Words by John Cooper
Music by John Cooper
Transcribed by Chris Flippo
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Strings'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Distorted'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Distorted 2 '
Intro
Q=105
N.C. Bb5 F/Bb
4/4
Gtr I
E. S S E S E E E E E. S +S S E +S E S S E S
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------2---|--------------------------2-2-2-|
|-0------2h3p==2-----------|-3----3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3---3-3-3-3-|
|------0---------3-(3)---0-|-1----1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1---1-1-1-1-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| < < <
| E E E E Q E E E E +Q E E Q
|-5----------3---------1---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----1---(1)------1----3---------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------3-----|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
N.C. F5/CF/C C5 Am7/C
E. S S E S E E E E Q S E S Q S E S
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------2---|-----2-2---2----2-2-2-|
|-0------2h3p==2-----------|-3---3-3---3-5--5-5-5-|
|------0---------3-(3)---0-|-3---3-3---3-3--3-3-3-|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|
| < < <
| E E E E Q E E Q. E Q Q
|-5----------3---------1---|-1-------0---1--------|
|--------------------------|----------------1-----|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
N.C. Bb5 F/Bb
E. S S E S E E E E E. S +S S E +S E S S E S
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------2---|--------------------------2-2-2-|
|-0------2h3p==2-----------|-3----3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3---3-3-3-3-|
|------0---------3-(3)---0-|-1----1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1---1-1-1-1-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| < < <
| E E E E Q E E E E +Q E E Q
|-5----------3---------1---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----1---(1)------1----3---------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------3-----|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
N.C. F5
E. S S E S E E E E W
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
|----------------------2---|------|
|-0------2h3p==2-----------|-3----|
|------0---------3-(3)---0-|-3----|
|--------------------------|-1----|
|
| < < <
| E E E E Q E E W
|-5----------3---------1---|-1----|
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
Riff
$
D5 Bb5 D5 Bb5
Gtr III
S S E S E E E S S S S S S S E S E E E S S S S S
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
Verse
D5
Gtr I
E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E S E. S E.
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------2---|-------2-(2)-----2----2--|
|-0----2h3----3-----|-----3---------3---------|
|----0-----3------0-|--1----------1------1----|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| >
| W +W
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------------|-(0)---------------------|
|-0-----------------|-(0)---------------------|
|-0-----------------|-(0)---------------------|
E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E +E E E. S
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------2---|-------2-(2)---------2--2-|
|--0----2h3----3-----|--0--3-------------3------|
|-----0-----3------0-|-------------3-(3)--------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +W +W
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-(0)----------------|-(0)----------------------|
|-(0)----------------|-(0)----------------------|
|-(0)----------------|-(0)----------------------|
N.C.
E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E S E. E S S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|---------------2---|-----2-(2)-----2------2-|
|-0----2h3----3-----|---3---------3------3---|
|----0-----3------0-|-1---------1------1-----|
|-------------------|------------------------|
E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E +E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------2---|-----2-(2)---------0---|
|-0----2h3----3-----|-0-3-------------2-----|
|----0-----3------0-|-----------3-(3)---3---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
N.C.
E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E S E. S E.
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------2---|-----2-(2)-----2------2--|
|-0------2h3-----3-----|---3---------3-----------|
|------0-----3-------0-|-1---------1--------1----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| < < <
| E E E E Q E E E E +Q E E Q
|-5----------3-----1---|-------------------------|
|----------------------|---1---(1)---1----3------|
|----------------------|--------------------3----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E +E E E. S
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------2---|------2-(2)---------2--2---|
|-0------2h3-----3-----|-0--3-------------3--------|
|------0-----3-------0-|------------3-(3)----------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|
| < < <
| E E E E Q E E Q. E Q Q
|-5----------3-----1---|-1----------0--1-----------|
|----------------------|--------------------1------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
N.C.
E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E S E. E S S
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------2---|-----2-(2)-----2--------2-|
|-0------2h3-----3-----|---3---------3--------3---|
|------0-----3-------0-|-1---------1--------1-----|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| < < <
| E E E E Q E E E E +Q E E Q
|-5----------3-----1---|--------------------------|
|----------------------|---1---(1)---1----3-------|
|----------------------|--------------------3-----|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
D5
Gtr III
E. S S S Q E E E S S S S E E S S S S E E
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------2---|--------------------------|
|-0------2h3-----3-----|-x-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-x-0-0--|
|------0-----3-------0-|-x-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-x-0-0--|
|----------------------|-x-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-x-0-0--|
|
| < < <
| E E E E Q E E W
|-5----------3-----1---|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
D5 C5 Bb5 D5 F5 E5
S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
D.S.
