Pity For A Dime (ver 4) by Creed
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion (2 arranged for 1)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion w/Delay'
Intro
Slowly Q=70
E5 B/B/D# C#m A
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-|
Q S S S S E E S S S E +S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S
|------0---4-------------|------------------------5---------|
|-0----0---4-4-----------|---------5p4------------5---------|
|-9--9-9-0-4-4-----------|-------6-----6-------6--6---------|
|-9--9---0-4-x-4---------|-----6---------6h=7--7------------|
|-7--7-----4-7-6-6h7p6-4-|-(4)-------------(0)-7----------9-|
|-0--0-------------------|---------------------5----0-5s7---|
E5 B/B/D# C#m A
|-3-|
Q S S S S E E S S S E +S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S
|----0-0-----------------|------------------------5---------||
|----0-0---4-4-----------|---------5p4------------5---------||
|----9-9-0-4-4-4---------|-------6-----6-------6--6---------||
|----9---0-4-4-4---------|-----6---------6h=7--7------------||
|-7------0-4-7-6-6h7p6-4-|-(4)-------------(0)-7----------9-||
|------------------------|---------------------5----0-5s7---||
Verse
E5 B/B/D# C#m A
|-3-|
Q S S S S E E S S S E +S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S 4x
||-----0-0-----------------|------------------------5----------||
||o----0-0---4-4-----------|---------5p4------------5---------o||
||-----9-9-0-4-4-4---------|-------6-----6-------6--6----------||
||-----9---0-4-4-4---------|-----6---------6h=7--7-------------||
||o-7------0-4-7-6-6h7p6-4-|-(4)-------------(0)-7----------9-o||
||-------------------------|---------------------5----0-5s7----||
Interlude
E5 C#m7 G# B E5
Gtrs I, II
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E. S S S E S S S S
|--------------0-----------|-4--4--4---------7-----|
|-0--------------0---------|-4--4--4-----7-7-7-----|
|-9--9--6---------6---(5)-|-5--5--5---8-8-8-8-----|
|-9--9----6---------6-----|-6--6--6---9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-7--7------4-------------|-6--6--6---9-9-9---7-7-|
|-0------------------------|-4--4--4---7-7-7---0-0-|
C#m7 G# A
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E. S S S E S S S S
|--------------0-----------|-4--4--4---5-5-5-5-----||
|-0--------------0---------|-4--4--4---5-5-5-5-----||
|-9--9--6---------6---(5)-|-5--5--5---6-6-6-6-----||
|-9--9----6---------6-----|-6--6--6---7-7-7-7-9---||
|-7--7------4-------------|-6--6--6---7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-0------------------------|-4--4--4---5-5-5-5-0-0-||
Verse
E5 B/B/D# C#m A
|-3-|
Q S S S S E E S S S E +S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S 3x
||-----0-0-----------------|------------------------5----------||
||o----0-0---4-4-----------|---------5p4------------5---------o||
||-----9-9-0-4-4-4---------|-------6-----6-------6--6----------||
||-----9---0-4-4-4---------|-----6---------6h=7--7-------------||
||o-7------0-4-7-6-6h7p6-4-|-(4)-------------(0)-7----------9-o||
||-------------------------|---------------------5----0-5s7----||
E5 B/B/D# C#m A
|-3-|
Q S S S S E E S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|----0-0-----------------|---------------------5---------||
|----0-0---4-4-----------|-------5p4-----------5-------0-||
|----9-9-0-4-4-4---------|-----6-----6-----6-6-6-6-6---0-||
|----9---0-4-4-4---------|---6---------6h7-7-7---7-7-7-0-||
|-7------0-4-7-6-6h7p6-4-|-4---------------7-----7-7-7---||
|------------------------|-----------------5-----5-5-5---||
Chorus
E5 G
Q E S S E S S S S E +S S E E. S S S E S S S S
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||o-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-4-|-(4)-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-|-(5)-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||o-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-|-(5)-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Bsus2 F# F#11 E5
E S S S S E. E S S S S S 4x
|-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0--||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
|-4-4-4-4-3-3--3-3-3-3------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4------||
|-2-2-2-2-4-4--4-4-4-4-----o||
|---------2-2--2-2-2-2------||
Interlude
E EsusE
~
Q E S S S S S E S E Q S S S S S S S S S S E
|----0---0-3p0---0-0-0-|-0--0---------------------|
|-0--0-x-0-0---x-3-0-0-|-0--0-0-------------------|
|-1--1-x-1-1---x-1-1-2-|-1--1-1-------------------|
|-2--2-x---2---x-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-------------------|
|-2--2-----------------|-2--2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|
