Savin' me
Nickelback
Track number 5 from All The Right Reasons (2005)
Tabbed By: Mariano Arnaiz
Anything to : marianoarnaiz@hotmail.com
Tunning:Drop D (DADGBe)
This is a grat balad from this album, for this song there are 4 guitars all in the
same tunning. I´m going to introduce each guitar on the other of aperiance
Guitar 1: Classic-Acustic guitar with hard nylon strings
Guitar 2: Electric guitar (PRS) (clean & distorted)
Guitar 3: Electric guitar (Gibson) (clean & distorted)
Guitar 4: Acustic guitar with hard metal strings
Intro: Only guitar 1
e|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------|
G|-----------------------|------------------------|
D|---5--3---------5-3-5--|---5-3-5--------1--3----|
A|-----------------------|---------------------3~-|
D|-3~------1-3-3~--------|-3~---------0-0~--------|
e|------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|----5--3---------5-3-5--|----5-3-5--------5--3----|
A|------------------------|----------------------3~-|
D|--3~------1-3-3~--------|--3~---------3-3~--------|
Verse 1: Guitar 1 (keeps on playing), Guitar 2 (same part as guitar 1. clean),
Guitar 3(play backing chords, clean)
F5 D#5
Prison gates won’t open up for me
F5 D#5
On these hands and knees I’m crawlin’
F5 D#5 F5 D#5
Oh, I reach for you
Guitar 1 & Guitar 2
F5 D#5 F5 D#5 F5 D#5 F5 D#5
e|-----------------------|------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------|------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---5--3---------5-3-5--|---5-3-5--------1--3----||----5--3---------5-3-5--|----5-3-5--------5--3----|
A|-----------------------|---------------------3~-||------------------------|----------------------3~-|
D|-3~------1-3-3~--------|-3~---------1-1~--------||--3~------1-3-3~--------|--3~---------3-3~--------|
Guitar 3
F5 D#5
e|----------------------|
B|-3~----------4~-------|
G|-5~----------3~-------| x4 all of it
D|-3~----------1~-------|
A|-3~----------1~-------|
D|-3~----------1~~------|
Verse 2;
F5 D#5
Well I’m terrified of these four walls
F5 D#5
These iron bars can’t hold my soul in
F5 D#5 F5 (no guitar)
All I need is you Come please I’m callin’
F5 D#5 F5 (no guitar)
And oh I scream for you Hurry I’m fallin’
Guitar 1 & Guitar 2
F5 D#5 F5 D#5 F5 D#5 F5 D#5
e|-----------------------|------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------------|------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-----------------------|------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---5--3---------5-3-5--|---5-3-5--------1--3----||----5--3---------5-3-5--|----5-3-5--------5--3----|
A|-----------------------|---------------------3~-||------------------------|----------------------3~-|
D|-3~------1-3-3~--------|-3~---------1-1~--------||--3~------1-3-3~--------|--3~---------3-3~--------|
Guitar 3
F5 D#5
e|----------------------|
B|-3~----------4~-------|
G|-5~----------3~-------|
D|-3~----------1~-------|
A|-3~----------1~-------|
D|-3~----------1~~------|
Pre-chorus: Only guitar 4
C5 D#5 A#5 F5
Show me what its like (to be the last one standing)
C5 D#5 A#5 F5
And teach me wrong from right (and ill show you what i can be)
Chorus : all guitars at once (guitar 2 & 3 distorted)
G#5 D#5 F5 C5 D#5
And say it for me, say it to me. And ill leave this life behind me.
G#5 D#5 F5
Say it if its worth saving me.
Verse 3 & Verse 4; exactly as the ones before
Heaven’s gates won’t open up for me
With these broken wings I’m fallin’
And all I see is you
These city walls ain’t got no love for me
I’m on the ledge of the eighteenth story
And oh I scream for you
Come please I’m callin’
And all I need from you
Hurry I’m fallin’
Pre-chorus: Only guitar 4
Chorus : all guitars at once (guitar 2 & 3 distorted)
Guitar solo: hight distortion
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5b.r-3---3-(5)-5b.r-3---3--(5)-5b.r-3---3----------5b.3-3---5b.r-3---3--|
A|---------6--------------6---------------6---3-3-3--6--------6--------6----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------5b.r-3--3/5-5-5-5/6-6-6-6/8-8-8-8/10-10-10--|
A|-3-3-3--6---------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8b.r-6----6-(8)-8b.r-6---6-(8)-8b.r-6---6-(8)----------8b.r-6-6---|
G|---------8---------------8--------------8-------5-5-5-8----------8--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------5-5-5-5-85-6-8--/13~~~--|
B|--8-8-8-8----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
After the solo. Back tho intro but chad sings somthing while guitar 1 plays
Pre-chorus:all guitars
Chorus:all guitars
Play the chorus unltin the song ends
Then the piano plays the outro that is close to the intro but with more notes
