Our Lady Peace - Neon Crossing Chords & Tabs

Bob Morgano 


Our Lady Peace
"Neon Crossing"
>From the album: "Naveed" (Sony Music Entertainment)
(Music by Michael Turner, Raine Maida, Chris Eacrett, Arnold Lanni)
(Words by Raine Maida)
(c 1994 Sony Music Publishing/Under Zenith Publishing/Seacret
Pulishing/Catchit Songs/
 Lanni Tunes)

Transcription by Bob Morgano (morgano@ici.net)

Tuning: 6-Eb 5-Ab 4-Db 3-Gb 2-Bb 1-Eb

Riff: 1A                              Riff: 1B
     ____     ____     _     _             ____     ___         _________
    |  |_|   |  |_|   |_|   |_|           |  |_|   |   |       |    |    |
|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|-|---|-|-----| |---|--|-|---|---|-------|----|----|---|  
|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|-|---|-|-----| |---|--|-|---|---|-------|----|----|---|  
|---4--4-4---4--4-4---4-4---4-4-----| |---7--7-7---7---6-------6/sl\7/sl\6---|  
|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|  
|---2--2-2---2--2-2---2-2---2-2-----| |---5--5-5---5---4-------4/sl\5/sl\4---|  
|-----------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| 

    1        2        3     4             1        2        3       4

Riff: 1C
     ____     ___         _________ 
    |  |_|   |   |       |    |    |
|---|--|-|---|---|-------|----|----|---|
|---|--|-|---|---|-------|----|----|---|
|---9--9-9---9---6-------6/sl\7/sl\6---|
|--------------------------------------|
|---7--7-7---7---4-------4/sl\5/sl\4---|
|--------------------------------------|
 
    1        2       3        4


Riff: 2 (Yet to be figured out)Riff: 3
 
     ____     ____     ____     ____         ____     ____     ____     ___
    |  |_|   |  |_|   |  |_|   |  |_|       |  |_|   |  |_|   |  |_|   |   |
|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|---|---| 
|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|---|---| 
|---|--2-2---2--|-|---|--2-2---2--|-|---|---|--2-2---2--|-|---|--2-2---2---|---|
|---|-----------|-|---|-----------|-|---|---|-----------|-|---|------------|---|
|---0-----------0-0---0-----------0-0---|---0-----------0-0---0------------|---|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------3---|

    1        2        3        4            1        2        3        4

     ____     ____     ____     ____         ____     ____     ____     ____
    |  |_|   |  |_|   |  |_|   |  |_|       |  |_|   |  |_|   |  |_|   |  |_|
|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|
|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|--|-|---|
|---|--2-2---2--|-|---|--2-2---2--|-|---|---|--2-2---2--2-2---2--2-2---2--2-2---|
|---|-----------|-|---|-----------|-|---|---|-----------------------------------|
|---0-----------0-0---0-----------0-0---|---0-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|

    1        2        3        4            1        2        3        4


 

Riff: 4A                                 Riff: 4B
     ___     ___      ___     ___                  ___      ____
    |  _|   |   |    |   |   |   |           |    |   |    |    |    |
|---|---|---|---|----|---|---|---|---|   |---2___(2)--|----|----|----|---| 
|---|---|---|---|----|---|---|---|---|   |---3___(3)--2___(2)---2----2---| 
|---4---4---2---4___(4)--X---X---X---|   |---2___(2)--2___(2)---2----2---|  
|---4---4---2---4___(4)--X---X---X---|   |---0___(0)--2___(2)---2----2---| 
|---2---2---0---2___(2)--X---X---X---|   |------------0___(0)---0----0---| 
|------------------------------------|   |-------------------------------| 

    1       2        3       4           1    2        3         4


 Riff: 4C 
     ___     ___                    
    |   |   |   |   |   |          
|---3__(3)--3__(3)--|---|---|  
|---3__(3)--3__(3)--2---2---|  
|---0__(0)--0__(0)--2---2---|  
|---0__(0)--0__(0)--2---2---|  
|-------------------0---0---| 
|---3__(3)--3__(3)----------|  
    
    1       2       3   4                


Riff: 4D  
         ___     ___
    |   |   |   |   |   |
|---3__(3)--|---|---|---|---|
|---3__(3)--2__(2)--2---2---|
|---0__(0)--2__(2)--2---2---|
|---0__(0)--2__(2)--2---2---|
|-----------0__(0)--0---0---|
|---3__(3)------------------|