|-0--0-----------------|-0--0---0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-|
E EsusE
~~~~~
Q E S S S S S E S E Q S S S S S S S S S S E
|----0---0-3p0---0-0-0-|-0---0-------------------------||
|-0--0-x-0-0---x-3-0-0-|-0---0-0-----------------------||
|-1--1-x-1-1---x-1-1-2-|-1---1-1-----------------------||
|-2--2-x---2---x-2-2-2-|-2---2-2-----------------------||
|-2--2-----------------|-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2-------||
|-0--0-----------------|-0---0---0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-----||
|
| Gtr III
| W Q. S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|---------2-2---2-2---2-2-------||
|----------------------|---------0-0-3-0-0-3-0-0-3b3.5-||
Bridge
Eadd9 E9
Gtr III
Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
||---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o----8-----8-8-8-8---8-----|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|
||-----x-----x-x-x-x---x-----|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|
||-----6-----6-6-6-6---6-----|-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-0-|
||o--------------------------|---------------------------|
||--0----0-0---------0---0-0-|-----------0---------------|
C5 G5 B5 F#5
S S S E S S E S S S E S S 3x
|-----------------------------||
|-----0----------------------o||
|-----------4-4---------------||
|-5-5-------4-4---------------||
|-3-3---5-5-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-3--o||
|-------3-3-----2-2-2-2-2-----||
Eadd9 E7+9 E5
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----8---8-8-8-8-8---8-----|-------------------------------|
|---0-x---x-7-7-7-7---7-----|-------------------------------|
|---0-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-----|---------------7-6-5-----------|
|-2-------------------------|-5h7-----2-2-2-------7-6-5-----|
|-0-----0-----------0---0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-------------7-5-|
C5 G5 B5 F#5 G5
S S S E S S S S E S S S S S
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|-5-5-5-----4-4-4--------------||
|-3-3-3-5-5-2-2-2-4---4---4-5--||
|-------3-3-------2-0-2-0-2-3--||
Chorus
$
E5 G5 G
Q E S S E S S S S E +E E E S S S S E S S E
||-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------------|
||-----------9-----------|---------4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
||-----9-9-9-9-9-9-------|---------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
||o-2--7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|
||--0----------0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
To Coda
B5 F#
E. S S S E. S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------0-----0---------||
|---------------0-----0------o||
|-4--4-4-3-3------3-----3-----||
|-4--4-4-4-4------------------||
|-2--2-2-4-4-----------------o||
|--------2-2--------------0---||
Guitar Solo
E5
Gtr IV
E. +S a +T +T S S Q. S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-2b4-(2)-2b4==(2)r(2)p0---0----------------12-|
|------------------------2------------12-14----|
|-------------------------------------12-------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E. S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-9-------------9----------9--9-9-9-9--9--9--9-|
|-9-------------9----------9--9-9-9-9--9--9--9-|
|-7-------------7----------7--7-7-7-7--7--7--7-|
|-0-------------0----------0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-|
C5 G B5 F#
~~~~ ~~~ ~~~
Q Q a S S S S a +S +T T S S E. E. E. E. +Q
|--------------------------------------------|-15--------14-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------15--------14----(14)--------|
|-----------------------0-2b3==(2)r(2)p0-----|------------------------------------|
|-14---[14]---------0-2------------------2---|------------------------------------|
|---------------0h2------------------------0-|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| E E E S S S S E S S S S S E E. S E S E S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--9-9---9--9-9---9-9-9---------9---9----9---|--5--5--4---4--4--3--3---3---3-3-3--|
|--9-9---9--9-9---9-9-9---------9---9----9---|--5--5--5---4--4--4--4---4---4-4-4--|
|--7-7---7--7-7---7-7-7---------7---7----7-0-|--3--3--5---2--2--4--4---4---4-4-4--|
|--0-0---0--0-0---0-0-0---------0---0----0-0-|--------3---------2--2---2---2-2-2--|
E5
.5______/
E. +S +Q +E. +S +Q
|----------------------------------------------|
|-15-----(15)-(15)-----------------------------|
|-14b16==(14)-(14)---(14)------(14)-(14)-------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E. S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--9------------9--9---9-----9---9----9--9-9-9-|
