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Wash Away Those Years

Creed
TabTuningDrop D
★4.4(6)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Clean'

Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion '

Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'

Intro

Slowly H=68

Dm C/D

2/2

Gtr I

Wx3 Q E E E Q E Q E E +H

|------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|----6-----6----|-6----5-(5)----|
|------------|----5h7---5----|-5----5-(5)----|
|------------|-0------0----0-|----0----------|
|------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|---------------|

Bb/D

Q E E E E E E E E E E +H

|----------------|------------------|
|----5h6---5h6---|-5h6p(5)-3-(3)----|
|----5-----5-----|-5-------3-(3)----|
|-0------0-----0-|------0-----------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|

Asus4/DA/D D5 Dm

Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E Q H +H +Q Q

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----3h5---3h5---|-3h5---3-(3)--2--|-2h3----3----|-(3)----(3)s=6--|
|----3-----3-----|-3---------------|-2------2----|-(2)----(2)s=5--|
|-0------0-----0-|-----0-----------|-----0-------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|

C/D Bb/D

+Q Q E Q E Q E E +H Q E E E E E E E E E E +H

|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-(6)--6----6----|-6----5-(5)----|----5h6---5h6---|-5h6p5-3-(3)----|
|-(5)-------5----|-5----5-(5)----|----5-----5-----|-5-----3-(3)----|
|---------0----0-|----0----------|-0------0-----0-|-----0----------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|

Asus4/DA/D D5

Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E Q H +H. +Q

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------||
|----3h5---3h5---|-3h5---3-(3)--2--|-2h3----3----|-(3)------(3)s==||
|----3-----3-----|-3-----2-(2)--2--|-2------2----|-(2)------(2)s==||
|-0------0-----0-|-----0-----------|-----0-------|----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------||

Verse

Dm C/D Bb/D

Q Q E Q E Q E E +H Q E E E E E E E E E E +H

||---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
||o-6--6----6----|-6----5-(5)----|----5h6---5h6---|-5h6p5-3-(3)----|
||--5-------5----|-5----5-(5)----|----5-----5-----|-5-----3-(3)----|
||--------0----0-|----0----------|-0------0-----0-|-----0----------|
||o--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
||---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|

Asus4/DA/D D5

Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E Q H +H. +Q 3x

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------||
|----3h5---3h5---|-3h5---3-(3)--2--|-2h3----3----|-(3)------(3)s==o||
|----3-----3-----|-3-----2-(2)--2--|-2------2----|-(2)------(2)s===||
|-0------0-----0-|-----0-----------|-----0-------|-----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------o||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------||

Bb/D Asus4/DA/D N.C.(D5)

Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E Q H +W

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------||
|----3h5---3h5---|-3h5---3-(3)--2--|-2h3----3----|-(3)----||
|----3-----3-----|-3-----2-(2)-----|-2-----------|--------||
|-0------0-----0-|-----0-----------|-----0-------|--------||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------||

Chorus

Fsus2 D7suEbm6 Em Gsus2

Gtrs I, II

H Q. E E E Q E E Q +E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E

||--------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--5----5----5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|-(5)-5-5--5--5-5-|---4-4--4-4-/7-7--|
||--5----5----5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|-(5)-5-5--5--5-5-|---5-5--5-5-/7-7--|
||o-3----3----3-|-3-3-3--0-0-2--|-(2)-2-2--2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-/5-5--|
||--3----3----3-|-3-3-3--0-0-2--|-(2)-2-2--2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-/5-5--|

1.

D5 A5 G5A5D5

Q E E Q. E E E Q E E Q E E E E Q E E E E a Q +E Q E

|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------------||
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------o||
|-7--7-7-7----7-|-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-|-7-7-7s10---(10)-9--0--||
|-7--7-7-7----7-|-7-7-7--7-7-6--|-6-6-5-6-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-(0)---(0)-0--0--||
|-5--5-5-5----5-|-5-5-5--0-0-6--|-6-6-5-6-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-(0)---(0)-0----o||
|-5--5-5-5----5-|-5-5-5--0-0-6--|-6-6-5-6-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-(0)---(0)-0-----||

2.

