|-(5)-------5---5--5----5S|=7-------(7)\---1-----|
|----------0-0--------------|-------------------------|-------------------2--|
To Coda
~~ ~~
Q S S S E. E. E. Q S S S E. E. E.
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|------5s7--7-7---3--------|----------5s7--7--7-----3------||
|--0---x----x-x---x--------|--0-------x----x--x-----x------||
|--0---3s5--5-5---1--------|--0-------3s5--5--5-----1------||
|--0-----------------2-----|--0------------------------2---||
|
| PM--|
| Q. Q Q E E S S S S S S E Q.
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-12-------11----10-----10S|=14-14-14-----10-10--10-7------||
|--x--------x-----x------x-|--x--x--x------x--x---x-x------||
|-10--------9-----8------8S|=12-12-12------8--8---8-5------||
|--------------------------|----------0-0------------------||
Interlude
PM------------------------------------------------| PM| ~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|---------------------7-------8--||
||----------------------------------|-------------------6-------7----||
||o---5-6---9-8---5---9-8---3-5-8-6-|---5-6---9-8---5---------------o||
||--0-----0-----0---0-----0---------|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-0------||
Bridge
<
PM--| ~
Wx2 H H H S S S S S S E
|------------|-----------|--------------------|
|------------|-----------|--------------------|
|------------|-----------|----------7-------8-|
|------------|------2s===|=5s===8-6-----------|
|------------|-----------|--------------------|
|------------|-----------|------------0-0-0---|
PM------------------------------------------------| PM| ~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 5x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|---------------------7-------8--||
||----------------------------------|-------------------6-------7----||
||o---5-6---9-8---5---9-8---3-5-8-6-|---5-6---9-8---5---------------o||
||--0-----0-----0---0-----0---------|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-0------||
$$ To Dbl. Coda D.S. al Coda
PM| PM----| PM|
E S S S E E S S S S S S S E S S S E E S S S S E. 4x
||----------------------------|-------------------------||
||o---------------------------|------------------------o||
||----------------------------|-------------------------||
||--0-----4-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-3-|-0-----4-0-0-0-1-0---8---||
||o-0-----4-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-3-|-0-----4-0-0-0-1-0---7--o||
||--0-0-0-4-0-0-0-1-0-3-0-4-3-|-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-1-0-0-----||
&
~~ ~~ ~~
Q S S S E. E. E. Q E. E S E. E. Q E. E S E. E.
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|----------5s7-7-7---3------|--3---3--3-----3---------|-5--5--5--------3-----|
|--0-------x---x-x---x------|--3---3--3-----x---------|-5--5--5--------x-----|
|--0-------3s5-5-5---1------|--1---1--1-----1---------|-3--3--3--------1-----|
|--0--------------------2---|-------------0------2----|--------------0----2--|
|
| Gtr III
| PM| ~~
| E S S S S Q Q. +H E E E E H +E E. E.
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-14-14-14-----3----/7------|-(7)-------7---7--7----7S|=9-------(9)\---3-----|
|--x--x--x-----x-----x------|-----------x---x--x----x-|-x--------------x-----|
|-12-12-12-----1----/5------|-(5)-------5---5--5----5S|=7-------(7)\---1-----|
|----------0-0--------------|-------------------------|-------------------2--|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
~~ ~~
Q S S S E. E. E. Q S S S E. Q.
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|------5s7--7-7---3--------|----------5s7-7-7-----------||
|--0---x----x-x---x--------|--0-------x---x-x-----------||
|--0---3s5--5-5---1--------|--0-------3s5-5-5----x\-----||
|--0-----------------2-----|--0------------------x\-----||
|
| PM| ~~
| Q. Q Q E E S S S S S S E E Q
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|-12-------11----10-----10S|=14-14-14-----3-3--3S7------||
|--x--------x-----x------x-|--x--x--x-----x-x--x-x------||
|-10--------9-----8------8S|=12-12-12-----1-1--1S5------||
|--------------------------|----------0-0-----------x\--||
&&
PM|
S S S S S E E S S S S E. +W +W
|----------------------------||-------------:---------||
|----------------------------||o------------:--------o||
|----------------------------||-------------:---------||
|-(3)-0-----4-0-0-0-1-0---8--||--(8)--------:-(8)-----||
|-(3)-0-----4-0-0-0-1-0---7--||o-(7)--------:-(7)----o||
|-(3)-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-1-0-0----||-------------:---------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
