Our Lady Peace - 'Annie'
From the album 'Happiness is not a Fish You Can Catch'
Eb tuning
tabbed by jjhand
OLP's underrated bass player Duncan Coutts plays really good
in this song with nice harmony. Please rate or comment.
Intro - Light Distortion/Overdrive, slide while picking on 2nd line
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-\7-\5-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Main theme starts:
play 3x Ending (4th time through)
|------------------------| |-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7------------| |-------------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------5----------| |-4--4--4--4------------------|
|------------------------| |-----------------------------|
Verse 1
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|
|-------------5--5--5--7--|-------------5--5--5--7--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
"You're a little bit shy , A little too
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7--7--7-------------|-----------------2-2-------------|
|-------------5--5--5--5--|-4---4---4---4-------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------0-0-2-2-2-2-|
"quiet You're the mixed up girl that everybody leaves
behind"
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|
|-------------5--5--5--7--|-------------5--5--5--7--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
"A little bit weird, A little too bright"
|-------------------------|---------------------------7\--|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|---------------------9---9-----|
|-------------5--5--5--5--|-4---4---4---4---7-7---7-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
"But you just might be That little bomb at their side"
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|
|-------------5--5--5--7--|-------------5--5--5--7--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
"They'll pull your hair, They'll leave you"
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-------------|-------------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------5--5--5--5--|-4--4--4--4------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
"wide-eyed, But did anybody wonder What Annie might have in"
Ab
|----------9/--12-12-12--11-12-12-|
|-7--7--7-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
"mind? oh no"
Chorus - Part 1
Rhythm - medium distortion
Dbm B B/Bb Gb
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------0--|
|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--|-2--2--2--0--------2-----|
|-------------------------|-------------3--3--------|
1. Something in the way she explains to me, "Please be careful"
2. " " " " " makes believe, " " "
Part 2
Rhythm
B Gb Abm Ab/C
|--------------------------|----------------------2--|
|--------------------------|-------------------2-----|
|-3--3--3/5-3--2--2--3--5--|-0--0--0--0--4--0--------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
"I exist in someone else's head," oh no
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/our_lady_peace/annie_btab.html ]
repeat Part 1
End with: Rhythm
B/Eb Db/F Eb
|-------------------------|------------------------9-9~-|
|-------------------------|-----------------9---9-------|
|-7--7--7--7--9--9--9--9--|-11--11--11--11---11--11-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
"Annie dreams that everyone is dead"
Play Verse Similarly as done before
Play Chorus Similarly as done before
Bridge (after Chorus 2) - play 3x
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-2--2-----2------------|------------------------|
|------------2--2-----2-|-3--3-----3-------------|
|-----------------------|------------3--3--2-----|
Bridge Ending
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-2--2-----2-----------|-------/10\--/10\--10-10-10-12-10-12-|
|------------2--2----2-|-3--3/-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo (2:42) - Play Chorus Part, as done before
Final Choruses - part 1
Dbm B B/Bb Gb
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------0--| go to
|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--|-2--2--2--0--------2-----| part 2
|-------------------------|-------------3--3--------|
1. Something in the way she explains to me, "Please be careful"
2. Something in the way she makes believe, "Please be careful"
(3:00)
B Gb Abm Ab/C
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------2-0h2-|
|-3--3--3/5-3--2--2--2/3-5-|-0--0--0--0--4--0--------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
"I exist in someone else's head, oh no"
repeat Part 1 for second line of lyrics
After repeat:
B/Eb Db/F Eb
|-------------------------|-----------------------------9-|
|-------------------------|-----------------9---9---9h11--|
|-7--7-/7--7--9--9-/9--9--|-11--11-/11--11---11--11-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
"Annie dreams that everyone is dead"
(3:18) repeat Part 1 for 1st line of lyrics
(3:23)
B Gb Abm Ab/C
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------/7--7~--5/7-7-7-7-9-7-|
|-3--3--3/5-3--2--2--2/3-5-|-0--0------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
"I exist in someone else's head, oh no"
Dbm B B/Bb Gb
|-------------------------|----------------2--4~----|
|-------------------------|-------2--4--5-----------|
|-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--|-2--2--------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
"Something in the way she makes believe, "Please be careful"
Ending (3:40) - strum this chord until the band ends
|-5--5--5/7\5--4--4--4/5/7--|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-5--5-4/5-5--4/5-5--4/5-5--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
"Annie dreams that everyone is dead Every-"
play 2x similarly
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------7\---------7--------|-7-----7\-----7---7----9---|
|-0--0-------0---------0----|----0-------0---0----0-----|
"-one is dead" "Everyone is dead Every-"
End note
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-0-------|
"-one is dead"
Key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend note
| r release bend
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