    1   2       3       4   

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/our_lady_peace/neon_crossing_tab_ver_2.html ]
Riff: 5
    _____    _____         __       _____    _____
   |_|  _|  |   |_|    |\ |  |     |_|  _|  |   |_|    |\ |  
|--|-|---|--|---|-|----|--|--|--|--|-|---|--|---|-|----|--|----|
|--|-|---|--|---|-|----|--|--|--|--|-|---|--|---|-|----|--|----|
|--|-|---|--|---|-|----|--|--|--|--|-|---|--|---|-|----|--|----|
|--|-5---|--5---|-5----|--2--|--|--|-5---|--5---|-5----4--2----|
|--|-5---|--5---|-5----|--2--|--|--|-5---|--5---|-5----4--2----|
|--0-3---0--3---0-3----0--0--0--|--0-3---0--3---0-3----2--0----|

   1        2        3    4       1        2        3    4
Riff: 6
                                              ___
                                      |\     |   |
|---2---------------|------|----------|---|--|---|--------------| 
|---0---------------|------|---------10sl/|/12_(12)\sl----------| 
|---4---------------|------|--------------|---------------------|
|---4---------------|------|--------------|---------------------|
|--(2)--------------|------|--------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|------|--------------|---------------------|
    
    1    2   3   4    1234    1 2 3 4        1      2   3   4

      |\                  h                                 h
|-----|--------|------|------------|------|------|------|------------|------|
|-----X--------|------|--<5>-------|------|------|------|--<5>-------|------|
|-----X--------|------|------------|------|------|------|------------|------|
|--------------|------|------------|------|------|------|------------|------|
|--------------|------|------------|------|------|------|------------|------|
|--------------|------|------------|------|------|------|------------|------|

   1  2  3  4    1234     1 2 3 4    1234   1234   1234     1 2 3 4    1234


Riff: 7
    _____ 
   |_|_|_|  |\
|--|-|-|-|--|-------|
|--|-|-|-|--|-------|
|--4-4-4-4--4-------|
|--4-4-4-4--4-------|
|--2-2-2-2--2-------|
|-------------------|


Arrangement:

Intro:
   |Riff 1A|Riff 1A|
   |Riff 1A|Riff 1B|Riff 1A|Riff 1C|
   |Riff 1A|Riff 1B|Riff 1A|Riff 1C|

Verse 1:
   
   |Riff 2| etc.|
   All you people can you feel it waiting
   Innocence and love
   Wrapped in the arms of the burning neon
   I feel it, I feel it

PreChorus:

   |Riff 3| 
   It's so entertaining and so wonderful
   It magically calls for you and you

Chorus:
  
   |Riff 4A|Riff 4B|Riff 4A|Riff 4C|
   |Riff 4A|Riff 4B|Riff 4A|Riff 4D|
   Big neon crossing, show me the way
   Big neon crossing, save my soul today 

Intro Riffs:
   
   |Riff 1A|Riff 1B|Riff 1A|Riff 1C|

Verse 2:

   |Riff 2| etc. |
   Don't you worry and don't be afraid
   Does it send you to the world appealing
   Where there is spoken word that I can taste
   I'm the liar, I'm the liar

PreChorus:
   
   |Riff 3|
   You'd be so disappointed to find out 
   That the magic was not really meant for you.

Repeat Chorus:

   |Riff 4A|Riff 4B|Riff 4A|Riff 4C|
   |Riff 4A|Riff 4B|Riff 4A|Riff 4D|

Bridge:

   |Riff 5|Riff 5|Riff 5|Riff 5|
   (Intro Riffs)
   |Riff 1A|Riff 1B|Riff 1A|Riff 1C|

Breakdown:

   |Riff 6|
   I can't wait and I can't be the liar...     

Pre chorus:
   
   |Riff 3|

Repeat Chorus:

   |Riff 4A|Riff 4B|Riff 4A|Riff 4C|
   |Riff 4A|Riff 4B|Riff 4A|Riff 4D|
   |Riff 4A|Riff 4B|Riff 4A|Riff 4C|   
   |Riff 4A|Riff 4B|Riff 4A|Riff 4D|

   |Riff 7| 
Our Lady Peace "Neon Crossing" Performance Notes:

   The arrangement for this song is very simple but, a couple of the riffs are a bit tough
to nail down.  If the intro riff is a bit tough to nail down at that specific rhythm, then
try inputting your own stle into it.  I think I TABbed it in the timing that Mike plays it 
in Riff 2 is a bit buried under the verses and is yet to be figured out by me. I will 
work on it soon.  My brain couldn't take the song anymore so I opted to post it as is and 
get to work on another song off of the album.  Riff 3 was very tough to get. I thought
it sounded a bit different each time I heard it.  I tried it at different EQ settings and 
I also slowed it down to half-speed with a four-track recorder.  I'm hoping this is right.
I've watched Mike play it before but, I decided to transcribe it now rather than when the 
band was on tour and I could actually watch him play it.  How stupid can I get!  I do 
vaguely recall him playing it in the A-chord position that I've TABbed it in.  I was curious
back then and tried to watch.  The other parts of the song are very simple to reproduce.  
Just watch the slight chord placement changes in the chorus.  Happy jamming!!!
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