'Stand Here With Me' by Creed - Guitar Tutorial

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            Song: Stand Here With Me
Artist: Creed
Tabber: Nick Whittenburg ([email protected])

Tuning: ***OPEN D*** DADF#AD
this song has been tabbed, and probably pretty well played, in many different
tunings, but if you want to get the right feeling & the right chords without
trouble then this is the way you want to play it. Whole solo & all!

Intro:
Part A                                   
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------12~--0~-----------12----12h13---13-12-|
D |----11h12---11h12---12h14-11h12-------------12-------------------12-12-|
A |-0--------0-------0---------------------10------10-----10-----10----10-|
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    *Let A string ring throughout*       ^ let ring

Part B
D |---0----------------------0------------------------------------------|
A |---0----------------------0------------------------------------------|
F#|---0----------------7-8---0------------------7-810------------------|
D |-------------7-79--------------------7-79--------------------------|
A |-------0-4h5--------------------0-4h5--------------------------------|
D |----0------------------------0---------------------------------------|
         *some stuff starts playing backwards in the background*

Distortion kicks in
Part C
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------12~--0------------12----13bfr-13-12---|
D |----11h12---11h12---12h14-11h12-------------12----------------------12-|
A |-0--------0-------0---------------------10------10----10---------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Part D
D |-------------------------0-0--------------------------0-0--|
A |-------------------------0-0--------------------------0-0--|
F#|-----------------7-8bfr--0-0-----------------7-810~--0-0--|
D |--0--------7-79--------------0--------7-79---------------|
A |--0--0-4h5--------------------0--0-4h5---------------------|
D |--0---------------------------0----------------------------|

repeat until chorus, going back & forth between A & C (always play the
corresponding second phrase, i.e. B after A & D after C)

Last time:
D |-------------------------0-0-------------------------------|
A |-------------------------0-0-------------------------------|
F#|-----------------7-8-----0-0-----------------7-8bfr--------|
D |--0--------7-79--------------0--------7-79-----------0---|
A |--0--0-4h5--------------------0--0-4h5-----------------0---|
D |--0---------------------------0------------------------0---|


Chorus:
D |-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
F#|---6--6-6-6-6--6-6-6---5-----4--4-4--------------------|---------------|
D |---5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-0-5--0--3--3-3-0-3--3-3-0-3-5-5-5-|--0-0-0---0-0--|
A |---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-0-2--0--2--2-2-0-3--3-3-0-3-5-5-5-|--0-0-3h5-0-0--|
D |-----------------------------------------3-3-0-3-5-5-5-|--0-0-0---0-0--|

D |-----------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------| repeat whole chorus 2x
D |--0--0-0-----0-0--0--0------0-0-0--|
A |--0--0-0-3h5-0-0--0--0-3h5--0-0-0--|
D |--0--0-0-----0-0--0--0------0-0-0--|


Second time:
D |------------|
A |------------|
F#|------------|
D |------------|
A |-----3b^--0-|
D |--5---------|

repeat verses as the first, varying the same way
repeat chorus, adding slides before entrances (listen to the song for timing)

Solo: (at beginning, deep whammy bar bends by 2nd guitar, which Scott Stapp plays
in concert, believe it or not)
D |---------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------10-10----------------|
F#|--------------10-------8~-----10-10h11-------------|
D |--------------9b^--9-------------------12~---------|
A |----------------------------0----------------17/---|
D |---------------------------------------------17/---|

|----------------------------------------------------|
|--5-7-5h7p5---5-------------------------------------|
|------------6---6-3---------------------------------|
|--------------------5--5-4p0-5-4p0-5-4p0-5-4p0------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------0--|

|---16bf----17bfr----16~---15------------------------|
|-----------------------------17-19----17------------|
|-----------------------------------18----18bf-18r---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------|
|--7-8-10p8p7-8-------------------------------------|
|---------------8-10----8~-----8-11-8----8~---------|
|--------------------10-----10--------10------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------15/--0--|

|16-14-16------16-14-16-17---16-14-16-17-16-14-16----|
|---------17~-------------------------------------17~|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|--16-14-16-17---16-14-16-17-16-14-16------|
|-------------------------------------17~--|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


|--16-14-16-17---16-14-16-17-16-14-16-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|-19p16--16-19p16--16-19p16--16-19p16--16-|
|------17--------17--------17--------17---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|-21p16--16-19p16--16-21p16--16-19p16--16-|
|------17--------17--------17--------17---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


*keep bent on re-attacks,
and release a half-steps
worth on last note*
|--19bf-19b-19b-19r~---------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------17/---|


This is the ending part, just repeat these 2 sections several times, eventually
it fades & drops out to the vocals

D |---------------------------0-0-|
A |---------------------------0-0-|
F#|-------------------7-8bfr--0-0-|
D |--0---------7-79--------------|
A |--0--0-4h5---------------------|
D |--0----------------------------|

D |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------12~--0------------12----13bfr-13-12---|
D |----11h12---11h12---12h14-11h12-------------12----------------------12-|
A |-0--------0-------0---------------------10------10----10---------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

thats everything, i know some of it might be confusing so email me with any questions at:

[email protected]
- or -
[email protected]

Nick Whittenburg



***Key***

h   - hammer-on
   - slide
/   - slide down
b^  - bend up
bf  - bend full
bfr - bend full & return
~   - vibrato
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