Everyones A Junkie Chords & Tabs
Our Lady Peace - "Everyone's A Junkie"
From the Album "Spiritual Machines"
Eb tuning
tabbed by jjhand
First Verse - No guitar until 0:13
Lyrics:
"I'm not waiting for the answers on a Sunday afternoon
I'm just too drunk to remember why I always slip through"
Short part (0:13 and 0:19)
eb|-------------|
Bb|-------------|
Gb|-------------|
Db|-7-----7-----|
Ab|-------------|
Eb|----5--------|
"The drugs and fake ambition Have been helping me to hide
But it's the endless television That has kept me inside"
Prechorus (0:25) - Add Distortion
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|--------------x-5-5-5-5----x-5--5\---|--------|
|-x-7-7-7-7----x------------x---------|--rest--|
|-x------------x-3-3-3-3----x-3--3\---|-4beats-|
|-x-5-5-5-5---------------------------|--------|
"Where does it stop? Where does it end?
Where do we go? Why am I always complaining?"
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|--------------x-5-5-5-5----x-5--5--5-|----------------|
|-x-7-7-7-7----x------------x---------|-7-----7--7-7-7-|
|-x------------x-3-3-3-3----x-3--3--3-|----------------|
|-x-5-5-5-5---------------------------|----------5-5-5-|
I can be good, I can be bad, I can be loved But everything's gone"
Chorus - play this 2x
strumming pattern in eighths (e) and sixteenths (s) is shown
s s s s e s s s s s s s s e e s s e s s s s s s s s s s
e|-3---------------------------0--|-0-------------3---------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|-0-------------3---------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-2-------------5---------------|
D|-0---------------0--------------|-2-------------5---------------|
A|-2------------------------------|-0-------------3---------------|
E|-3------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gb Db_sus2 Ab_sus2 Bsus2
"Black You're looking for that sun You're looking for that"
s s s s e s s s s s s s s e Q Q Q e. s
e|-3---------------------------0--|----------------------0-----0-|
B|-3---------------3--------------|----------------------3-----3-|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0------0------0------2-----2-|
D|-0---------------0--------------|-3------3------3------0-----0-|
A|-2------------------------------|-3------3------3--------------|
E|-3------------------------------|-1----0-1----0-1--------------|
Gb Db_sus2 Esus2
"light Lonely, you're not the only one to feel this way"
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/our_lady_peace/everyones_a_junkie_tab_ver_2.html ]
Verse 2 - No Guitar except random guitar feedback
Lyrics:
"I'm not asking for forgiveness
For the things that I don't know
But I'm really not that different
You just made me think so"
Prechorus 2 -
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------|
|--------------x-5-5-5-5----x-5--5--5-|----------------|
|-x-7-7-7-7----x------------x---------|-7-----7--7-7-7-|
|-x------------x-3-3-3-3----x-3--3--3-|----------------|
|-x-5-5-5-5---------------------------|----------5-5-5-|
"I can be good, I can be bad, I can be loved But everything's gone"
Chorus 2 - Same as Before, but end chorus with:
s s s s e s s s s s s s s e
e|-3---------------------------0--|----------------------------|
B|-3---------------3--------------|----------------------------|
G|-0---------------2--------------|-0------0------0------0-----|
D|-0---------------0--------------|-3------3------3------3-----|
A|-2------------------------------|-3------3------3------3-----|
E|-3------------------------------|-1----0-1----0-1----0-1---0-|
Gb Db_sus2 Esus2
"light Lonely, you're not the only one to feel this way"
Then...
Guitar Feedback with lyrics "Big green monkey, everyones a junkie"
Bridge (1:56) play 2x
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-7----7----7-feedback--|
|-----------------------|
|-5----5----5-----------|
Repeat Lyrics:
"Big Green Monkey, everyones a junkie (oh oh oh)" with guitar feedback
Play Chorus as was done in Chorus 2, but add a bar like this:
s s s s e s s s s s s s s e
|-3---------------------------0--|----------------------------|
|-3---------------3--------------|----------------------------|
|-0---------------2--------------|-0------0------0------0-----|
|-0---------------0--------------|-3------3------3------3-----|
|-2------------------------------|-3------3------3------3-----|
|-3------------------------------|-1----0-1----0-1----0-1---0-|
Gb Db_sus2 Esus2
"light Lonely, you're not the only one to feel this way"
|---------------------------|
|-3----3-3----3-3----3-3--3-|
|-5----5-5----5-5----5-5--5-|
|-5----5-5----5-5----5-5--5-|
|-3----3-3----3-3----3-3--3-|
|---------------------------|
Bsus2
"And I'll remember this someday"
Repeat Chorus 2 again
Ending
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|-3------------------|
|-5------------------|
|-5------------------|
|-3------------------|
|--------------------|
"Big green monkey, everyones a junkie"
Key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note