D5 C5 Bb5 D5 F5 E5
S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
Solo
D5 C5 Bb5
S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
||---------------------------|---------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------|
||---------------------------|---------------|
||--0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-10--10--8--8--|
||o-0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-10--10--8--8--|
||--0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-10--10--8--8--|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. H +E Q Q Q Q
||---------------------------|---------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------|
||--9--------10---------(10)S|==2---2--3--3--|
||---------------------------|---------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------|
||---------------------------|---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/skillet/savior_tab_ver_6.html ]
D5 F5 E5
S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------|---------------||
|--------------------------|--------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------||
|-0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-3--3--2--2----||
|-0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-3--3--2--2---o||
|-0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-3--3--2--2----||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. H +E Q Q Q Q
|--------------------------|---------------||
|--------------------------|--------------o||
|-9--------10---------(10)S|=5--5--5--5----||
|--------------------------|---------------||
|--------------------------|--------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------||
Bridge
D5 Bb5
W W S S E S E E E S S S S S
|----------|----------||---------------------------||
|----------|----------||o-------------------------o||
|----------|----------||---------------------------||
|----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
|----------|----------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-o||
|----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
D5 Bb5
W W S S E S E E E S S S S S
|----------|----------||---------------------------||
|----------|----------||o-------------------------o||
|----------|----------||---------------------------||
|----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
|----------|----------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-o||
|----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5
Q. H +E Q. H +E
||-----------------|------------------------||-|
||o----------------|-----------------------o||-|
||-----------------|------------------------||-|
||--10----8----(8)-|-10----8-----------(8)--||-|
||o-10----8----(8)-|-10----8-----------(8)-o||-|
||--10----8----(8)-|-10----8-----------(8)--||-|
|
| Gtr IV
| W H S S S S Q
||-----------------|------------------------||-|
||o----------------|-------------3---3-----o||-|
||-----------------|-----------3---3--------||-|
||-----------------|------------------------||-|
||o----------------|-----------------------o||-|
||-----------------|------------------------||-|
C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 F5
S E S E S E S E S S S S 4x
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------10--10-10-10---||
||--10--12-10--12-10--12-10--12-10--10-10-10---||
||o-10--12-10--12-10--12-10--12--8---8--8--8--o||
||--10--12-10--12-10--12-10--12----------------||
|
| E. E. E. E. +Q 4x
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||---0------2------3------5-----(5)------------||
Intro Riff
N.C. Bb5 F/Bb
Gtr I
E. S S E S E E E E E. S +S S E +S E S S E S
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------2---|----------------------2-2-2-|
|-0----2h3p2-----------|-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----0-------3-(3)---0-|-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
N.C. F5/F/C C5 Am7/C
E. S S E S E E E E Q S E S Q S E S
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|------------------2---|----2-2-2----2-2-2---|
|-0----2h3p2-----------|-3--3-3-3-5--5-5-5---|
|----0-------3-(3)---0-|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3---|
|----------------------|---------------------|
N.C. Bb5 F/Bb
E. S S E S E E E E E. S +S S E +S E S S E S
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------2---|----------------------2-2-2-|
|-0----2h3p2-----------|-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----0-------3-(3)---0-|-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
N.C. F5
E. S S E S E E E E W
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|------------------2---|--------------------|
|-0----2h3p2-----------|-3------------------|
|----0-------3-(3)---0-|-3------------------|
|----------------------|-1------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-|
| W H E E E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|------x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|----------------------|------x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|----------------------|------x-x-x-x-x-x---|
Chorus x2 (with strirngs)
D5 C5 Bb5 D5 F5 E5
Gtr III
S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|
| Gtr IV
| W Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------5--5--|
|---------------------|---------6--6--|---------------------|-6--6--------|
|---------------------|--5---5--------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
D5 C5 Bb5 D5 F5 E5
S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|
| W Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------5--5--|
|-----------------------|---------6--6--|-----------------------|-6--6--------|
|-----------------------|--5---5--------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E Q E Q W Q E Q E Q W
|-------13-------13-----|---------------|-------13-------13-----|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
D5 C5 Bb5
S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
||------------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------|
||------------------------|---------------|
||--0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|
||o-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|
||--0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|
|
| W Q Q Q Q
||------------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------------|---------6--6--|
||------------------------|--5---5--------|
||------------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------|
||------------------------|---------------|
|
| Q E Q E Q W
||--------13-------13-----|---------------|
||o-----------------------|-13------------|
||------------------------|---------------|
||------------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------|
||------------------------|---------------|
D5 F5 E5
S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|--3--3--2--2----||
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|--3--3--2--2---o||
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|--3--3--2--2----||
|
| W Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------|--------5--5----||
|-----------------------|--6--6---------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|
| Q E Q E Q W
|-------13-------13-----|----------------||
|-----------------------|-13------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||
Outro
D5 Bb5 D5
S S E S E E E S S S S S 3x S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||---------------------------||------------------------------*|
||o-------------------------o||------------------------------*|
||---------------------------||------------------------------*|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--*|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-o||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--*|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--*|
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 16th
