Author/Artist: Creed
Title: My Sacrifice
Album: Weathered
Tuning: D A D A D D (low to high)
Transcribed by: Mike Williams
Email: lostprophet2k2@hotmail.com

To make all of you happy I made this in the DADADD tuning.
It sounds the same but I have always loved how the two high stings are in unison.
Well, I saw him play this on Jay Leno and on the VH1 Awards and this is how he plays it.
I'm not sure about the clean part but in the music video it looks
like he plays it that way.

One more thing; when Mark plays this song live he doesn't really add
the high e and b strings on the chorus. He just plays the open chords
and bar chords as I have them tabbed. But on the album he hits the bottom
strings more. Mainly because it is layered guitars. If you are playing this
add little fills between each chord. You have to have a pretty good ear to do
this though and still keep in time.

Notes:

Intro - Play this with your fingers, it sounds like he uses a delay effect.

Verse - Octave chords, weeeeee!

Chorus - Listen to the song closely for the timing of how to play the chords.
         I added some of the stuff he did live on Jay Leno.

Bridge ? Easy octave riffs, simple yet effective.

Other - The clean chorus after the bridge is played with a phase shifter;
        I think, And has some picking in it. The rest is pretty simple.


Intro -
(clean tone, let notes ring out)
-------------0-------------------------------------------------|
----------------0----------------------------------------------|
-------4-----------4-----------------------12----------12------|
----------4-----------4----------------12------12----------12--|
-2-------------------------0-------10--------------10----------|
--------------------------------0------------------------------|

-0-0--0----0----0----0-0--0------0------0---0--------|
-0-0--0----0----0----0-0--0------0------0---0--------|
-5-5--5/4--4/5--5----5-5--5/4----4/9----9---9/10-----|
--------------------------------------------------0--|
-5-5--5/4--4/5--5----5-5--5/4----4/9----9---9/10--0--|
-0-0--0----0----0----0-0--0------0------0---0-----0--|

-------------0-------------------------------------------------|
----------------0----------------------------------------------|
-------4-----------4-----------------------12----------12------|
----------4-----------4----------------12------12----------12--|
-2-------------------------0-------10--------------10----------|
--------------------------------0------------------------------|

Kick in the distortion and let the feedback roll a little

------------------------------|---------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------|
-5/4--4/5--5-5-5--4/5--5-5-5--|--5/4--4/5--5-5--4/5--5-4--|
------------------------------|---------------------------|
-5/4--4/5--5-5-5--4/5--5-5-5--|--5/4--4/5--5-5--4/5--5-4--|
-0----0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--|--0----0----0-0--0----0-0--|

---------0---0-0--0-0------|------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
---------0---0-0--0-0------|------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
---------------------------|--/12--12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--0--|
-4---4---4---4-4--4-4---0--|--/12--12--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--0--|
-2---2---2---2-2--2-2---0--|--/10--10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--0--|
------------------------0--|--------?---------------------------|
                        *                                    *

Verse -
------------------------------|---------------------------|
------------------------------|---------------------------|
-5/4--4/5--5-5-5--4/5--5-5-5--|--5/4--4/5--5-5--4/5--5-4--|
------------------------------|---------------------------|
-5/4--4/5--5-5-5--4/5--5-5-5--|--5/4--4/5--5-5--4/5--5-4--|
-0----0----0-0-0--0----0-0-0--|--0----0----0-0--0----0-0--|

---------0---0-0--0-0------|-----------0-0--0--0-0-0------|
---------0---0-0--0-0------|-----------0-0--0--0-0-0------|
---------------------------|------------------------------|
-4---4---4---4-4--4-4---0--|--/5---5---5-5--5--5-5-5---0--|
-2---2---2---2-2--2-2---0--|--/5---5---5-5--5--5-5-5---0--|
------------------------0--|--/5---5?--5-5--5--5-5-5---0--|
                        *                              *

Right before the chorus do a pick scrape across the top D & A strings

Chorus ?
When you are with me . . . . . . I?m free . . . .  . . . . I?m
--------------------------------------|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-5--5-5----9-10-10-12-----------------|-------------------------------|
-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-------0--|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--|
-0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0-------0--|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--|
-0--0-0-0--------------0-0-0-/5-3--0--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|

Careless . . . . . . . . . I believe . . . . ?
-----------------0--0--0--0--0--0---------0-0---------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-0--9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-12-12-11--9--0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
-0--9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
-0--9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
                                   * *                               *

Bridge ? ?I just want to say hello to again . . .?
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-9/7--7-7-----7/5--5-5-----5/4--4-4-----2/4--4/5--5/4--4/7--7-7-5--5-5-----|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-9/7--7-7--0--7/5--5-5--0--5/4--4-4--0--2/4--4/5--5/4--4/7--7-7-5--5-5--0--|
-0----0-0--0--0----0-0--0--0----0-0--0--0----0----0----0----0-0-0--0-0--0--|
           *	      *		*	                          *

A little later on ? (a Led Zeppelin like riff ala ?Kashmir?)
------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
-13-13-13-13-----13-13-13-13--x--13-13-13-13-----13-13-13-13------|---------5~~--|
------------------------------x-----------------------------------|------0--0~~--|
-13-13-13-13--0--13-13-13-13--x--13-13-13-13--0--13-13-13-13--0---|--0-0-0--0~~--|
--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--x---0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---|--0-0-0--0~~--|
              *                               *               *      * * *

Clean chorus ? (listen to the song well to get this part and strum the chords)
-0--0-0-------4-4-----5-5-----7-7--7--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
-0--0-0----0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
-5--5-5----0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--|-------------------------------|
-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--|
-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--|
-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|

-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---0--0--0-----0--0-0-0----0----0-0-0--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0----0-0-0--|
--------------------11--12----11--5--0----------------5-5-0--|
-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9--9--9--0--0--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0--|
-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9--9--9--0--0--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0--|
-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9---9--9--9--0--0--5-5-5--5-5--0-0-0-0--|


Right before the distorted chorus Mark does harmonics
between the 2nd and 3rd frets -
-------------------|
-------------------|
-------------------|
-------------------|
-2.7^--2.7^--2.7^--|
-2.7^--2.7^--2.7^--|

Then it goes into the dirty chorus -
When you are with me . . . . . . I?m free . . . .  . . . . I?m
---------------------------------|-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
-5--5-5--------------------------|-------------------------------|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0--|--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0--|--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--|
-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-/5-3--0--|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--|

Careless . . . . . . . . . I believe . . . . ?
-----------------0--0--0--0--0--0---------0-0---------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-0--9-9-9-9-9-9-11-11-12-12-11--9--0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
-0--9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
-0--9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--0-0--5-5-5---5p3--x--3--3h5--5p3--0--|
                                   * *                               *

Then the bridge riffs into the end

Outro -
I don't have the outro . . . just let the guitar feedback forever like Mark does live.
Or just end on the open D chord and let it ring forever and a day.


Tab Key-
h = hammer on
P = pull off
~ = let note(s) ring
/ slide up or down
x = mute sting(s)
^ = harmonics
* = palm mute