Save Me

Tabbed By: Kevin Buzby 20/21 March 2005
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AIM SN: kjlee2112
Tuning: Eb (EbAbDbGbBbeb)

Key:
: 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)
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(feedback-enters)~~~~~~~~~~~~~|       
|---------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|       
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Verse Riff:(clean electric)
|----------------------------------------| 
|--3-2-3~~~~3-2-3~~~~~3-2-3~~~~~~3-2-3~~~| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|0~~~~~~~~-------------------------------| 
|---------0~~~~~~~~~2~~~~~~~~~-----------| 
|-----------------------------3~~~~~~~~~~| 

Riff x(with echo):
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|--~~~~~~~~~--------------------------|    
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------| 

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
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|*.-|                                               
|*.-|                                               
|*.-|                                               
|*|                                                 

|-------------------------------------|--1st--|--2nd---| 
|-------------------------------------|-------|--------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------|-7~~~~--| 
|*~~-2--5-5~-|-5-7-7-|-7~~~~--|                          
|*~~-2--5-5~-|-5-7-7-|-5~~~~--|                          
|*~~-0--3-3~-|-3-5-5-|--------|                          


Lyrics + Chords


Verse 1:

D             A               Bm          G
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
D        A                Bm             G
I'm sick with my sickness Don't touch me you'll get this
D           A    x Bm      G
I'm useless lazy perverted You hate me


Chorus:
          D
You can't save me
          A
You can't change me
Bb       Bm             G
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):

D                  A               Bm           G
Went to the doctor and I asked her To make this stop(whoa)
D              A               Bm            G
Got medication a new addiction fuckin thanks alot(whoa)
D             A              Bm        G
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:

          D
You can't save me
          A
You can't change me
Bb       Bm             G
Well I'm waiting for my wake up call
    D               A
And everything's my fault
          D
You can't save me
          A
You can't blame me
Bb       Bm              G
Well I'm waiting here to take the fall
    D           A    Bb           Bm(continued into bridge)
And everything, everything's my fault


Bridge:

Bm        A                    G
And I'm a death threat haven't slept yet
     D        C#5addA
Baby ride the wake i'm on
Bm        A                Em
Pound the bad boy tell the tabloids
G    A
everything's my fault
Bm        A    G
whoa whoa whoa oooh
     D       C#5addA
yeah ride it ride it
Bm        A   Em
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):

D               A                   Bm              G
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):

          D
you can't save me
          A
you can't change me
(v--enter distorted guitar and bass for crescendo)
         Bm             G