Song: 'One Man Army' by Our Lady Peace
Album: 'Happiness is a Fish ...'
Tabbed by jjhand
Tuning low to high (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
I used part of the tab by Josh Tavares (joshtavares@hotmail.com).
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Verse 1 - Sound effects & Bass
Lyrics:
"Take these plastic people, read their lips, now let it linger.
Is there anything that makes them sound sincere?"
"C'mon Tightly hold your hand, Take a deep breath, Give them the finger.
Are you worried that your thoughts are not quite..." (continued below)
Prechorus - PM the notes with * above them
|---------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-----7---------|------------------5-------|------------------------|
|-*-*-7---------|-7-----x-x-x-7--x-7-------|-7----x-x-x-7-----7-----|
|-5-5-5---------|-------x-x-x----x---------|------x-x-x-0-----0-----|
|-5-5-5---------|---5---x-x-x----x----5~~~-|---5--x-x-x-------------|
"clear? Twitch! Overlooked My fate appears"
Chorus:
Rhythm Guitar
Eadd2 Bmaj7 Gb Db
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------0--0--0--0--|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0--0---4--4--4--4--|-0-0-0--0---7--7-7--7--7-|
|-3-3-3--3---5--5--5--5--|-5-5-5--5---7--7-7--7--7-|
|-3-3-3--3---3--3--3--3--|-5-5-5--5---5--5-5--5--5-|
|-1-1-1--1---------------|-3-3-3--3----------------|
|
| Lead (with distortion & phaser)
|-0--0--0--0-------------|-14-14-14-14-------------|
|------------12-12-12-12-|-------------15-15-15-15-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
1. "I remember falling I remember"
2. " marching Like a one man army through the flames I know I"
3. "can't be. I believe in something I don't want to remember
4. "falling for your lies" (play first bar only on 4th time through)
Pre-Verse 2
|----------------------------|------|
|----------------------------|------|
|----------------------------|------|
|-7------x-x-x-7--x----------|------|
|--------x-x-x----x----------|------|
|---5-5-x-x-x-5--x-5-5b6~~~-|-5----|
Verse 2 Lyrics:
"Unbutton your clothes, Undress your soul, Show them your vigor
Are those inhibitions easiest to fear?"
"C'mon Take this gasoline tin head up high, Walk like a winner
Let bare feet be the last sounds that they... hear"
Play PreChorus (starting on last lyric above - "hear")
Play Chorus
Bridge - play 2x on Rhythm Guitar
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-3-5b6r5~~-|
|---------------------------------|
Solo (:) Natural harmonics shown by ^
|-----------------------------------------|-0-0-0-0---0--0---0--0---0---0--12---0-|
|---------------------------------------0-|-5-5-5-5b6-b6-b6-b6--53-3-3/5----12-7-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------^-^----|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-0-3-4-5-7-0-5-0-2-2-2-1.6-1.6-1.6-1.6---|---------------------------------------|
|---^-^-^-^---^---^-^-^---^---^---^--^----|---------------------------------------|
|
| Rhythm
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5----5-----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7---5----5--5--5--5--5--5---|-5-5-5-5-5----5-----4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7---5----5--5--5--5--5--5---|-3-3-3-3-3----3-----4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---3----3--3--3--3--3--3---|-3-3-3-3-3----3-----2---2-2---2-2-2-2-|
Solo
|-0---0---0---0-----0----0------0---------|---------11---------10--------9-7~~---|
|-7/8-8~--87-7~----7----7/8----8~~~------|-10-10-10--109----9--9-----9---------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------9p7-----------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| Rhythm
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5----5-----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7---5----5--5--5--5--5--5---|-5-5-5-5-5----5-----4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7---5----5--5--5--5--5--5---|-3-3-3-3-3----3-----4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---3----3--3--3--3--3--3---|-3-3-3-3-3----3-----2---2-2---2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------------------------------|-8------8------8------8------8-----8-----|
|-----------------------------------------|-11b12--11b12--11b12--11b12--11b12-11b12-|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-5~~~~~--5b6~~~5b6~~~5b6~~~5b6~~~|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Rhythm
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7---5----5--5--5--5--5--5---|----------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7---5----5--5--5--5--5--5---|--3--5----3--5----3--5----3-5-3-5b6r5~~-|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5---3----3--3--3--3--3--3---|----------------------------------------|
|-8------8------8------8------8-----TP---|--8-----TP-----------------------|
|-11b12--11b12--11b12--11b12--8-----TP---|-11b12--TP-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Rhythm
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--3--5----3--5----3--5----3-5-3-5b6r5~~-|-3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-3-5b6r5~~-|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Play Chorus Again 2x,
On second time through Chorus, Lead guitar plays (at 2:51)
*play 12 times
|-0---0---0---0--|--0-x12-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|-5~--5~--5~--5~-|-17-x12------12-12-12-12|-0---------------------------------|
|----------------|-------------^--^--^--^-|----11-11-11-11-11-11-11b12r11-9---|
|----------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
"falling"
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12~~~-----|-1210-10-10-10TP------10TP--10TP-----|
|--------------------------------|-----------------10TP------10---------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-10TP---12TP-12~-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------10h12p10-10h12p10-|-10-10-10h12-12~-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------9--97--7~~------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------5b7r5-|
|-0h10h12-0h10h12-0h10h12-0h10h12---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------10h12-12PH---x--3--|-(3)-------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-hold & fade out-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
key:
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend note
r = release bend
TP = tremelo picking
^ = notes Natural harmonic notes
~ = vibrato
/ or = slide
