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Author/Artist: Creed
Title: Illusion
Album: My Own Prison
Tuning: Drop D
Transcribed by: Adam Strachn
Email: [email protected]

This is generally the tablature key -

h = hammer on
p = pull of
t = tap
~ = let the note ring
(?) = ghost note
v = vibrate note
b = bend not
r = release note
/ = slide up to fret
 = slide down to fret
x = mute string(s)



Intro -  (notes in (12) is where Mark switches the toggle switch up & down)
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-13---(13)-(13)-(13)-(13)-----------------------------------------------------
-12b--(12)-(12)-(12)-(12)---10-10-12---10--10-12p10-----10--12b--12b--10------
----------------------------------------------------12--------------------12--
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----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
-10--------10--|--4---3---3----0----4--------0--0---4---3-3-3-3--0--4------|
----------------|--2---3---3----0--------5----0--0---2---3-3-3-3--0------5--|
----------------|------3---3----0-------------0--0-------3-3-3-3--0---------|
                                                                              

Verse
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------------------------------------------------------------|2x
-2--2--2--2--2--2-------------------------------------------|
--------------------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----0----0--|                                                                              

(So I lie awake and stare . . .)
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---------------------------|
---------------------------|2x
-------------2~------------|
-0--0------------------3~--|
                                                                              

Going into Chorus - 
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-3b---0--0---0----0--4^--0----0--4^--0---0--0--0--|
    
                                                                          
Chorus  Play 4x
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-4--4--4--4---3---3-------3---3--3---0----0--0--0---4----4-------|
-2--2--2--2---3---3-------3---3--3---0----0--0--0-------------5--|
--------------3---3---0---3---3--3---0----0--0--0----------------|
                                                                              

Solo - 
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--------------------------------------------------------------5---------------
-5~~~~~~-------3--3--3h5----3--3--3h5~~~------5--7--8---7--8-------7--7--8----
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----------------------------------------6--7--9--6--7---6---------------------
-------------------------------5--7--8----------------8---7--8--5--7---5------
-5--5--7--3----3/5-----5--7--8---------------------------------------8---7----
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-------------------------------|--------|
-------------------------------|--------|
-------------------------------|---7/---|Let the chord ring
-------------------------------|---7/---|then slide down
-8--5--7--8--5--7-8--5--7---0--|---5/---|
-------------------------------|--------|
                                                                              
Repeat 7x - 
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-------6--7-----6--7--6-----6--7--9--7--6---------|
----7---------------------------------------8--7--|
-5-----------8-----------7------------------------|
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Strum -
---10---|
----x---|
----7---|
--------|
--------|
--------|

Bridge -  
("Wait now many thing are left unsaid . . .")                                
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-12---12---0-0-0---8---8--8--8---0-0-0---10---10---0-0---7---7-7-7-7--0--0--|4x
-12---12---0-0-0---8---8--8--8---0-0-0---10---10---0-0---7---7-7-7-7--0--0--|
-12---12---0-0-0---8---8--8--8---0-0-0---10---10---0-0---7---7-7-7-7--0--0--|                                                                           

Interlude  
Play 4x                                Play 4x 
---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
--------------0--0------------------0--|-------------0--0----------------0--|
--------------0--0------------------0--|--9-10-9-10--0--0--9-10-12-10-9--0--|
-4--5--4--5---0--0---4--5--7--5--4--0--|-------------0--0----------------0--|
                                                                             
Play 8x Just an illusion . . .
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-4--5--4--5---0--0---4--5--7--5--4--0--|
-4--5--4--5---0--0---4--5--7--5--4--0--|
-4--5--4--5---0--0---4--5--7--5--4--0--|
                                                                              

Outro 
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-4--4--4--4---3---3-------3---3--3---0----0--0--0---4----4-------|
-2--2--2--2---3---3-------3---3--3---0----0--0--0-------------5--|
--------------3---3---0---3---3--3---0----0--0--0----------------|
       
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--------|                                                            
--------|Let 
---3~---|Ring
---3~---|
---3~---|


Key 
/ = slide
b = bend note
~ = let note ring
p = pull off
h = hammer on
x = mute string(s)
^ = harmonic