This is the Corrected tab for the song. It is in NORMAL tuning, NOT drop-D. The notes
are right, but there is a possibility that I have spacing or timing wrong in a couple
of places.
Intro/Verse: Acoustic Guitar
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------|
G|---0------------0---0--|---0--------------------|
D|-----3------------3----|-----3-----------1-3----|
A|-----------------------|---------------------3~-|
E|-4---------0-11--------|-4----------0-11--------|
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------|
G|---0------------0---0--|---0----0----0----------|
D|-----3------------3----|-----3---------3--------|
A|-----------------------|-----------------3~-----|
E|-4---------0-11--------|-4--------44------------|
Repeat this Riff throughout verses:
(Verse 1)
Prison gates won’t open up for me
On these hands and knees I’m crawlin’
Oh, I reach for you
Well I’m terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can’t hold my soul in
(no guitar)
All I need is you; Come please I’m callin’
(no guitar)
And oh I scream for you; Hurry I’m fallin’ (echo of “fallin’”)
Pre-Chorus: Acoustic
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-----------------------------|
G|---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3--------------------| X 2
D|---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----------|
A|---3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-----------|
E|------------------------------1-1-1-1-----------|
Chorus: Acoustic + Electric with overdrive
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-----------------------------|
G|---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3------3-3-----------|
D|---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----------|
A|---3-3-3-3--6-6-6-6--1-1-1-1--3-3-1-1-----------|
E|------------------------------1-1---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nickelback/savin_me_tab_ver_6.html ]
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-------------------------------|
G|---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5--8-8-8-3-----------------------------|
A|---3-3-3-3--6-6-6-3-----------------------------|
E|------------------1-----------------------------|
Pre-chorus:
Show me what its like (to be the last one standing)
And teach me wrong from right (and ill show you what i can be)
Chorus:
And say it for me, say it to me. And ill leave this life behind me
Say it if its worth saving me
Verse 2 is played exactly the same as Verse 1:
Heaven’s gates won’t open up for me
With these broken wings I’m fallin’
And all I see is you
These city walls ain’t got no love for me
I’m on the ledge of the eighteenth story
And oh I scream for you
Come please I’m callin’
And all I need from you
Hurry I’m fallin’
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Guitar Solo: Electric with overdrive
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------|
G|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|-6p5-3p0-3--6p5-3p0-3--|-6p5-3p0-3-----0-3p0-5--|
A|-----------------------|-----------333----------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------|
G|-----------------------|--------3333-5555-8888--|
D|-6p5-3p0-3-----0-5-3---|-3-5555-----------------|
A|-----------333---------|------------------------|
E|-----------------------|------------------------|
e|-----------------------|----------------------6-13|
B|-9p8-6---6—9p8-6---6---|-9p8-6---6-----6-9p6h9----|
G|-------8---------8-----|-------8---5558-----------|
D|-----------------------|--------------------------|
A|-----------------------|--------------------------|
E|-----------------------|--------------------------|
Bridge: played same as chorus
And all I need is you (come please I’m callin’)
And all I scream for you (you, I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’)
Pre-chorus: this time with electric
Chorus: all guitars
Outro: piano plays outro
