Our Lady Peace - "Waiting"
From "Happiness is not a Fish that you Can Catch"
Eb tuning
tabbed by jjhand
Intro:
eb|--------12h14-------------12-----|--------12h14---------------------|
Bb|-15-----15----15-----------------|-15-----15----15-----------14\----|
Gb|-14--------------14-15-----------|-14--------------14-15------------|
Db|-0-------------------------------|-0--------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Verse (beats are indicated above tab)
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
|-------0-----------0------|-------------------------------|
|-----3---3-------3---3----|------3------3--2-2h3-2~~p0----|< hold
|--------------------------|-----------0----2----------2p0-| then
|--------------------------|-------------------------------| pull-off
|-2-------------3----------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------0-|-3------2----------------------|
"Hit the ground, Weighed down again"
|------0-----------0------|------------------------3~\---|
|----3---3-------3---3----|------3------3-----2h3--------|
|-------------------------|----0------0----2-------------|
|-----------------------0-|----------------2-------------|
|-2----------2-3--------0-|----------------0-------------|
|-------------------------|-3------2---------------------|
"You walked out But I'm sure you're my friend"
Prechorus 1-
|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
|----3-----3-----3-----3--|----3-----3-----3-----3--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-2-----------3-----------|-2-----------3-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Lead Guitar - w/ wah & distortion, played 2x
|------0--------0--------0--------0---|
|----3---3----3---3----3---3----3---3-|
|----4---4----4---4----5---5----5---5-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
1 "It must have been good"
2 "This can't be for good"
Prechorus, Part 2 (add in flanger, and distortion at end)
|------2------------|------2---------------------|
|------3----3----2--|------3---------------------|
|-0---------4----2--|-0---------2--2--2--2--2--2-|
|-------------------|-----------2--2--2--2--2--2-|
|-------------------|-----------0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
PM*****
"Everyone's oh... Is everyone ok?"
Chorus - W/ distortion
|-----0-------------------|-----0------------------|
|-----0-------------------|-----0------------------|
|-0-----0---/7---7--------|-0-----0---/7---7-------|
|-2-----0---/7---7-7-7-7--|-2-----0---/7---7-7-7-7-|
|-2-----2---/5---5-7-7-7--|-2-----2---/5---5-7-7-7-|
|-0-----3----------5-5-5--|-0-----3----------5-5-5-|
"I waited, oh I oh I waited, oh I oh I"
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-0-----0--0-0-7-7-7---------|
|-2-----0--0-0-7-7-7--7-7-7--|
|-2-----2--2-2-5-5-5--7-7-7--|
|-0-----3--3-3--------5-5-5--|
"Oh I must be too dumb to be proud"
|-----0---0-----0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0-|------
|---3---3-----3---3-----3---3---3---3---3---3---|-3----
|-----------------------------------------------|-2----
|-----------------------------------------------|-0----
|---------------------0-------------------------|------
|-3---------2-----------------------------------|------
"Because I waited, I waited, hey"
Last chord of chorus is overlapped by Intro played again
Verse 2 - Rhythm Guitar (Lead plays Prechorus 1 wah notes)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/our_lady_peace/waited_tab_ver_3.html ]
|-------0-----------0-----|----------------------------|
|----3-----3------3---3---|------3------3--------3---2-|
|-------------------------|----0------0------2/4---2---|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2-----------3-----------|----------------0-----------|
|-------------------------|-3------2-------------------|
"Woke to sounds I prayed you were there"
|-----0-----------0-----|------------------------------|
|---3---3-------3---3---|------3------3------3/5-5~-2--|
|-----------------------|----0------0----------------2-|
|---------------------0-|------------------------------|
|-2---------2-3---------|----------------0-------------|
|-----------------------|-3------2---------------------|
"I fell back down But I'm sure you still care"
Second Prechorus (1:34) - play 2x
Rhythm Guitar
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----3---3---------------------------3--------|
|-------0-----0-----------------0--------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------3--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| Lead Guitar -
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-5--x-/7--x-/9--x-/12\---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-3--x-/5--x-/7--x-/10\---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-----------0-------------------------------0---|
|----3---3------3---------------------3---------|
|------0------------0-----------0---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------3---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Lead Guitar -
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-4---4---4-4-4---4---4-4-5---5---5---5---5---5-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-2-3---3---3---3---3---3-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Play Prechorus Part 2
Play Chorus
Solo (with Chorus Chords in background)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----7-7-7--7-----7-7-7--7-----7-7-7--7--7\----|
|-3NH----------3NH----------3NH-----------7\----|
|-----4-4-4--4-----4-4-4--4-----4-4-4--4--------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
NH's are approximate (harmonics sound random)
|-10--------12--------14--------15___\----------|
|-13b15-----15b17-----17b19-----18b20\----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----10--------12----14---TP---15----14----0-0-|
|-8--------10---------17b19TP---18b20-17b19-----|
|-7--------9------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0--/14-----------------|
|-13b-b-b-13b-b-b-13b-b-b-13b-b-b---17b19~-------------|
|------------------------------------------14--14--14\-|
|------------------------------------------14--14--14\-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Play Last bar of chorus again
Play Entire Chorus and repeat the Last bar 3 times
During the repeat, Lead Guitar Adds (3:08)
|-------------------------12--12--12--12--12--12-|
|-12---14-15--15--15--15-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------| repeat
|-------------12--12--12--14--14--14--14--14--14-| similarly
|-------------------------12--12--12--12--12--12-|
|------------------------------------------------|
Play Intro to end (other guitar holds a Db chord |10 12 12 x x x|)
Key:
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| x Mute note
|TP Tremelo Picking (pick repeatedly)
| b bend note
| r release bend
| NH natural harmonic