|--9------------9--9---9-----9---9----9--9-9-9-|
|--7------------7--7---7-----7---7----7--7-7-7-|
|--0------------0--0---0-----0---0----0--0-0-0-|
6__________________/1____1____/1____1____/1____1____/1____1____/1____1____|
+Q +E. a +S +S +S +S +S +T +T +T +T +T +T S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(14)----(14)---(14)-(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)r-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------(0)--(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)--15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9---9---9--9--------9-----9-----9-----9-----------9-----------9-----------9-------------|
|---9---9---9--9--------9-----9-----9-----9-----------9-----------9-----------9-------------|
|---7---7---7--7--------7-----7-----7-----7-----------7-----------7-----------7----------0--|
|---0---0---0--0--------0-----0-----0-----0-----------0-----------0-----------0----------0--|
C5 G B5 F#
S E E S S E E S S E S
|--------------------------------|
|------------------13-13-12---12-|
|--------5-5-4-4-----------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-3-2-2--------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| S E E. S E S E S S S S
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-5-5-4----4-4-3-3-----3--3-3--3-|
|-5-5-5----4-4-4-4-----4--4-4--4-|
|-3-3-5----2-2-4-4-----4--4-4--4-|
|-----3--------2-2-----2--2-2--2-|
E5
~~
|---3----|
S S E +S S +S +S a +S +S S S E S E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0-15----(15)-15-----------------------------------------------------|
|-0---14b16-(14)-14b16==(14)r(14)-14pb16==(14)r(14)p12----12---12-------|
|------------------------------------------------------14---------14----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E. S E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------9----------------9------------9-----------9--9-9--9--9-9--|
|-9-----------9----------------9------------9-----------9--9-9--9--9-9--|
|-7-----------7----------------7------------7-----------7--7-7--7--7-7--|
|-0-----------0----------------0------------0-----------0--0-0--0--0-0--|
+E S S S E S S S S S +E S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------/12-12-|
|-----------------------------12-------------------|
|-(14)-------12------------------14-(14)----------|
|------12-14----14---14-12-14----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E S S S S E S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---9---9-----9----9--9--9--9--9------9---9---9----|
|---9---9-----9----9--9--9--9--9------9---9---9----|
|---7---7-----7----7--7--7--7--7------7---7---7--0-|
|---0---0-----0----0--0--0--0--0------0---0---0--0-|
C5 G B5 F#
T T S S S S S T T S S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-12h13p12----12---------------------------------------|
|----------14-----14-12-11h12p11-----------------------|
|--------------------------------14----14-13-----------|
|--------------------------------------------14-------|
|-----------------------------------14-----------------|
|
| S E E. S E S E S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-----5-----4---------4-----4-----3--3-----3--3-3-3-|
|--5-----5-----5---------4-----4-----4--4-----4--4-4-4-|
|--3-----3-----5---------2-----2-----4--4-----4--4-4-4-|
|--------------3---------------------2--2-----2--2-2-2-|
E5
PM----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------13-14-16--14-13---------------------------------13-14-16-14-13----------------|
|----------12-14-15-----------------15-14-12---------------12-14-15----------------15-14-12-------|
|-12-14-15-----------------------------------15-12---14-15----------------------------------15-14-|
|
| Q E. S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----------------------9------------------9----9-----------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9----|
|--9-----------------------9------------------9----9-----------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9----|
|--7-----------------------7------------------7----7-----------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
|--0-----------------------0------------------0----0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
----------------------| ~~
T T T T T T T T S S S S S S S S E S S
|------------------------------------------------------12-12-|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------13-13-16-13-14----13---------------------|
|----------12-14-15----------------15----14-15-12-14---------|
|-12-14-15---------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E S S S S E S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----------9-----------9-----9--9--9--9--9-----9-9--9----|
