Lying Awake Chords & Tabs
Our Lady Peace - "Lying Awake"
From "Happiness is not a fish that you can Catch"
Tuning - Eb
tabbed by jjhand
A simple OLP song, but it needs some guitar effects to get
it right. Solo is not bad, but not Mike Turner's best. Please
rate or comment.
Intro - Clean & Muted with reverb
eb|--------------|-----------|--------------|------------|
Bb|--------------|-----------|--------------|-16---------|
Gb|---15---15-16-|-13--------|---15---15-16-|------------|
Db|--------------|-----------|--------------|------------|
Ab|--------------|-----------|--------------|------------|
Eb|--------------|-----------|--------------|------------|
Verses - play similarly 2x (a few extra strums before the prechorus)
|--------------|-------------|------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-------------|------------|---------------------|
|--------------|-------------|------------|---------------------|
|-2------------|-(2)-------2-|-2----------|-(2)----2--2--x-x--2-|
|-2------------|-(2)-------2-|-2----------|-(2)----2--2--x-x--2-|
|-0------------|-(0)-------0-|-0----------|-(0)----0--0--x-x--0-|
add distortion
Prechorus - with dist & tremelo effect play 2x
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-6----6--------------|---------------------|
|-6----6----6----6----|-4----4----4----4----|
|-4----4----6----6----|-4----4----4----4----|
|-----------4----4----|-2----2----2----2----|
Play Verse 1x
Play Prechorus again, then lead plays
Lead 'Synth'-sounding part, need guitar fx
|---------------------|
|---------0-----------|
|-15~--16-----15~--16-|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
Chorus Rhythm Part (Synth part is added every other bar)
|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------| play 2x
|-----------4--4--xx-|-------------|
|-2----2----4--4--xx-|-4-----------|
|-2----2----2--2--xx-|-4-----------|
|-0----0-------------|-2-----------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/our_lady_peace/lying_awake_tab.html ]
|----------------------|----------------------|------------------|-------synth---|
|----------------------|----------------------|------------------|---------------|
|---------4----4--4--4-|---------2----2--2--2-|----------4----4--|-------15-16TP-|
|-2--2----4----4--4--4-|-2--2----4----4--4--4-|-2--2--2--4----4--|-4---/x--------|
|-2--2----2----2--2--2-|-2--2----4----4--4--4-|-2--2--2--2----2--|-1---/x--------|
|-0--0-----------------|-0--0----2----2--2--2-|-0--0--0----------|---------------|
Play Verse Again, then Prechorus
Play Chorus again
Solo (2:34)
|------------|-0--0--0--0--0-0-------0-0TP--12-12-|-12\7---0-------0TP--12-12-|
|-5---TP-----|-11-11-12-12-----11~---12-----------|----------11~--12TP--------|
|-7b9-TP-----|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------|
pick continuous
through bend
|-12\7-----------0TP------|-6-6---9-9---12-12---14-14-15TP-|
|--------0-11~--12TP--0-0-|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-3---6-6---9--9----11-11-12TP-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-15TP----14-14-12-12---15TP/|-16TP----14-14-14-12\--12-|-------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|-12/19TP-----|
|-12TP----11-11--9--9---12TP/|-13TP----11-11-11-9\---9--|-12/19TP-----|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|-------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|-------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|-------------|
|------------20/22b--|
|--/20/22b23---------|
|--/20/22b23---------|
|--------------------| then play synth part & chorus 2x
|----TP all notes----|
|--------------------|
End on single Eb5 chord (similar to Verse part)
Key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| b bend note
| r release bend
| TP tremelo pick (repeatedly)
| x Mute note, or random slide note if used with /x