Converted from "Creed - My Own Prison.txt"

Band: Creed

Song: My Own Prison

Album
My Own Prison
Tabbed by Lane Haygood (lane@wtaccess.com)

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
 
G
3 3

5 3

D
0h3 3
0 0h3 0h3 3
A
(0) 0h1 1
3h5 3 0h1 1 0 (0) 0h1 1
D
 
G
 

5 3 0

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
D
A
D
 
 
3
3
5 5 5 5
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3
5 5 5
3 3 3
3 3 3
3 3 3
 
 
 

G
D
A
D
4
2
2
2
4 4 4 4 4
2 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2
4 4
2 2
2 2
2 2
4
2
2
2
G
D
A
D
3
1
1
1
3 3 3 3 3
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1
3 3
1 1
1 1
1 1
3 3 3
1 1 1
1 1 1
1 1 1
G
D
A
D
2
0
0
0
2 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0
2 2
0 0
0 0
0 0
2 2 2
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
 
Gtr 1
D5

Bb5

repeat

B|
G
 
6 6
 
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....