|--9-----------9-----------9-----9--9--9--9--9-----9-9--9----|
|--7-----------7-----------7-----7--7--7--7--7-----7-7--7--0-|
|--0-----------0-----------0-----0--0--0--0--0-----0-0--0--0-|
C5 G B5 F#
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-15-12-14-15-14-12-17--12-14-15-14-12-15-12-14-15-14-12-17-12-14-15-14-12-15-12-12-12-15-12-14-15-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| S E E. S E S E S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--5-----5-----------4------------------4-----4-----------3-----3-----------3-----3-----3-----3----||
|--5-----5-----------5------------------4-----4-----------4-----4-----------4-----4-----4-----4----||
|--3-----3-----------5------------------2-----2-----------4-----4-----------4-----4-----4-----4----||
|--------------------3------------------------------------2-----2-----------2-----2-----2-----2----||
Chorus
E5 G5
T T T T T T T T +E +E +H
|-15-12-14-15-17-14-15-18-(18)b19==(18)---(18)-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E S S E S S S S E
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------9------------|
|---------------------------9--------9--9---9--9-9-------|
|--2------------------------7--------7--7---7--7-7-0-0-5-|
|--0-------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-3-|
D.S. al Coda
G B5 F#
>
+H.. +E W
|-(18)--------------------(18)r-|---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| +E E E S S S S E S S E E. S S S E. S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------0-----0-------||
|-------------------------------|---------------0-----0-----||
|-----------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------|-4--4-4-3-3------3-----3---||
|-----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---0---|-4--4-4-4-4----------------||
|--(5)--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---0---|-2--2-2-4-4----------------||
|--(3)--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|--------2-2--------------0-||
Outro
&
Eadd9
Gtr III
Q E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|-------------8--------8--8-8-8---8-----|
|-------------x--------x--x-x-x---x-----|
|-------------6--------6--6-6-6---6-----|
|---------------------------------------|
|--0-------------0-0------------0---0-0-|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| E. S +Q +H
|---------------------------------------|
|-----15----(15)-----(15)---------------|
|-----14b16-(14)------------------------|
|-20-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
Q H.
E9 C5 G5 B5 F#5
S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S E S S
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---7--7-7--7---7----7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|--------0------------------------|
|---7--7-7--7---7----7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-----------------4-4-------------|
|---6--6-6--6---6----6-6-6-6-6-6-0-|---5--5----------4-4-------------|
|----------------------------------|---3--3---5----5-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-3-|
|------------------0---------------|----------3----3-----2-2-2-2-2---|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +E. S +H. +Q H.
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-(15)-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------12-(12)-----------------|-(12)----------------------------|
Eadd9 E7+9 E5
E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----8---8-8-8-8-8---8-----|-------------------------------|
|---0-x---x-7-7-7-7---7-----|-------------------------------|
|---0-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-----|---------------7-6-5-----------|
|-2-------------------------|-5h7-----2-2-2-------7-6-5-----|
|-0-----0-----------0---0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-------------7-5-|
C5 G5 B5 F#5
S S S E S S S S E S S S S S
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-----4-4-4--------------|
|-3-3-3-5-5-2-2-2-4---4---4-5--|
|-------3-3-------2-0-2-0-2-3--|
H.=H
C5 G5 B5 F#5 C5 G5 B5 F#5 Eadd9
S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S E H +H
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-8-----------*|
|-------------------0-------0-|---------------------------|-x-----------*|
|-5-5-5---0-4-4-4---0-------0-|-5-5-5-----4-4-4-----------|-6-----------*|
|-3-3-3-5-0-2-2-2-4---4-0-0---|-3-3-3-5-5-2-2-2-4-0-4-----|-7-----------*|
|-------3---------2---2-0-0---|-------3-3-------2-0-2-0-0-|-0----(0)----*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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