Tuning: DGDGAD
Chords used:
D5 - 070700
D5/A - 020200
G/B - X40000
Gm/Bb - X30050
Em - 202022
G/D - 040020
The picking shown is just a general idea, not an exact representation of the original part.
Interpret the picking as you wish; the fingering is the important part.
Riff 1:
D|-------0-------------0-------------0-------0-----------------0---------0--|
A|-----0---0---------0---0---------0-------0-----------0---------------0----|
G|---------------------------------------------------0-----0----------------|
D|-2h4-------4---2---------2---------------------------------0-----0h2------|
G|-----------------------------/7------6---------4--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 2:
D|-------0-------------0-------------0-------0-----------------0---------0--|
A|-----0---0---------0---0---------0-------0-----------0---------------0----|
G|---------------------------------------------------0-----0----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------0--------------|
G|-2h4-------4--/6---------6---/7------6---------4-------------------2------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
If you listen to the guitar in the verses, you'll notice a change in the bass notes.
That's where you switch from Riff 1 to Riff 2.
For example, the first verse is:
Riff 1
Don't you know we lost?
Riff 1
Sunk so low, we just called it off
Riff 2
How an ordinary moment gets tossed
Riff 2
A more than ordinary woman's the cost
All verses follow the same progression: play Riff 1 twice, then Riff 2 twice.
Then, between the first two verses:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/barenaked_ladies/ordinary_tab.html ]
D5 G/B Gm/Bb D5/A
Then after the second verse:
D5 G/B
Believe me
Gm/Bb D5/A
Believe me
D5 G/B
Believe me
Gm/Bb D5/A
Believe me
D5 G/B
Have another look, another look around
Gm/Bb D5/A
Have another look around
D5 G/B
Have another look, another look around
Gm/Bb D5/A
Have another look around
Chorus:
D5/A Em
It's come undo-o-o-one
G/D D5/A
Do-one
D5/A Em
It's come undo-o-o-one
G/D D5/A
Do-one
Then after the first chorus comes the bridge:
D5 G/B
Have another look, another look around
Gm/Bb D5/A
Have another look around
D5 G/B
Have another look, another look around
Gm/Bb D5/A
Have another look around
The interlude before the last verse is just Riff 2 twice.
After the last chorus:
D5 G/B Gm/Bb D5/A
D5 G/B Gm/Bb D5/A
Just end on that last D5/A
And that's it.
For the record, I'm aware that the D5/A isn't really over an A. I just refer to it as
such for naming purposes; it's much quicker and easier to type "D5/A" than "D5 (2)".
