Creed / One Last Breath Bass Line






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Author/Artist: Creed
Title: One Last Breath
Album: Weathered (Wind-Up Records)
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G)
Transcribed by: Shariff
Email: shariff007@pacific.net.sg

Have been looking everywhere along time ago to find the bass of this song beautiful song.
Unfortunately, all the bass tabs of it were inaccurate or just indicate the root of the guitar note. By right if one were to listen to the song very carefully, the bass line is much more beautiful and emotionally played than just single strokes of root notes of chords. Also many confuse Mark Tremonti's guitar bass strings plucking as the bass line itself. So I decided one night to tab it out myself. This is my first tab, but it's my first of a song that I'm so in love with and it's embedded deep within my head, the tune, every single detail of it. So count this tab as good as perfect. Just remember, play it with feeling. It's full of slides and ringing notes. Lastly enjoy and tell me what you think of it. Questions are welcome as well.
Thanks!~


Notes:

Verse – play with feeling. Listen to the song carefully for notes.


Bridge – Listen to song CAREFULLY for placement.

Violins/Clean Chorus – Just listen to the song for duration of notes.

Try to get a good speaker system or good headphones and crack up the BASS knob of the player until  you can distictly distinguish between Mart Tremonti's guitar bass string sounds and the REAL BASS Guitar sound in the background.


Verse– (1st verse clean. After 1st clean chorus, drums enter and BASS Guitar starts into 2nd verse)
(Bass) Play with SLIDES when needed!!!
Add variations to give it more feeling where necessary~
G-------------------------------------------------------|1st
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
D-10/-00--2/77-2/99-9/55-5h4\3p0------------------------|

G-------------------------------------------------------|2nd
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
D-00--2/77-7/44-4h555-5p4-3p0---------------------------|

G-------------------------------------------------------|3rd
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
D-00--2/77-2/99-9/55-5/2-00-----------------------------|


G-------------------------------------------------------|4th
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
D-00--2/77-7/44-4h555-4h5h7-----------------------------|

G-------------------------------------------------------|5th
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
D-00--2/77-2/99-9/55-5h7/9\7----------------------------|

G-------------------------------------------------------|6th link to chorus
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
D-00--2/77-2/99-9/55-4h5p4-0-------(10/)----------------|


Dirty Chorus -
G---------------------------------|
D---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------| Play with slides or extra stroke when needed.
D-0------h44/-----9\-----5-4h5p4-0|  (variations: end with 5 slide down or 4h5p4)
                 |-Link to Chorus-| --->(repeat as necessary)

Transition to Bridge-
G--------------------|
D--------------------|
A--------------------| Play with slides or extra stroke when needed.
D-0/9-99-9\5-55-5-\0-|           REPEAT 2X

Bridge – (listen to song for plucking pattern) “Sad eyes follow me...”
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------5-55p4h5/7-55p4h5-4---------------------------------------|
D-(14/2)-2-2---2/9---7---------------------7-7--7/9-9-99\5-55p4h5-5-55p4h5-5/2-0-|

G---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------5-55p4h5-55p4h5-4-------------------------------------|
D-2--2---2/9--------7--------------------77--5/9-99\5-5545-5-5545/7\5--0~~~-|

Interlude -
(Violins)
------4~~------2~22--0-------------------------|
-4~~---------------------4~4-------------------|        (Optional)
-------------------------------4h5-55~~---5~~--|
-----------------------------------------------|

(Guitar Clean) - No Bass
-2-----------------0-------------------3--|
-3-----------------3-------------------3--|
-2-----------------4-------------------0--|
-0-----------------4-------------------0--|
-------------------2-------------------2--|
---------------------------------------3--|
(Then Clean Chorus) - No Bass


Then dirty chorus with Bass

Then end on the verse riffs (No bass)

Spot for variations. Listen to CD. Some of my variations mayb too extra
(Eg mayb some of the hammers and punches can be slides or ring of the note...)
so listen to get the smooth real flow of the base line.

Enjoy~!!!

Please do get back to me as how you feel and also suggestions or corrections are much appreciated.
Thanks a lot for trying it out! Peace~!

shariff007@pacific.net.sg

Shariff
(Singapore)