"Bring me to life" - Written and Performed by Evanescence
Tabbed by Jesse Davies (malaise0@hotmail.com)
* I tabbed this song from the glitched leak on Kazaa, so some lyrics are missing or
were misintepreted. This will be fixed in time.
Intro/Verse
(This is normally played on the piano, I've tried to re-arrange it for acoustic guitar)
F
E ----------------0-------|---------------0-----------
Bb -----0------0---5----0--|------0-----0--5---0-0-----
G -----5----5-6-5-5--5-3--|------5---5-6--5---5-3-----
D --3--3--3----------3-3--|---3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-----
A ------------------------|---------------3-----------
D ------------------------|---------------------------
F
How can you see into my eyes like open doors?
F
Leading you down into core, where I become so numb
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Pre-chorus
(Played on single electric with fine-cut distortion, sounds layered)
( ) -- The notes inside the brackets fade in, then build up before the pre-chorus
F5
E -----|-------------------------------
Bb -----|-------------------------------
G -----|-------------------------------
D -(3)-|-------------------------------
A -(3)-|---33-33-33-33-333-------------
D -----|---33-33-33-33-333-------------
F5
You fill my soul
F5
My spirits sleeping somewhere cold
F5
Until you find it there in me
F5
It's black hole
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Chorus
(Played on two electric guitars, layered on top of eachother)
F Ab Eb F
E -------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------------
Bb -------------------|----------------|------------------|--------------------
G -------------------|----------------|--33---3--33--3---|-------------------
D -------5-------5---|-------8-----8--|--11-1-1--11-11---|--3-35---3-35----------
A --33-3-3--33x3-3---|--66-6-6--66-6--|--11x1-1--11x11---|--3-33---3-33----------
D --33x3-3--33x3-3---|--66x6-6--66x6--|------------------|--3--3---3--3---
F
Wake me up (wake me up inside)
Ab
I can't wake up (wake me up inside)
Eb
Save me
F
Call my name, and save me from the dark
F
Wake me up (leave my blood to run)
Ab
I can't wake up (before i come undone)
Eb F Riff 1
Save me from the nothing i've become
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Riff 1 (leads into 2nd verse)
P - Palm-muted
^ - bend string up
= - pause
F
E ------------------------------
Bb ------------------------------
G --------------------5^--------
D --------------=---------------
A --33-33-33-33-----------------
D --33-33-33-33----33-----------
PP PP PP PP
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Verse 2
P - Palm-muted
^ - bend up
= - pause
F5 F/C#5
E -----------------------------------------------------------
Bb ----------------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------5^---------
D -----------------------------------------------------------
A ---33-33-33-33-=-33/4--------44-44-44-44-=-44--------------
D ---33-33-33-33---33/3--------33-33-33-33---33--------------
F5
breathe into me
F/C#5
make me real
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Post-Chorus
P - Palm-muted
^ - bend up
x - rake
p - pull-off
: - repeat
C# D# F
E ------------------|------------------|----------------------------------|----------------
Bb ------------------|------------------|----------------------------------|----------------
G .-----6--666------|------8--888------|---------------------------------.|----------------
D .-666-6x-666-x66--|--888-8x-888-x66--|------3-------------------3------.|----------------
A --444-4x-444-x44--|--666-6x-666-x44--|--333-3x-333-x33------333-3x-333--|------------3~--
D ------------------|------------------|--333-3x-333-x33------333-3x-333--|-3~--5~--6~-----
C# D# F
Bring Me To Life ...
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Bridge Part 1 (soft/slow)
C/C#5 C5 G F (g,g#,c)
E ---------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------------
Bb ---------------|-----------------|-------------|---------------------
G --------6------|--------5--------|-------------|---------------------
D ----5---6-5----|----5---5-5---5--|---6---------|---------------------
A --4---4-----4--|--3---3-----3----|-5-5-5---5---|--3---------3~-------
D ---------------|-----------------|-5-----5-5-5-|--3--5~--6~----------
C/C#5 C5 G F (g,g#,c)
Frozen inside, without your touch, without your love darling
C/C#5 C5 G C5
Only you,
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Bridge Part 2
F5 F/C#5
E -----------------------------------------------------------
Bb ----------------------------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------5^---------
D -----------------------------------------------------------
A ---33-33-33-33-=-33/4--------44-44-44-44-=-44--------------
D ---33-33-33-33---33/3--------33-33-33-33---33--------------
F5
All this time, I cant believe I couldnt see
F/C#5
left In the dark, but there you were in front of me
F5
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
F/C#5
I've got to open my eyes to everything
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