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Save Me - Unwritten Law
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Tabbed By: Kevin Buzby 20/21 March 2005
E-mail: kjlee@bu.edu
AIM SN: kjlee2112
Tuning:
Key:
<7>: Harmonic
9. : Staccato
~ : Sustain
x : Play Riff x here
Chords used(relative to tuning--so a D is really a Db, etc., etc.):
D A Bm G Em Bb D/A C#5addA(not quite sure of the name, but this works)
-----------2-----------------------------------------------------|
-7---------3-----------------------------------------------------|
-7----6----4----4----0---------7----6----------------------------|
-7----7----4----5----2----8----7----7----------------------------|
-5----7----2----5----2----8----5----4----------------------------|
------5---------3----0----6----5---------------------------------|
Notes: Verses have a distorted electric playing with low volume and tremolo effect.
Also a lot of feedback is used during the verses using the A harmonic(7th fret, G string).
It's pretty straightforward, just use your ears and you'll see/hear what's going on.
Sounds like there might be a mellotron or something in there too. Be sure to have that
driving acoustic at the breakdown down--best part of the song! :) Any
questions, comments, requests just shoot me an email. Thanks!
Intro:(w/echo)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------<7><7>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(feedback-enters)~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|------<7>---<7>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse Riff:(clean electric)
|----------------------------------------|
|--3-2-3~~~~3-2-3~~~~~3-2-3~~~~~~3-2-3~~~|
|----------------------------------------|
|0~~~~~~~~-------------------------------|
|---------0~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~-----------|
|-----------------------------3~~~~~~~~~~|
Riff x(with echo):
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--<7>~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Chorus:(just listen to it, it's just easy power chordage)
D A Bb B G D A v--after first chorus only
|--------------------------------------|----|
|--------------------------------------|----|
|-7--------------------------7---------|-7~~|
|-7-x16-7-----8----9----5----7-x8-7----|-7~~|
|-5-----7-x12-8-x4-9-x8-5-x8-5----7-x8-|-5~~|
|-------5-----6----7----3---------5----|----|
Bridge:(segue right into this from the Bb in the chorus)
x2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------7.-7.-6.-6.-|
|-9.-9.-9.-99-7.-7.-7.-77-5.-5.-5.-55-7.-7.-7.-7.-|
|-9.-9.-9.-99-7.-7.-7.-77-5.-5.-5.-55-5.-5.-4.-4.-|
|-7.-7.-7.-77-5.-5.-5.-55-3.-3.-3.-33-------------|
|-------------------------------------|--1st--|--2nd---|
|-------------------------------------|-------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|-------|-7~~~~--|
|-9.-9.-9.-99-7.-7.-7.-77-2~~-2--5-5~-|-5-7-7-|-7~~~~--|
|-9.-9.-9.-99-7.-7.-7.-77-2~~-2--5-5~-|-5-7-7-|-5~~~~--|
|-7.-7.-7.-77-5.-5.-5.-55-0~~-0--3-3~-|-3-5-5-|--------|
Lyrics + Chords
Verse 1:
Had a bad day don't talk to me gonna ride this out
D A Bm G (enter verse riff til chorus)
My little black heart Breaks apart with your big mouth and
I'm sick with my sickness Don't touch me you'll get this
x
I'm useless lazy perverted You hate me
Chorus:
You can't save me
You can't change me
Well I'm waiting for my wake up call
D A D/A (enter verse riff)
And everything, everything's my fault
Verse 2(w/verse riff):
Went to the doctor and I asked her To make this stop(whoa)
Got medication a new addiction fuckin thanks alot(whoa)
had a relapse better rehabs; ruins everything(whoa)
D A Bm G (stop verse riff)
so point your finger at the singer he's in the pharmacy
Chorus 2:
You can't save me
You can't change me
Well I'm waiting for my wake up call
And everything's my fault
You can't save me
You can't blame me
Well I'm waiting here to take the fall
D A Bb Bm(continued into bridge)
And everything, everything's my fault
Bridge:
And I'm a death threat haven't slept yet
Baby ride the wake i'm on
Pound the bad boy tell the tabloids
everything's my fault
whoa whoa whoa oooh
yeah ride it ride it
whoa whoa whoa oooh
G D/A A Bm (enter verse riff)
everything's my fault
G D A Bm G (acoustic strums)
everything's my fahault
Verse 3(acoustic strums):
I went to heaven but couldn't get in for what I had done
D A Bm (stop verse riff)G
I said forsake me he said your crazy you had too much fun
Chorus/Breakdown(solo acoustic with chorus tempo for first part):
you can't save me
you can't change me
(v--enter distorted guitar and bass for crescendo)
Bm G <--no Bb this time!
well i'm waiting for my wake up call
everything's my fault
(v--enter full band again)
you can't save me
you can't blame me
well i'm waiting here to take the fall
and everything, everything's my fault
you can't save me
you can't change me
you can't save me
you can't change me
you can't save me
you can't change me
you can't save me
you can't change me
everything's my fault