G5 D5

E E E Q E E E W +W W +W

|----------------|----------|------------|-----------|--------||
|----------------|----------|------------|-----------|--------||
|-7-7-7-5--5---7-|-7--------|-(7)--------|-!7--------|-(7)----||
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-5--------|-(5)--------|-!0--------|-(0)----||
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-5--------|-(5)--------|-!0--------|-(0)----||
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|-5--------|-(5)--------|-!0--------|-(0)----||

Interlude

N.CDm7 C/D Bb/D

Q Q E Q E Q E E +H Q E E E E E E E E E E +H

|--------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----6----6----|-6----5-(5)----|----5h6---5h6---|-5h=6\----3-(3)----|
|----5----5----|-5----5-(5)----|----5-----5-----|-5-(5)\---3-(3)----|
|-------0----0-|----0----------|-0------0-----0-|--------0----------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|

Asus4/DA/D D5

Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E H. +W

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------||
|----3h5---3h5---|-3h5---3-(3)--2--|-2h3---------|--------||
|----3-----3-----|-3-----2-(2)-----|-2-----------|--------||
|-0------0-----0-|-----0-----------|-----0-------|-(0)----||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------||

Verse

N.CDm7 C/D Bb/D

Q Q E Q E Q E E +H Q E E E E E E E E E E +H

||---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
||o----6----6----|-6----5-(5)----|----5h6---5h6---|-5h=6\----3-(3)----|
||-----5----5----|-5----5-(5)----|----5-----5-----|-5-(5)\---3-(3)----|
||--------0----0-|----0----------|-0------0-----0-|--------0----------|
||o--------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
||---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|

Asus4/DA/D D5

Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E H. +W

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|---------||
|----3h5---3h5---|-3h5---3-(3)--2--|-2h3---------|--------o||
|----3-----3-----|-3-----2-(2)-----|-2-----------|---------||
|-0------0-----0-|-----0-----------|-----0-------|-(0)-----||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------o||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|---------||

Bb/D A/D D5 C5

Gtr IV

W W W H E E E E

| | |

/ / /

Gtrs I, II Gtr III

Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E Q H +W

|----------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------------||
|----3h5---3h5---|-3h5---3-(3)--2--|-2h3----3----|-(3)----------------||
|----3-----3-----|-3-----3-(3)--2--|-2------2----|-(2)----------------||
|-0------0-----0-|-----0-----------|-----0-------|--------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------3-||
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|------0h[3]---0---3-||

Q E E E E E E

Chorus

$

F5 D5 Em

Gtrs III, IV

PM|

H Q. E E E Q E E Q +Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E

||--------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
||--5----5----5-|-5-5-5------4--|-(4)--4--4--4-4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4----|
||--3----3----3-|-3-3-3------5--|-(5)--5--5--5-5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5----|
||o-3----3----3-|-3-3-3--0-0-2--|-(2)--2--2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2s5--|
||--3----3----3-|-3-3-3--0-0-2--|-(2)--2--2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2s5--|

G5 D5 A5 G5A5D5

PM|

H Q. E E E Q E E Q +Q E E Q. E E E Q. Q E

|-------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7----7----7-|-7-7-7------7--|-(7)--7-7-7----7-|-----10----9--0-|
|-5----5----5-|-5-5-5------6--|-(6)--5-6-0----0-|------0----0--0-|
|-5----5----5-|-5-5-5--0-0-6--|-(6)--5-6-0------|-0-0------------|
|-5----5----5-|-5-5-5--0-0-6--|-(6)--5-6-0------|-0-0------------|

F5 D5 Em

PM|

H Q. E E E Q E E Q +E E Q Q E E E E Q E E Q

|-------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5----5----5-|-5-5-5------4--|-(4)-4-4--4--4-4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4/--|
|-3----3----3-|-3-3-3------5--|-(5)-5-5--5--5-5-|-5-5-5--5-5-5/--|
|-3----3----3-|-3-3-3--0-0-2--|-(2)-2-2--2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2/--|
|-3----3----3-|-3-3-3--0-0-2--|-(2)-2-2--2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2/--|

1.

To Coda

Gsus2 D5 A5 G5A5D5

PM|

H Q. E E E Q E E Q +E E E E Q. E E E Q E Q.

|-------------|---------------|------------------|------------------||
|-------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------o||
|-7----7----7-|-7-7-7------7--|-(7)-7-7-7-7----7-|-----10--10-9-----||
|-7----7----7-|-7-7-7------6--|-(6)-6-5-6-0----0-|------0---0-0-----||
|-5----5----5-|-5-5-5--0-0-6--|-(6)-6-5-6-0------|-0-0-------------o||
|-5----5----5-|-5-5-5--0-0-6--|-(6)-6-5-6-0------|-0-0--------------||

2.

