Bother Acoustic Tab

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Difficulty:	beginner
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Author donGiorgio [a] 61.

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This is an easy to play but beautiful moving song. If you can't play the fast
hammer-ons/pull-offs just go with the chords, it still sounds great!
 
Stone Sour usually play half step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) tuned guitars.
This is a transcription to standard tuning.
 
Theres lots of half accurate tabs for this song already but I wasn't satisfied
so I had to put up my acoustic version.
 
I did not add any solo, the original solo is just some D# minor pentatonic
stuff. Be creative ;)
 
Just listen to the song for the strumming/chord voicing.
 
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
 
 
[Chords]
   D#m      C#/D#       C#       F#         B         A#
e|-(6)-|  e|-(6)-|  e|-(4)-|  e|-(2)-|  e|-(2)-|  e|-(6)-|
B|--7--|  B|--6--|  B|--6--|  B|--2--|  B|--4--|  B|--6--|
G|--8--|  G|--6--|  G|--6--|  G|--3--|  G|--4--|  G|--7--|
D|--8--|  D|--6--|  D|--6--|  D|--4--|  D|--4--|  D|--8--|
A|--6--|  A|--6--|  A|--4--|  A|--4--|  A|--2--|  A|--8--|
E|-----|  E|-----|  E|-----|  E|--2--|  E|-----|  E|--6--|
 
[Intro/Lick I]
e|-----------------------|
B|--7-----6----6h7p6-----|
G|--8-----6---------8p6--| X 4
D|--8-----6--------------|
A|--6-----6--------------|
E|-----------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
   D#m   C#/D#    D#m   C#/D#     C#              D#m
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7------6------6h7-----6-------6---------------7-----6h7p6----------------|
G|--8------6------6h8-----6-------6---------------8----------8p6-------------|
D|--8------6------6h8-----6-------6---------------8-------------8p6----------|
A|--6------6------6-------6-------4---------------6--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Wish I was to dead to cry, my self affliction fades
 
   D#m      C#/D#     D#m  C#/D#   C#          F#      C#
e|---------------------------------------------(2)---------------------------|
B|--7--------6--------6h7----6-----6------------2-------6--------------------|
G|--8--------6--------6h8----6-----6------------3-------6--------------------|
D|--8--------6--------6h8----6-----6------------4-------6--------------------|
A|--6--------6--------6------6-----4------------4-------4--------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------2----------------------------|
   Stones to throw at my creator - masochist to which I cater
 
[Chorus]
  D#m              C#/D#    D#m              A#  D#m               C#/D#
e|------------------------------------------(6)------------------------------|
B|-7-----------------6-------7---------------6----7------------------6-------|
G|-8-----------------6-------8---------------7----8------------------6-------|
D|-8-----------------6-------8---------------8----8------------------6-------|
A|-6-----------------6-------6---------------8----6------------------6-------|
E|-------------------------------------------6-------------------------------|
   You don't need to bother, I don't need to be - I'll keep slipping farther
 
       B                 C#
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
G|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
A|-----2-----------------4-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
   But once I hold on, I won't let go 'til it bleeds
 
[Intro/Lick I]
e|-----------------------|
B|--7-----6----6h7p6-----|
G|--8-----6---------8p6--| X 4
D|--8-----6--------------|
A|--6-----6--------------|
E|-----------------------|
 
[Verse 2]
Wish I was
too dead to care
If indeed I cared at all
Never had
a voice to protest
So you fed me shit to digest
 
[Bridge]
  D#m                    A#                        B
e|-6---------------------6-------------------------2-------------------------|
B|-7---------------------6-------------------------4-------------------------|
G|-8---------------------7-------------------------4-------------------------|
D|-8---------------------8-------------------------4-------------------------|
A|-6---------------------8-------------------------2-------------------------|
E|-----------------------6---------------------------------------------------|
   I wish I had a reason; my flaws are open season, for this I gave up trying
 
   C#
e|-6-------------------------------|
B|-6-------------------------------|
G|-6-------------------------------|
D|-6-------------------------------|
A|-4-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   one good turn deserves my dying
 
 
[Chorus]
  D#m              C#/D#    D#m              A#  D#m               C#/D#
e|------------------------------------------(6)------------------------------|
B|-7-----------------6-------7---------------6----7------------------6-------|
G|-8-----------------6-------8---------------7----8------------------6-------|
D|-8-----------------6-------8---------------8----8------------------6-------|
A|-6-----------------6-------6---------------8----6------------------6-------|
E|-------------------------------------------6-------------------------------|
   You don't need to bother, I don't need to be - I'll keep slipping farther
 
       B                 C#
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
G|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
A|-----2-----------------4-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
   But once I hold on, I won't let go 'til it bleeds
 
[Solo]
[Intro/Lick I]
e|-----------------------|
B|--7-----6----6h7p6-----|
G|--8-----6---------8p6--| X 4
D|--8-----6--------------|
A|--6-----6--------------|
E|-----------------------|
 
[Verse 3]
Wish I'd died instead of lived
A zombie hides my face
Shell forgotten
with its memories
Diaries left
with cryptic entries
 
[Chorus]
  D#m              C#/D#    D#m              A#  D#m               C#/D#
e|------------------------------------------(6)------------------------------|
B|-7-----------------6-------7---------------6----7------------------6-------|
G|-8-----------------6-------8---------------7----8------------------6-------|
D|-8-----------------6-------8---------------8----8------------------6-------|
A|-6-----------------6-------6---------------8----6------------------6-------|
E|-------------------------------------------6-------------------------------|
   You don't need to bother, I don't need to be - I'll keep slipping farther
 
       B                 C#
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
G|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
D|-----4-----------------6-------------------------|
A|-----2-----------------4-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
   But once I hold on, I won't let go 'til it bleeds
 
[Outro Chorus]
  D#m              C#/D#    D#m              A#  D#m               C#/D#
e|------------------------------------------(6)------------------------------|
B|-7-----------------6-------7---------------6----7------------------6-------|
G|-8-----------------6-------8---------------7----8------------------6-------|
D|-8-----------------6-------8---------------8----8------------------6-------|
A|-6-----------------6-------6---------------8----6------------------6-------|
E|-------------------------------------------6-------------------------------|
   You don't need to bother, I don't need to be - I'll keep slipping farther
 
       B                           C#
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----4---------------------------6-----------------------------------------|
G|-----4---------------------------6--let------------------------------------|
D|-----4---------------------------6--ring-----------------------------------|
A|-----2---------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   but once I hold on (once I hold on)...      I'll never live down my deceit
 
[Intro/Lick I]
e|-----------------------|
B|--7-----6----6h7p6-----|
G|--8-----6---------8p6--| X 4
D|--8-----6--------------|
A|--6-----6--------------|
E|-----------------------|
 
End with a slow upstroke followed by a downstroke on the D#m Chord.
 
 
 
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| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| p    Pull-off
 
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I think the riff needs a bit of fine tuning to be perfected but it's not hard to figure out what's missing. Despite that this is so great, thank you so much, I can't even begin to tell you how much I love this song and now you've given me a platform to yell it into a microphone as loud as I can... Thank you! 5 Stars all the way up!

I ain't no real pro. But to me, this sounds fitting like asses on buckets. It's really right the thing I needed to yell that song my way. Thank u sooo much!

Intro/Lick I e|-----------------------| B|---7-----6----6h7p6-----| G|---8-----6---------8p6--| X 4 D|---8-----6--------------| A|-6-6-----6--------------| E|-----------------------| Throw in that first D# note.