Our Lady Peace – Annie (Bass Tab)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)

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From the album 'Happiness is not a Fish You Can Catch' Eb tuning tabbed by jjhand OLP's underrated bass player Duncan Coutts plays really good in this song with nice harmony. Please rate or comment. Intro - Light Distortion/Overdrive, slide while picking on 2nd line

Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|

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|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-\7-\5-0-0-0-0-|
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Main theme starts:
    play 3x                        Ending (4th time through)
|------------------------|     |-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7------------|     |-------------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------5----------|     |-4--4--4--4------------------|
|------------------------|     |-----------------------------|

Verse 1
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|
|-------------5--5--5--7--|-------------5--5--5--7--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
             "You're a little bit shy ,  A little too  

|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7--7--7-------------|-----------------2-2-------------|
|-------------5--5--5--5--|-4---4---4---4-------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------0-0-2-2-2-2-|
"quiet         You're the mixed up girl that everybody leaves 
                                                       behind"

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|
|-------------5--5--5--7--|-------------5--5--5--7--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
            "A little bit weird,       A little too bright"

|-------------------------|---------------------------7\--|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|---------------------9---9-----|
|-------------5--5--5--5--|-4---4---4---4---7-7---7-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
"But you just might be That little bomb at their side" 

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|
|-------------5--5--5--7--|-------------5--5--5--7--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
          "They'll pull your hair, They'll leave you"

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|-------------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------5--5--5--5--|-4--4--4--4------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
"wide-eyed, But did anybody wonder What Annie might have in"

  Ab                       
|----------9/--12-12-12--11-12-12-|
|-7--7--7-------------------------|
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|---------------------------------|

"mind? oh no" Chorus - Part 1

Rhythm - medium distortion
  Dbm        B              B/Bb        Gb  
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------0--|
|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--|-2--2--2--0--------2-----|
|-------------------------|-------------3--3--------|
1.  Something in the way she explains to me, "Please be careful"
2.    "        "   "   "   "    makes believe, "   "    "

Part 2
Rhythm 
  B            Gb           Abm         Ab/C
|--------------------------|----------------------2--|
|--------------------------|-------------------2-----|
|-3--3--3/5-3--2--2--3--5--|-0--0--0--0--4--0--------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
"I exist in someone else's head," oh no

repeat Part 1

End with:  Rhythm
  B/Eb        Db/F         Eb
|-------------------------|------------------------9-9~-|
|-------------------------|-----------------9---9-------|
|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--|-11--11--11--11---11--11-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
"Annie dreams that everyone is dead"

Play Verse Similarly as done before Play Chorus Similarly as done before

Bridge (after Chorus 2) - play 3x
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-2--2-----2------------|------------------------|
|------------2--2-----2-|-3--3-----3-------------|
|-----------------------|------------3--3--2-----|

Bridge Ending
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2--2-----2-----------|-------/10\--/10\--10-10-10-12-10-12-|
|------------2--2----2-|-3--3/-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|

Guitar Solo (2:42) - Play Chorus Part, as done before

Final Choruses - part 1
  Dbm        B              B/Bb        Gb  
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------0--| go to
|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--|-2--2--2--0--------2-----| part 2
|-------------------------|-------------3--3--------|
1.  Something in the way she explains to me, "Please be careful"
2.  Something in the way she makes believe, "Please be careful"

(3:00)
  B            Gb           Abm         Ab/C
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------2-0h2-|
|-3--3--3/5-3--2--2--2/3-5-|-0--0--0--0--4--0--------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
"I exist in someone else's head,    oh no"

repeat Part 1 for second line of lyrics

After repeat:
  B/Eb        Db/F         Eb
|-------------------------|-----------------------------9-|
|-------------------------|-----------------9---9---9h11--|
|-7--7-/7--7--9--9-/9--9--|-11--11-/11--11---11--11-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
"Annie dreams that everyone is dead"

(3:18) repeat Part 1 for 1st line of lyrics

(3:23)
  B            Gb           Abm           Ab/C
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------/7--7~--5/7-7-7-7-9-7-|
|-3--3--3/5-3--2--2--2/3-5-|-0--0------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
"I exist in someone else's head,     oh no"

  Dbm        B              B/Bb        Gb  
|-------------------------|----------------2--4~----|
|-------------------------|-------2--4--5-----------|
|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--|-2--2--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
"Something in the way she makes believe, "Please be careful"

Ending (3:40) - strum this chord until the band ends

|-5--5--5/7\5--4--4--4/5/7--|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-5--5-4/5-5--4/5-5--4/5-5--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
"Annie dreams that everyone is dead             Every-"   

play 2x similarly
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------7\---------7--------|-7-----7\-----7---7----9---|
|-0--0-------0---------0----|----0-------0---0----0-----|
"-one is dead"     "Everyone is dead           Every-"

End note
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|-0-------|
"-one is dead"