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Clumsy Tabs

(ver. 1)
Our Lady Peace
"Clumsy" by "Our Lady Peace"

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 .
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)
            
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