Our Lady Peace – Automatic Flowers (Guitar)

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Tabbed without a capo. A capo can be placed on the 2nd fret - if you do do that make sure you transpose the chord sheet using the fancy transpose button, -2. Everything from here on out is tabbed without a capo. Key of E major / C# minor

Verse Chord Structure (personal preference as I like the way the E chord shape works for the vocals)
   C#m  E  D#5 D5
e|--4---4----------|
B|--4---5----------|
G|--5---4---8--7---|
D|--6---6---8--7---|
A|--6---7---6--5---|
E|--4---4----------|

Opening Guitar riff
    C#m   A      B      F#m
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|------6-5-6-------4-3-4-3-4-------|
A|-\4-4--------4s2-2----------2s4---|
E|----------------------------------|

Lyrics & Chords:

C#m       A
Do do, do do do

B         F#m
Do do do, do do do do do

Verse 1

C#m      E                 D#5       D5
And Sara thinks she's died here once before

C#m        E     A    G#m
She's crazyyyy

C#m      E        D#5              D5
A pop-up book of flowers from grade 4

C#m     E    A    G#m
Are driving her insane

Pre-chorus

F#m       G#m
   No one    knows why

F#m          G#m
   She's sad       tonight

F#m       G#m       A      B
   No one     can help   her find

Chorus

C#m     A       B    F#m
Crying, Cryinnnng,

    C#m          A        B      F#m
she couldn't afford the view

C#m     A       B    F#m
Crying, Cryinnnng,

      C#m      A        B        F#m
these automatic flowers won't do

C#m       A
Do do, do do do

B         F#m
Do do do, do do do do do

Verse 2

C#m       E
Another brick

D#5            D5
Another window frames,

C#m          E    A  G#m
confussssssionnn

C#m        E          D#5            D
Her garden blooms but Sarah can't see straight

      C#m   E   A         G#m
She's drinking, herself blind

Pre-chorus

F#m       G#m
   No one    knows why

F#m          G#m
   She's sad       tonight

F#m       G#m          A      B
   No one     can help   her find

Chorus

C#m     A       B    F#m
Crying, Cryinnnng,

    C#m          A        B      F#m
she couldn't afford the view

C#m     A       B    F#m
Crying, Cryinnnng,

      C#m      A        B        F#m
these automatic flowers won't do

      C#m      A        B        F#m
these automatic flowers won't do

Pre-Solo:

e|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-----------7s9--7--9-----------|-----------7-6-7-6-7----------|
G|-4/6--6------------------------|-6/4--4-----------------------|
D|-4/6--6----4s6--4--6-----------|-6/4--4----4-3-4-3-4----------|
A|-2/4--4------------------------|-4/2--2-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

(Solo Key of E) Bridge

F#m       G#m
  She never    admitted,

F#m          G#m
  she never condsidered

F#m            G#m
That she always means better

A                     B
She's wasting all our time

Chorus

C#m     A       B    F#m
Crying, Cryinnnng

    C#m          A        B      F#m
she couldn't afford the view

C#m     A       B    F#m
Crying, Cryinnnng,

      C#m      A        B        F#m
these automatic flowers won't do

      C#m      A        B        F#m
these automatic flowers won't do

C#m  A  B  F#m
Won't do (x7)