Our Lady Peace - Clumsy Chords & Tabs

David Harrison 
"Clumsy" by "Our Lady Peace"
Album: "Clumsy"(1997)

This song is pretty easy to play but if you have any 
questions, comments, corrections, or additions feel 
free to e-mail me. 

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*P.S.-Turn your guitar down half a step.*
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Intro:

E|-------------16--------------16---------------16--19--||
B|------17-19-----------17-19------------17-19----------||
G|------------------------------------------------------||
D|--19--------------18--------------19------------------||
A|------------------------------------------------------||
E|------------------------------------------------------||


Verse:

E|-----|-----|-----||
B|-----|-----|-----||
G|--3--|--1--|--4--||
D|--4--|--2--|--4--||
A|--4--|--2--|--2--||
E|--2--|--0--|-----||


Pre-Chorus:

E|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
B|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
G|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
D|--7--|--6--|--7--|--9--|--4--||
A|--7--|--6--|--7--|--9--|--4--||
E|--5--|--4--|--5--|--7--|--2--||


Chorus:

E|{        2x         }----------------------------------------|
B|----5---------5---4------------------------------------------|
G|-6---6---4-4---4---4--2-2XX6664-44XX------22-4-404-44--------|
D|-6-6----4--4-4---4----2-2XX6664-44XX4-44--2202-204-444-444XX-|
A|-4-----2---2-----2----0-0XX4402-22XX4-44--000----2-224-444XX-|
E|------------------------------------2-22-------------2-222XX-|

E|----------||
B|----------||
G|-22-4-404-||
D|-2202-204-||
A|-000----2-||
E|----------||
Interlude:

E|{             3X            }-------------------------------|
B|-------------10-12------------------------------------------|
G|-12--9/11\--------13\11-9-11---12--9/11~~~~-9/11~~~~-9~~~~~-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------777777777\-||
G|-99999999-44444444-99999999------------||
D|---------------------------------------||
A|---------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------||


Fill 1:

E|--------------------||
B|--------------------||
G|-22-4-404-44--------||
D|-2202-204-444-444XX-||
A|-000----2-224-444XX-||
E|------------2-222XX-||


Here's The Order:

Intro - 1x(00:00)
Verse - 6x(00:13)
Pre-Chorus - 1x(00:48)
Chorus - 1x(01:04)
Verse - 4x(01:32)
Pre-Chorus - 1x(01:56)
Chorus - 1x(02:12)
Interlude - 1x(02:38)
Chorus - 1x(03:14)
Fill 1 - 8x(03:37)


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Our Lady Peace : Clumsy

Most chords were figured out by Shawn Severin .
Tab and arrangement by Dave D'Uva .
Questions, comments and corrections are welcome.

tune down 1/2 step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

chords used:

A (A5sus):           X02200             D:          XX0232
AaddF# (AsusaddF#):  202200             E:          022100
A*:                  X02255             F# (F#5):   244XXX
B (B5sus):           X24400             G:          320033
BaddG# (B5susaddG#): 424400             (open):     000030
C# (C#5sus):         X46600
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/our_lady_peace/clumsy_tab_ver_3.html ]
notes:
- I'm not sure what the proper name of the A* chord is.
- Wherever you see 2 chord names per chord above, I used the first name
  in the tab, but the one in brackets is the real name, just so you're
  not misinformed.  I hope this doesn't cause confusion, but I had to
  shorten the names to save space.
- (open) obviously isn't a real chord, it just what's played in the bridge.
- The rhythm might be pretty hard to get used to, so listen to the CD.
- Use your discretion on whether to play power chords sustained or not
  (FYI: X24400 is sustained while X244XX is not).  For instance, you'll
  probably want to play straight chords (not sustained) in the pre-chorus.
- In the chorus, throw in some open high E and B strings to make it
  sound good.  Listen to the CD if you don't know what I mean.
- The bridge is pretty weird.  You can either play the single notes or a
  combination of the notes and chords.  If anyone can add to the rhythm
  part, please let me know.

intro piano (arranged for guitar):
Eb|------12---14---16--------12---14---16--------12---14---16---19----------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--14-----------------13------------------14------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

lyrics:

AaddF#           E    B                         AaddF#
  throw away the radio suitcase that keeps you awake

           E              B                       AaddF#
  hide the telephone, the telephone, telephone in case

      E           B                           AaddF#
  you realize that sometimes you're just not okay

      E              B                                        AaddF#
  you level off, you level off, you level off, and it's not alright now

      E            BaddG#        AaddF#          A
  you need to understand there's nothing strange about this

      E                  B (hold)
  you need to know your friends, you need to know that


  pre-chorus:

  A                 E                  A
  i'll be waving my hand, watching you drown

               B               F#
  watching you scream quiet or loud


  chorus:

C#          A          E      B
  and maybe you should sleep

C#          A        E     B
  and maybe you just need ... a friend

A           C#        B                   AaddF#
  as clumsy as you've been there's no one laughing

 A            E       B     F#
  you will be safe in here

 A            E       B (hold)
  you will be safe in here


AaddF#            E        B                        AaddF#
  throw away this very old shoelace, it tripped you again

          E                      B                            AaddF#
  try and shrug it off, shrug it off, shrug it off, it's only skin now

      E            BaddG#        AaddF#        A
  you need to understand there's nothing fake about this

      E              B
  you need to let me in ... i'm watching you and


[pre-chorus] (sing "quiet or loud" instead of "no one's around")

[chorus]

bridge:

    G   G (open)D      A*  A*  
E|--3---3---0---2------5---5---7---4---2---0---2---|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|   X 3
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

    G   G (open)D   D (open)  
E|--3---3---0---2---2---0---2-----0---|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|

  yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
 

[pre-chorus]  (softly)

at end of pre-chorus, play this:   E|----------|
                                   B|--2\1\0---|     the slashes mean
                                   G|----------|     slide down.  after
                                   D|----------|     you play this,
                                   A|----------|     blast into the chorus.
                                   E|----------|

[chorus]  (play 2nd last line "you will be safe in here" 9 times and end
           the song with a B chord)