Band: Creed
Song: My Own Prison
Album: My Own Prison
Tabbed by Lane Haygood ([email protected])
This song is tabbed from Guitar magazine.
All guitars in Drop D tuning
Rythym figure chords: {B indicates barre, x = not played)
F5 C5 D5 Bb5
e| x x x x
B| x x x x
G| 5 x 2 x
D| 3B 5 0 3
A| 3B 3 0 1
E| 3B x 0 x
Intro:
Gtr 1 plays D5, Bb5, F5
Gtr 2:
G| 2 0 5 5
D| 0 0 0h3 3 3 3 3
A| 5 0 0 0h1 0 3 3 3 3 3h5 3
D| 0 0 0 3 3 5 3
A| 3h5 3
D| 0 5 3
1st verse
Gtr 1:
Rhy Fig 1: (gtr 1)
G| 2 2 0 5 |
D| 0 0 0h3 3 3 3 0h3 |
A| 0 0 0h1 0 3 3 3 3h5 3 0 0h1 1 0 |
D| 0 0 3 3 5 3 0 |
* *
Gtr 2:
Riff A
G| 2 2 0
D| 0h3 0 0 0h3 3
A| 0h1 1 0 0 0 0h1 0
D|0 0 0
G| 5 5 |
D| 3 3 3 0h3 3 (3) 0h3 |
A| 3 3 3 3 3h5 3 (0) 0h1 1 0h1 1 0|
D| 3 3 5 3 |
G|
D| 0h3 3 0 0h3 0h3 3
A|(0) 0h1 1 3h5 3 0h1 1 0 (0) 0h1 1
D| 5 3 0
G|
D| 0 0h3
A| 3h5 3 0h1 1
D| 5 3 0
that's it for the verses. It just repeats.
Gtr 2 silent during the Gtr 1's part in **
Chorus parts
Gtr 1:
Rhy. fill 1
B| 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6|
G| 2 2 2 4 4 5 5 5 5 5|
D| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0|
A| 0 |
D| 0 |
Gtr 2
1st time
G| 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
D| 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
A| 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
D| 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
G| 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
D| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
D| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
G| 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
D| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
D| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G| 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
D| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2nd time
W/dist
gtr 1: same chords
Gtr 2: same chords, but to the rythym of the last measure
2nd verse
Gtr 1: D5, Bb5, F5, D5, Bb5, F5, D5, Bb5, F5, D5, Bb5, F5
D5, Bb5, F5, D5, Bb5, F5, D5, Bb5, F5, D5, Bb5, F5
Gtr 1
Rhy. Fig 3
w/dist
G| 2 2 2 2 5 5 5
D| 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 0
A|0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 3 3 3h5 3
D|0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 5 3
Should have been dead... part
Gtr 1:
rhy, fill 1 w/dist
Gtr 2: riff a w/dist
I cry out to God... part
Gtr 1: D5, Bb5, F5
Gtr 2: Riff A w/dist
Gtr 1:
Interlude
Gtr 1: F5 C5 D5 F5
to rythym: / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / / |
2nd time D5 Bb5 repeat
Gtr 1
B| 6 6
G|
D| 7 7h8 8
A| 0
D|
repeat 3x
B| 6 6 6 6
G| 8
D| 7 7h8
Bridge
Gtr 1: F5, C5, D5, Bb5, F5, C5, D5, Bb5, F5, C5, D5,
Bb5, F5, C5
Gtr 1 plays riff A 8x
Chorus again, but gtr 2 plays interlude part.
Outro
Gtr 1: D5, F5, E5, Eb5, D5, fade out
Layout of song:
Intro
1st verse
Chorus
2nd verse
interlude
2nd chorus w/voc. figure 1
outro
Lyrics: From the magazine
1st verse:
A court is in ses-sion
A ver-dict is in__
No ap-peal on the dock-et to-day____
Just my own sin_____
The walls cold_ and pale_
The cage made_ of steel_
Screams fill_ the room
A-lone I drop_ and kneel_
Si-lence now the sound_
My breath the on-ly mo-tion a-round
De-mons clut-ter-ing a-round_
My face sho-wing no e-mo-tion.
Shack-led by my sent-ence
Ex-pect-ing no re-turn
Here there is_ no pen-ance
My skin beg-ins to burn_
Chorus:
And I said oh....(hold out while another sings:)
So I held my head up high
Hid-ing hate that burns in-side
Which only fu-els their self-ish pride_
And I said oh.....
All held cap-tive from the sun
A sun that shines on only some_
We, the meek, are all in one___
2nd verse
I hear a thun-der in the dist-ance
See a vis-ion of the cross
I feel the pain that was giv-en on that sad
Day of loss
A lion roars in the dark-ness
Only he holds the key
To free me from my burden
And grant me life eter-na-lly
(w/dist)
Should have been dead on a Sun-day morn-in
Bang-in my head
No time for mour-nin, ain't got no time
Should have been dead on a Sun-day mor-nin
Ban-gin my head
No time for mour-nin, ain't got no time
Interlude
Bridge
I cry out to God, seek-in only his dec-is-ion
Gab-ri-el stan-ds and con-firms
I've cre-at-ed my own pri-son
(repeat that once)
2nd Chorus
And I said oh....(hold out while another sings:)
So I held my head up high
Hid-ing hate that burns in-side
Which only fu-els their self-ish pride_
And I said oh.....
All held cap-tive from the sun
A sun that shines on only some_
We, the meek, are all in one___
And I said oh....(hold out while another sings:)
So I held my head up high
Hid-ing hate that burns in-side
Which only fu-els their self-ish pride_
And I said oh.....
All held cap-tive from the sun
A sun that shines on only some_
We, the meek, are all in one___
(sing that in the background while lead vocals:)
Should have been dead on a Sun-day morn-in
Bang-in my head
No time for mour-nin, ain't got no time
Should have been dead on a Sun-day mor-nin
Ban-gin my head
No time for mour-nin, ain't got no time
I cre-at-ed
I cre-at-ed
I cre-at-ed
I cre-at-ed my own prison
Should have been dead on a Sun-day morn-in
Bang-in my head
No time for mour-nin, ain't got no time....