Our Lady Peace – Lying Awake (Bass Tab)

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From "Happiness is not a fish that you can Catch" tabbed by jjhand A simple OLP song, but nice bass & guitar harmony, especially for solo rhythm parts. Please Rate or comment Intro - Guitar only

(0:12)
Verses - play similarly 2x   () = ringing note from last bar
Gb|--------------|---------------|------------|------------------|
Db|--------------|---------------|------------|------------------|
Ab|--------------|---------------|------------|------------------|
Eb|-0------------|-(0)-----0-0-0-|-0----------|-(0)-------0-0--0-|
    "I'm here to wear you out     I'm here to watch you hide"

|------------|--------------|------------|-------------------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|-------------------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|---------7-7---7---7h9p7-|
|-0----------|-(0)----0-0-0-|-0----------|---0---0---------0-------|
"Nothing to figure out      I'm here to watch you die"

Prechorus - with dist & tremelo effect    play 2x
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-4--4--4--4------------|----------------------|
|------------4----4b5r4-|-2--2-5p2--0h2---5-0--|
"Running away from the breast of"

|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-4----4--4----------|----------------9/11--|
|-----------4--4-----|-2--2-5p2-----9-------|
"Your busy giant healing machine"

Play Verse again similarly for 4 bars Lyrics: "Nobody left in line No one to make you shine" Play Prechorus again, then break for guitar/synth notes "Hanging on to the backs of opinions You've borrowed and betrayed"

Chorus 
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------2---------|----------------------|
|--------------0--2--4-|---------------------|--------------0--2--4-|
|-0----2--4--0---------|-2----0--2---4--2--4-|-0----2--4--0---------|

"Lying awake Don't ask why you should pay for this"

|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------4~--2-4--4-|--------2---2--2--2/4-|
|-2----0--2--2------------|-0-0--2---------------|
                            "A mother     Another"

|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------11-11-11|----7--6--4-----4-|----6/13-13--12-13--12-13-|
|-2-2---4---/11---------|-0------------7---|-6------------------------|
"A shameless abusing    But this time we're saving you"

Play Verse Again, then Prechorus similarly Play Chorus again

Solo (2:34)
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------5h7-|---------------------5h7-|
|-----------------5h7-----|-----------------5h7-----|
|-5----5--5--5------------|-4----4--4--4------------|

|-------------------------|-----------------4---4h6-6-|
|--------5------------5h7-|-----4-------------6-------|
|-----------------5h7-----|---------------------------|
|-3----3---3--3-----------|-2----2---2-2--------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------7-----7--------5h7-|------6-----6--------5h7-|
|------------------5h7----|------------------5h7----|
|-5---5-5---5-5--5--------|-4---4-4---4-4--4--------|

|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------5-----5--------5h7-|-------------4---4-4-4-4-4\|
|------------------5h7----|----------/4---4-----------|
|-3---3-3---3-3--3--------|-2--2-2-2------------------|

After Synth Part, play chorus again similarly 2x

Ending (3:45) - Only Bass
|---------|-------------11----------|----------------------|
|---------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------|----11-12-11----11-12-11-|----------------------|
|-0-------|-/x----------------------|-0--------------------|