Band: Creed
Song: My Own Prison
Album: My Own Prison

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
 3  3               5 3                           

G
D
       0h3 3           0       0h3           0h3  3
A
(0) 0h1   1    3h5 3       0h1    1 0 (0) 0h1    1
D
                    5 3  0
G
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
   5   5   5 5    5 5 5
D
   3   3   3 3    3 3 3
A
 3 3   3   3 3    3 3 3
D
 3 3   3   3 3    3 3 3
G
 4   4 4   4  4 4   4 4 4
D
 2   2 2   2  2 2   2 2 2
A
 2   2 2   2  2 2   2 2 2
D
 2   2 2   2  2 2   2 2 2
G
 3  3 3  3   3 3   3 3     3 3  3
D
 1  1 1  1   1 1   1 1     1 1  1
A
 1  1 1  1   1 1   1 1     1 1  1
D
 1  1 1  1   1 1   1 1     1 1  1
G
 2  2 2  2   2 2   2 2     2 2 2
D
 0  0 0  0   0 0   0 0     0 0 0
A
 0  0 0  0   0 0   0 0     0 0 0
D
 0  0 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    D5       Bb5     repeat
Gtr 1
B
               6  6
G
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....