I Am Tabs & Lyrics by Godsmack
I Am
guitar tabs lyrics
Gtr I (D A D G B D) - 'Tony Rombola'
Gtr II (D A D G B D) - 'Sully Erna'
Gtr III (D A D G B D) - 'Tony Rombola'
Gtr IV (D A D G B D) - 'Sully Erna'
Intro
Q=76
D5 Eb D5 Eb C
4/4
Gtr I
PM------| PM--| PM------| PM--|
S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S E +S E. 4x
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
||----------------------8b8.5---|---------------------8-(8)-5---||
||------------------------------|---------------------x-----x---||
||o---------------------6b6.5---|---------------------6-(6)-3--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-----------||
Verse
D5 Eb5 D5 Eb5 C5
PM----------------| PM----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S E +S E.
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------13----|---------------------13-(13)-10---|
||--0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-13----|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-13-(13)-10---|
D5 Eb5 D5 Eb5 C5
PM----------------| PM----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S E +S E.
|---------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------13----|---------------------13-(13)-10--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-13----|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-13-(13)-10---||
G5 D5 Ab5 G5 D5 Ab5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-----6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-----6-6-6-6-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-0-0-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-0-0-6-6-6-6-|
G5 D5 Ab5 G5 Bb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-----6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5S8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-0-0-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5S8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
Chorus
D5 Bb5 F5 D5 Bb5 Eb5
Gtr I
Q Q +S S S S S S E Q Q +S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-0-------0-------(0)-8-8-8-8-3-3---|-0-------0-------(0)-8-8-8-8-13-13-13-|
|-0-------0-------(0)-8-8-8-8-3-3---|-0-------0-------(0)-8-8-8-8-13-13-13-|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-3-------3--------1----1---4-------|-3-------3--------1----1---4----------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0-------0--------0--------0-------|-0-------0--------0--------0----------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---2-3-2---2-3-2-----2-3-2---2-3-2-|---2-3-2---2-3-2-----2-3-2----2--3--2-|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D5 Bb5 Eb5 C5
S S E Q +S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-------(0)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-1---1---1---1---1-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-0-0-0---0-------(0)-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-1---1---1---1---1-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|
| Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-3-------3--------1----1---4-------|-4-------4-------4-----4-----1----------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0-------0--------0--------0-------|-0-------0-------0-----------0----------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---2-3-2---2-3-2-----2-3-2---2-3-2-|---2-3-2---2-3-2----2--3--2-----2--3--2-|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D5 Eb D5 Eb C
Gtr I
PM------| PM--| PM------| PM--|
S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S E +S E.
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------8b8.5---|---------------------8-(8)-5--|
|-----------------------------|---------------------x-----x--|
|---------------------6b6.5---|---------------------6-(6)-3--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0----------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3---------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
D5 Eb D5 Eb C
Gtr I
PM------| PM--| PM------| PM--|
S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S E +S E.
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------8b8.5---|---------------------8-(8)-5--||
|-----------------------------|---------------------x-----x--||
|---------------------6b6.5---|---------------------6-(6)-3--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0----------||
Verse
D5 Eb5 D5 Eb5 C5
PM----------------| PM----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S E +S E.
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------13----|---------------------13-(13)-10---|
||--0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-13----|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-13-(13)-10---|
D5 Eb5 D5 Eb5 C5
PM----------------| PM----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S E +S E.
|---------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------13----|---------------------13-(13)-10--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-13----|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-13-(13)-10---||
G5 D5 Ab5 G5 D5 Ab5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-----6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-----6-6-6-6-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-0-0-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-0-0-6-6-6-6-|
G5 D5 Ab5 G5 Bb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-----6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5S8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
|-5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-0-0-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5S8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||
Chorus
$
D5 Bb5 F5
Gtr I
Q Q +S S S S S S E
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
Q Q E E Q
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o-3----------3-----------1-----1----4----------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--0----------0-----------0----------0----------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----2--3--2----2--3--2-----2--3--2----2--3--2-|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--0----------0-----------0----------0----------|
||o---10-11-10---10-11-10----10-11-10---10-11-10-|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
D5 Bb5 Eb5
Q Q +S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E E Q
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-3----------3-----------1-----1----4-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0----------0-----------0----------0-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----2--3--2----2--3--2-----2--3--2----2--3--2--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0----------0-----------0----------0-----------|
|---10-11-10---10-11-10----10-11-10---10-11-10--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
D5 Bb5
S S E Q +S S S S S S E
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E E Q
|----------------------------------------------|
|-3----------3-----------1-----1----4----------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0----------0-----------0----------0----------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----2--3--2----2--3--2-----2--3--2----2--3--2-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0----------0-----------0----------0----------|
|---10-11-10---10-11-10----10-11-10---10-11-10-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
To Coda
Eb5 C5
E E E E S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E E Q
|----------------------------------------------||
|-4----------4----------4-----4----1----------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0----------0----------0----------0-----------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----2--3--2----2--3--2----2--3--2----2--3--2--||
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0----------0----------0----------0-----------||
|---10-11-10---10-11-10---10-11-10---10-11-10-o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
D5 Ab5 D5 Ab5
Gtr I
PM------------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S E S S S S T T S S S S T T S S e E
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------6-|--------------------------------6---||
|--0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-|--0--0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0--6---||
|
| Gtr IV
| TP TP
| W H. e E
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-13-----------------------------------|-13----------------------------13---||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Interlude
D5 Ab5 D5 AbBb5
Gtr I
PM------------------------------| PM------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S E S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S S S
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------6-|-----------------------------------6S8--|
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6S8--|
D5 Ab5
PM------------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------6-|
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-|
D5 Eb5
PM------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------13-13-13-13---||
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-13-13-13-13---||
Bridge
D5 Ab5 D5 AbBb5
PM------------------------------| PM------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S E S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S S S
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------6-|-----------------------------------6S8--|
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6S8--|
D5 Ab5 G5 Ab5 G5 F5 EbF5
PM------------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S E E. S +E E +S E. E E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------6-|-5--6-(6)-5-(5)-3--1-3-|
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-|-5--6-(6)-5-(5)-3--1-3-|
D5 Ab5 D5 AbBb5
PM------------------------------| PM------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S E S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S S S
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------6-|-----------------------------------6S8--|
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6S8--|
D.S. al Coda
D5 Ab5 G5 Ab5 G5 F5 EbF5
PM------------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S E E. S +E E +S E. E E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------------------6-|-5--6-(6)-5-(5)-3--1-3-||
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-|-5--6-(6)-5-(5)-3--1-3-||
Outro
&
D5 Ab5
Gtr I
PM------------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------6-|
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-|
|
| Gtr II
| H Q E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------4-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
D5 AbBb5
PM-------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------6S8--|
|--0--0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6S8--|
|
| +H H
|------------------------------------------|
|-(4)--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
D5 Ab5
PM------------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S T T S E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------6-|
|-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-6-|
|
| H Q E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------4-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
D5 Eb5
PM-------------------------|
S S S S T T S S S S T T S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------13-13-13-13---*|
|--0--0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-13-13-13-13---*|
|
| +H S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------*|
|-(4)-------------------4---4-4--4--4--4--4---*|
|---------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
