Our Lady Peace - A Story About A Girl Chords & Tabs

Author/Artist: Our Lady Peace
Title: A Story About A Girl
Album: Gravity
Tuning: Standard Half Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
Transcribed by: Izzy

This is a great emo song off 'Gravity'. 
I think it oughta be their next single.

Key:

~~~ = Vibrato
(no.) = Natural harmonic
b(no.) = Bend note to match pitch of (no.)
r = release bent note to original pitch
h = Hammer on
p = Pull off
x = Fret Hand mute
/ = Slide down 


Intro riff (Clean electric, let ring) 

-------------------------------|------------------3----------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-----5-----4----5-----4-----5--|------5-----4------------5-----4---| x2
-------3-----3----3-----3------|----5---5-----5------5-----5-------|
---5-----5-----5----5-----5----|--3-------3-----3------3-----3-----|
-3-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|

there is a slight variation on the third time at the end of this riff:

-------------------------------|------------------3----------------|
-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
-----5-----4----5-----4-----5--|------5-----4------------4-----5---| 
-------3-----3----3-----3------|----5---5-----5------5-----5-------|
---5-----5-----5----5-----5----|--3-------3-----3------3-----3-----|
-3-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Verse (Clean electric, hit the lower bass notes louder)

-------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------|-------------------------|
--5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x--|--7/--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3--|  x4
--5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x--|--7/--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3--|
--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x--|--5/--1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1--|
   G                  A    F


Prechorus is divided into 2 parts:

Guitar 1 (Clean electric) plays intro riff x2
Guitar 2 (Dirty/distorted electric) plays verse riff x2


Chorus (exact rhythm not included, has some palm muting)

-------------------------------------------------|
---------1---------------------------------------|
--5------2---------------------------------------|
--5------2-----3-----5------------x--5/3--3------|  x2
--3------0-----3-----5------------x--5/3--3------|
--3------------1-----3---(pause)--x--3/1--1------|
 G/C    Am     F     G                   F


Post 1st chorus riff

Guitar 1 (Dirty/distorted electric)

---------------x--------------x------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x---8b(10)--6h8p6--6~~-6~~~-6/-|
--10h12--10h12-x-10h12--10h12-x------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x------------------------------|

---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x---8b(10)--6h8p6--6~~-6b(8)r6---6-----------|
--10h12--10h12-x-10h12--10h12-x------------------------------7---7--4b5r4/-|
---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------| 
---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|
---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/our_lady_peace/a_story_about_a_girl_tab_ver_2.html ]
Guitar 2 (Dirty/distorted electric) plays the verse twice.


I'll update this tab for the rest of the song soon, cuz i'm not a good 
lead guitar player, and this song has too many licks going in the background. 
Also, there's a solo somewhere, so I'll need more time. But you can survive 
with these parts for now!


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Our Lady Peace 
A Story About a Girl 
Tabbed by: Andy Picker 
Tuning: down a half step 
www.ourladypeace.cc


Guitar 1 intro 

E|----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------| 
G|----------------------------| 
D|------10---9---10---9---10--| 
A|----7----7---7----7---7-----| 
E|--7-------------------------| 

(continued) 

E|------------------| 
B|---------------8--| 
G|------------------| 
D|------10---9------| 
A|----7----7---7----| 
E|--7---------------| 

Guitar 2 

E|-----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------| 
D|--5-5---5-5---73-3---3-3-3--| 
A|--5-5---5-5---73-3---3-3-3--| 
E|--3-3---3-3---51-1---1-1-1--| 

Chorus 
Guitar 1 

E|-----------------------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------------------| 
G|------5----------------------------------------| 
D|--x-x-5-7-3----2-2----2/5----5-5----5-53-3-3--| 
A|--x-x-3-7-3----2-2----2/5----5-5----5-53-3-3--| 
E|--x-x---5-1----0-0----0/3----3-3----3-31-1-1--| 
           |Palm Mute|   |Palm Mute| 

Guitar 2 

E|----------------------------------------------------| 
B|------20------20------20-----20--20-18---18-17--17--| 
G|19-17---19-17---19-17---19-17--19------19-----19--17| 
D|----------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------| 

Second verse Guitar 1 seen above 
Second verse Guitar 2 

E|-----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------| 
G|--7h9-7h9—7h9-7h9-9b-7h9p7v--| 
D|-----------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------| 

E|---------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------| 
G|--7h9-7h9—7h9-7h9-9b-7h9p7v—5h9-52-2h4-2p0--| 
D|---------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------| 

E|-------------------| 
B|-------------------| 
G|--7h9-75-5h7-53--| 
D|-------------------| 
A|-------------------| 
E|-------------------| 

Solo 

E|---------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------| 
G|---7h9-7h9-x-x-7h9-7h9-9b-9-7h9-12-12-12-12bp11h12-| 
D|---------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------| 

Solo Continued 

E|--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----5h7-5h7-x-x-5h7-5h7-x-x-7b-7-5-5h7p5p0/16-16-18-17--| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------------| 

Little solo that continues back into chorus 

E|---------------| 
B|---------------| 
G|---7b-7-5h7p5--| 
D|---------------| 
A|---------------| 
E|---------------|