Song: Prayer
By: Disturbed
Album: Believe
Transcribed by matt sells
Intro
All guitars in drop D tuning d,a,d,g,b,e
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|-11-11--11-12-11-12-|-11-11--11-12-11-12-11-11--11-12-11-12-|
|-11-11--11-12-11-12-|-11-11--11-12-11-12-11-11--11-12-11-12-|
|-11-11--11-12-11-12-|-11-11--11-12-11-12-11-11--11-12-11-12-|
The second guitar plays this at the line marked g2
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|-9-9-9-9/12-12-12-12-12/11------------------------------|
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|-11-11--11-12-11-12-11-11--11-12-0---------------------------|
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play that whole thing twice then you go on to the verse
Verse
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|-6-6-6-6/6-6-6-6-6-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12---------------|
|-6-6-6-6/6-6-6-6-6-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12---------------|
|-6-6-6-6/6-6-6-6-6-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-12-12---------------|
palm mute most of the way through
play the verse four times
Pre chorus
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a b
a- “Let me enlighten you…”:
b- “this is the way I pray”
Chorus
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/2-2-2-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/4-4-4-2-2-2|
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/2-2-2-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/6-6-6-4-4-4|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/2-2-2-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/4-4-4-2-2-2|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/-----------|
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|-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7------|
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after you finish the chorus, play the original into once and then
you go back to the verse but all you play is a plain power chord.
play it 4 times through
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|-0-0/-0-0-0-0-0-0/-0-0-0-0-0-0/-0-0-0-0-0-0/-0-0-0-0/-------|
then back to the pre chorus…
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|-6/--0-0-0-0-2-7-6/--0-0-0-0-2-0-6/--0-0-0-0-2-7-6-6-2/-2-2-|
|-6/--0-0-0-0-2-7-6/--0-0-0-0-2-0-6/--0-0-0-0-2-7-6-6-2/-2-2-|
|-6/--0-0-0-0-2-7-6/--0-0-0-0-2-0-6/--0-0-0-0-2-7-6-6-2/-2-2-|
and back to the chorus…
Chorus
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/2-2-2-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/6-6-6-4-4-4|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/2-2-2-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/4-4-4-2-2-2|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/-----------|
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7/2-2-2-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/4-4-4-2-2-2|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/-----------|
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|-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7------|
|-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7------|
|-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7------|
now this time when you end hold the chord...
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at the end do a slide down the guitar starting at fret 15 on the low D string and work your way down to the first fret
then you go into the bridge thing
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|-0-1/-1-1-1-0-1/-1-0-1/-2-2-2-------------------------------|
palm mute / / /
play that 3 times through and on the last one jump into the chorus.
Play the normal chorus once…
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-/0/-----------|
(dont play the straight 7 chord)
and then after that play it through but only on the first set of chords
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during this part of the song (^ up there) the second guitar comes in playing an
easy backround alternation. you will play the simple 9-10-9-10-9 alternation a
total of 7 times. (not on the last measure)
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-----------4-4-4-4|
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|-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-7/-7-7-7-7-7-------|
and now the song is done
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