David Harrison
"Clumsy" by "Our Lady Peace"
Album: "Clumsy"(1997)
This song is pretty easy to play but if you have any
questions, comments, corrections, or additions feel
free to e-mail me.
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*P.S.-Turn your guitar down half a step.*
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Intro:
E|-------------16--------------16---------------16--19--||
B|------17-19-----------17-19------------17-19----------||
G|------------------------------------------------------||
D|--19--------------18--------------19------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------||
Verse:
E|-----|-----|-----||
B|-----|-----|-----||
G|--3--|--1--|--4--||
D|--4--|--2--|--4--||
A|--4--|--2--|--2--||
E|--2--|--0--|-----||
Pre-Chorus:
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
B|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
D|--7--|--6--|--7--|--9--|--4--||
A|--7--|--6--|--7--|--9--|--4--||
E|--5--|--4--|--5--|--7--|--2--||
Chorus:
E|{ 2x }----------------------------------------|
B|----5---------5---4------------------------------------------|
G|-6---6---4-4---4---4--2-2XX6664-44XX------22-4-404-44--------|
D|-6-6----4--4-4---4----2-2XX6664-44XX4-44--2202-204-444-444XX-|
A|-4-----2---2-----2----0-0XX4402-22XX4-44--000----2-224-444XX-|
E|------------------------------------2-22-------------2-222XX-|
E|----------||
B|----------||
G|-22-4-404-||
D|-2202-204-||
A|-000----2-||
E|----------||
Interlude:
E|{ 3X }-------------------------------|
B|-------------10-12------------------------------------------|
G|-12--9/11\--------13\11-9-11---12--9/11~~~~-9/11~~~~-9~~~~~-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------777777777\-||
G|-99999999-44444444-99999999------------||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||
Fill 1:
E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|-22-4-404-44--------||
D|-2202-204-444-444XX-||
A|-000----2-224-444XX-||
E|------------2-222XX-||
Here's The Order:
Intro - 1x(00:00)
Verse - 6x(00:13)
Pre-Chorus - 1x(00:48)
Chorus - 1x(01:04)
Verse - 4x(01:32)
Pre-Chorus - 1x(01:56)
Chorus - 1x(02:12)
Interlude - 1x(02:38)
Chorus - 1x(03:14)
Fill 1 - 8x(03:37)
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Our Lady Peace : Clumsy
Most chords were figured out by Shawn Severin .
Tab and arrangement by Dave D'Uva .
Questions, comments and corrections are welcome.
tune down 1/2 step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
chords used:
A (A5sus): X02200 D: XX0232
AaddF# (AsusaddF#): 202200 E: 022100
A*: X02255 F# (F#5): 244XXX
B (B5sus): X24400 G: 320033
BaddG# (B5susaddG#): 424400 (open): 000030
C# (C#5sus): X46600
notes:
- I'm not sure what the proper name of the A* chord is.
- Wherever you see 2 chord names per chord above, I used the first name
in the tab, but the one in brackets is the real name, just so you're
not misinformed. I hope this doesn't cause confusion, but I had to
shorten the names to save space.
- (open) obviously isn't a real chord, it just what's played in the bridge.
- The rhythm might be pretty hard to get used to, so listen to the CD.
- Use your discretion on whether to play power chords sustained or not
(FYI: X24400 is sustained while X244XX is not). For instance, you'll
probably want to play straight chords (not sustained) in the pre-chorus.
- In the chorus, throw in some open high E and B strings to make it
sound good. Listen to the CD if you don't know what I mean.
- The bridge is pretty weird. You can either play the single notes or a
combination of the notes and chords. If anyone can add to the rhythm
part, please let me know.
intro piano (arranged for guitar):
Eb|------12---14---16--------12---14---16--------12---14---16---19----------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--14-----------------13------------------14------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
lyrics:
AaddF# E B AaddF#
throw away the radio suitcase that keeps you awake
E B AaddF#
hide the telephone, the telephone, telephone in case
E B AaddF#
you realize that sometimes you're just not okay
E B AaddF#
you level off, you level off, you level off, and it's not alright now
E BaddG# AaddF# A
you need to understand there's nothing strange about this
E B (hold)
you need to know your friends, you need to know that
pre-chorus:
A E A
i'll be waving my hand, watching you drown
B F#
watching you scream quiet or loud
chorus:
C# A E B
and maybe you should sleep
C# A E B
and maybe you just need ... a friend
A C# B AaddF#
as clumsy as you've been there's no one laughing
A E B F#
you will be safe in here
A E B (hold)
you will be safe in here
AaddF# E B AaddF#
throw away this very old shoelace, it tripped you again
E B AaddF#
try and shrug it off, shrug it off, shrug it off, it's only skin now
E BaddG# AaddF# A
you need to understand there's nothing fake about this
E B
you need to let me in ... i'm watching you and
[pre-chorus] (sing "quiet or loud" instead of "no one's around")
[chorus]
bridge:
G G (open)D A* A*
E|--3---3---0---2------5---5---7---4---2---0---2---|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------| X 3
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
G G (open)D D (open)
E|--3---3---0---2---2---0---2-----0---|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[pre-chorus] (softly)
at end of pre-chorus, play this: E|----------|
B|--2\1\0---| the slashes mean
G|----------| slide down. after
D|----------| you play this,
A|----------| blast into the chorus.
E|----------|
[chorus] (play 2nd last line "you will be safe in here" 9 times and end
the song with a B chord)
Artist: Our Lady Peace
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