'My Own Prison' by Creed - Guitar Tutorial

            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....