The Cranberries – Ode To My Family (Guitar Tab)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from the album: No Need to Argue Intro: For the intro, play the chords in an arpeggio style. D Bm F#m G Verse: When playing the chords, pick the strings in random order avoiding the bass strings. D Bm F#m G Understand the things I say, don't turn away from me D Bm F#m G Cause I spent half my life out there, you wouldn't disagree. D Bm D Bm F#m G D'you see me, d'you see, do you like me, do you like me standing there. D Bm D Bm F#m F#m G D'you notice, d'you know, do you see me, do you see me, does anyone care. Chorus: D Bm F#m G Unhappiness, where's when I was young, and we didn't give a damn. D Bm F#m G 'Cause we were raised, to see life as fun and take it if we can. D Bm F#m G My mother, my mother she hold me, did she hold me, when I was out there. D Bm F#m G My father, my father, he liked me, oh he liked me, does anyone care. Verse 2: Understand what I've become, it wasn't my design. And people everywhere think, something better than I am. But I miss you, I miss 'cause I liked it, I liked it, when I was out there. D'you know this, d'you know, you did not find me, you did not find, does anyone care. Repeat chorus D: xx0232 Bm: 224432 F#m: 244322 G: 320033 ------------------ Ode to My Family by the Cranberries I've seen the previous post to OLGA, and I guess it's okay, but here's another spin on it. Capo at the 2nd fret. Just the basic chords: C x32010 Am x02210 Em 022000 F 133211 It starts with a strum of the chords, in the order C-Am-Em-F, a little bit after she starts with the Doo-doo-doo-doots. ^_^ Shortly after, you go to the picking, I find it sorta sounds like:

   C                          Am                  Em
e|-0------0-------0----0------0------0-------0----0------0-------0----|
B|---1------1---1---1----1------1------1---1---1----0------0---0---0--|
G|-----0------0------------2------2------2------------0------0--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

   F
e|-1------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-0h2p0-0h2p0--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

... and so on. You might find it works better some other way, but this way sounds fine. Just follow along with the previous version of this song, above. ----------------------- The Cranberries - Ode to My Family Well, I'm not a expert, but it seems to me that the arpeggio to this song is:

   C                         Am                     Em
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1------1-----1-----1------1-----1----1----1------0----0----0----0----|
G|---0------0-----0-----0------2-----2----2----2------0----0----0----0--|
D|-----2------2-----2-----2------2-----2----2----2------2----2----2---2-|
A|-3-------------------------0------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------|

   G
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0------0/2/0-0/2/0-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3--------------------------------------------------------------------|