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A Story About A Girl by Our Lady Peace
A Story About A Girl
Tuning: Standard Half Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)
Key:
~~~ = Vibrato
(no.) = Natural harmonic
b(no.) = Bend note to match pitch of (no.)
r = release bent note to original pitch
h = Hammer on
p = Pull off
x = Fret Hand mute
/ = Slide down
Intro riff (Clean electric, let ring)
-------------------------------|------------------3----------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-----5-----4----5-----4-----5--|------5-----4------------5-----4---| x2
-------3-----3----3-----3------|----5---5-----5------5-----5-------|
---5-----5-----5----5-----5----|--3-------3-----3------3-----3-----|
-3-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
there is a slight variation on the third time at the end of this riff:
-------------------------------|------------------3----------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-----5-----4----5-----4-----5--|------5-----4------------4-----5---|
-------3-----3----3-----3------|----5---5-----5------5-----5-------|
---5-----5-----5----5-----5----|--3-------3-----3------3-----3-----|
-3-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Verse (Clean electric, hit the lower bass notes louder)
-------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------|-------------------------|
--5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x--|--7/--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3--| x4
--5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x--|--7/--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3--|
--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x--|--5/--1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1--|
G A F
Prechorus is divided into 2 parts:
Guitar 1 (Clean electric) plays intro riff x2
Guitar 2 (Dirty/distorted electric) plays verse riff x2
Chorus (exact rhythm not included, has some palm muting)
-------------------------------------------------|
---------1---------------------------------------|
--5------2---------------------------------------|
--5------2-----3-----5------------x--5/3--3------| x2
--3------0-----3-----5------------x--5/3--3------|
--3------------1-----3---(pause)--x--3/1--1------|
G/C Am F G F
Post 1st chorus riff
Guitar 1 (Dirty/distorted electric)
---------------x--------------x------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x---8b(10)--6h8p6--6~~-6~~~-6/-|
--10h12--10h12-x-10h12--10h12-x------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x---8b(10)--6h8p6--6~~-6b(8)r6---6-----------|
--10h12--10h12-x-10h12--10h12-x------------------------------7---7--4b5r4/-|
---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (Dirty/distorted electric) plays the verse twice.
I'll update this tab for the rest of the song soon, cuz i'm not a good
lead guitar player, and this song has too many licks going in the background.
Also, there's a solo somewhere, so I'll need more time. But you can survive
with these parts for now!
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Our Lady Peace
A Story About a Girl
Tabbed by: Andy Picker
Tuning: down a half step
www.ourladypeace.cc
Guitar 1 intro
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|------10---9---10---9---10--|
A|----7----7---7----7---7-----|
E|--7-------------------------|
(continued)
E|------------------|
B|---------------8--|
G|------------------|
D|------10---9------|
A|----7----7---7----|
E|--7---------------|
Guitar 2
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--5-5---5-5---73-3---3-3-3--|
A|--5-5---5-5---73-3---3-3-3--|
E|--3-3---3-3---51-1---1-1-1--|
Chorus
Guitar 1
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|------5----------------------------------------|
D|--x-x-5-7-3----2-2----2/5----5-5----5-53-3-3--|
A|--x-x-3-7-3----2-2----2/5----5-5----5-53-3-3--|
E|--x-x---5-1----0-0----0/3----3-3----3-31-1-1--|
|Palm Mute| |Palm Mute|
Guitar 2
E|----------------------------------------------------|
B|------20------20------20-----20--20-18---18-17--17--|
G|19-17---19-17---19-17---19-17--19------19-----19--17|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Second verse Guitar 1 seen above
Second verse Guitar 2
E|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--7h9-7h9—7h9-7h9-9b-7h9p7v--|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--7h9-7h9—7h9-7h9-9b-7h9p7v—5h9-52-2h4-2p0--|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--7h9-75-5h7-53--|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
Solo
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---7h9-7h9-x-x-7h9-7h9-9b-9-7h9-12-12-12-12bp11h12-|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Solo Continued
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----5h7-5h7-x-x-5h7-5h7-x-x-7b-7-5-5h7p5p0/16-16-18-17--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Little solo that continues back into chorus
E|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---7b-7-5h7p5--|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
Suddenly Im something Im not
Im something that you bought
Was it something I said
My friend
Little girl are you tripping on this
Are you tripping all over it
You better come up for air
A story about a girl
A story about the world
[Chorus:]
Are you waking up slowly
Nothing but lonely
Are you waking up
Holding, holding your breath
Are you looking for something
I promise you one thing
I promise Ill always, always be there
Baby girl stand up and fight
This is not some paradise
Its just where we live
Finally you think you're all right
Then it eats you up alive
You better get used to it
A story about a girl
A story about the world
[Chorus]
With all my faith
And all my heart
And all those simple things you are
I know you're stuck inside your head
Your low, you better get used to it
And I know the feeling has to end
We all struggle, it sucks you in again
And your lust, it can't make any sense
This world, it tears you limb from limb
In your world you're nothing but the best
[Chorus]
With all my faith
And all my heart
And all those simple things
You are
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version 2
This isn't the *solo* per-se, but it's the main riff during the second and third chorus.
I'm working out the solo and the intro/main riff that plays throughout the song, but
haven't gotten it yet. I'll include the main chord pattern as well that plays behind these
riffs during the chorus.
Our Lady Peace's traditional guitar tuning is drop-b (drop all strings by one semitone.) This
applies to this song, but watch for the others on Gravity. Innocent is one where it's drop-Db
(lower E to Db and lower the remaining strings one semitone).
Here it is:
eb |-----------------15--|---------13-13--12-12---------|----------19-19--15-15---------
Bb |---------15--13------|-----13----------------13-13--|------13----------------13-13--
Gb |-----12--------------|-12---------------------------|--12---------------------------
Db |-10------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------
Ab |---------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------
Eb |---------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------
( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 )
That's it. The order goes like this:
First time: 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 1, 1, 2
Second time: 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 2 (x2)
Backup guitar:
This plays behind the lead riffs
eb |-----------------------------------------------
Bb |-----------------------------------------------
Gb |--x-x--5---------------------------------------
Db |--x-x--5--7--\--3--3-3--/--5--5--5-5--\--3--3--
Ab |--x-x--3--7--\--3--3-3--/--5--5--5-5--\--3--3--
Eb |----------5--\--1--1-1--/--3--3--3-3--\--1--1--
[P M] [P M]
P.S. Note the timing when the lead riff begins. There is a slight delay after they start
to play the Cb (x355) chord.
Suddenly Im something Im not
Im something that you bought
Was it something I said
My friend
Little girl are you tripping on this
Are you tripping all over it
You better come up for air
A story about a girl
A story about the world
[Chorus:]
Are you waking up slowly
Nothing but lonely
Are you waking up
Holding, holding your breath
Are you looking for something
I promise you one thing
I promise Ill always, always be there
Baby girl stand up and fight
This is not some paradise
Its just where we live
Finally you think you're all right
Then it eats you up alive
You better get used to it
A story about a girl
A story about the world
[Chorus]
With all my faith
And all my heart
And all those simple things you are
I know you're stuck inside your head
Your low, you better get used to it
And I know the feeling has to end
We all struggle, it sucks you in again
And your lust, it can't make any sense
This world, it tears you limb from limb
In your world you're nothing but the best
[Chorus]
With all my faith
And all my heart
And all those simple things
You are
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