G5A5D5 G5

E E E E Q. E +E E E E +E E E E W +W

|------------------|---------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|---------------------|----------|--------|
|-(7)-7-7---7----7-|-(7)-7-7-5-(5)-5-5-0-|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-(6)-6-5-6-0----0-|-(0)-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-(6)-6-5-6-0------|---------------------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-(6)-6-5-6-0------|---------------------|-5--------|-(5)----|

D5 G5 D5

PM

W +W W +W W W

|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|----------|------||
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|----------|------||
|-!7--------|-(7)--------|-!7--------|-(7)--------|----------|------||
|-!0--------|-(0)--------|-!5--------|-(5)--------|----------|------||
|-!0--------|-(0)--------|-!5--------|-(5)--------|-0--------|------||
|-!0--------|-(0)--------|-!5--------|-(5)--------|-0--------|------||

Interlude

Eb5 Bb5

H Q. E a Q Q E E Q +E E Q E Q E E E E E Q E E

|-------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-3----3----3-|----------------|-----------------|-----3s5s3--3-3-|
|-1----1----1-|-3s5--3--1p0-3--|-(3)-3-3--3-3--3-|-3-3-x------3-3-|
|-1----1----1-|-------------1--|-(1)-1-1--1-1--1-|-1-1-1s3s1--1-1-|
|-1----1------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

C5 D5 C5 Gsus2 Gm Gsus2

PM|

|-3-|

E E E E Q E E a Q Q E E Q +Q Q E E E E Q E E E Q E E

|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3s5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5s7--5---------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-3s5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5s7--5------7--|-(7)--7------7h8-|-8--8p7p5-7--------||
|-1-3-3-3-3--3-3-|---------x-x-5--|-(5)--5--5---5---|-5--5--------x-x---||
|----------------|---------x-x-5--|-(5)--5--5-5-----|-------------x-x---||

Bridge

Eb5 Bb5

H Q. E a Q Q E E Q +E E Q E Q E E E E E Q E E

||--------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o-------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||--3----3----3-|----------------|-----------------|-----3s5s3--3-3-|
||--1----1----1-|-3s5--3--1p0-3--|-(3)-3-3--3-3--3-|-3-3-x------3-3-|
||o-1----1----1-|-------------1--|-(1)-1-1--1-1--1-|-1-1-1s3s1--1-1-|
||--1----1------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|

1.

C5 D5 C5 A5 Gm Gsus2

PM|

|-3-|

E E E E Q E E a Q Q E E Q +Q Q E E E E Q E E E Q E E

|----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-3s5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5s7--5---------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-3s5-5-5-5--5-5-|-5s7--5------7--|-(7)--7------7h8-|-8--8p7p5-7---------||
|-1-3-3-3-3--3-3-|---------x-x-5--|-(5)--5--5---5---|-5--5--------x-x---o||
|----------------|---------x-x-5--|-(5)--5--5-5-----|-------------x-x----||

2.

D.S. al Coda

Gsus2 Gm N.C.

|-3-|

Q E E E E E Q +Q Q Q E E Q H.

||------------------|-----------------||-------------||
||o-----------------|----------------o||-------------||
||------------------|-----------------||-------------||
||--8--8p7p5-7p5-7--|-(7)--7--7--7h8--||-8-----------||
||o-5--5-----5---5--|-(5)--5--5--5---o||-5-----------||
||---------------5--|-(5)--5--5-------||----/15\-----||

&

G5A5D5 G5

Q E E H +Q. E E Q. W +W

|---------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|-(7)--7-7-7----|-(7)---5-5-5----|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-(6)--5-6-0----|-(0)---0-0-0----|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-(6)--5-6-0----|-(0)------------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-(6)--5-6-0----|-(0)------------|-5--------|-(5)----|

D5 G5 D5

PM

W +H.. E W +W W +W

|-----------|--------------|----------|------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------|--------------|----------|------------|----------|--------*|
|-!7--------|-(7)--------7-|-7--------|-(7)--------|----------|--------*|
|-!0--------|-(0)--------0-|-5--------|-(5)--------|----------|--------*|
|-!0--------|-(0)----------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-!0--------|-(0)----------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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