Innocent Lyrics

Our Lady Peace - Innocent
Email: rlgoralczyk@gmail.com
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Just some notes (and you should read this before criticizing):
- This tab is rated intermediate due to the difficulty of the chords & switching
- I tried to make this as simple as possible while incorporating the proper elements;
but don't take it note for note, as the saying goes. Listen to the song and play what
you feel is right; play your interpretation of the song. This is a base for you to be
creative with; I just wanted to provide correct chords & positions.
- play the Dsus2 in open position for the last chord
- the Esus2 & Bsus4 are played on the last beat of the bar before going to the next
chord; they are just hit once in transition. If you can't hear them, or don't think
full chord should be played, simply hit the bass note for those chords in transition
- it's not necessary to fret the 'e' string on the B or A chords
- A can be played higher up, like the B, or as an Asus
- A in the pre-chorus can be played as Asus
- in the last verses/choruses, I didn't mark every transition chord. It's up to you
whether or not to play them, sounds good either way, depends on style you're playing
the song
- when the distorted guitar comes in (first chorus), it's just playing the open
positions of the chords in an 3-note arpeggio-style (you'll know what I mean if you
listen to the song...)
- when the heavier guitar comes in (second verse), it's simply playing the power
chords for the notes; nothing fancy going on except sliding back and forth (same as
the bass pretty much)
- I have no clue what's going on in the funky interlude with the lead, but it's based
on the same chord progression so yeah...
- if you have any questions/concerns, feel free to email me at the address given above
- if you notice anything that doesn't belong or isn't right, please say so in the
comments below so I can try to fix it, as well as letting others know the correction
(eg: if I named a chord wrongly - after the time I put into this, the name of the
chord is irrelevant so long as the fingerings are correct)
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Chords:
(OPEN) A (OPEN) (OPEN) (OPEN)
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Distorted Arpgeggio Riff:
(again, just an outline, it's played differently each chorus, play it your own way,
but note how it always returns to the 3rd on B and open on 'e', those notes matter)
CHORDS & LYRICS:
Oh, Johnny wishes he was famous
Spends his time alone in the basement
With Lennon and Cobain and
A guitar and a stereo
And while he wishes he could escape this
But it all seems so contagious
Not to be yourself and faceless
In a song that has no soul
Prehorus
I remember feeling low, and
I remember losing hope, and
I remember all the feelings
And the day they stopped
horus
We are, we are all innocent,
We are all innocent
We are, we are...
We are, we are all innocent,
We are all innocent
We are, we are...
Oh, and Tina's losing faith in what she knows
Hates her music, hates all of her clothes
Thinks of surgery and a new nose
Every calorie is a war
And while she wishes she was a dancer
And that she'd never heard of cancer
She wishes God would give her some answers
And make her feel beautiful
Prehorus
horus
Instrumental ridge
(no transition chords; Esus2 & Bsus4)
ridge contd
One day, you'll have to let it go,
You'll have to let it go,
No...
One day, you'll stand up on your own
You'll stand up on your own
Yeah...
Remember losing hope,
Remember feeling low,
Remember all the feelings
and the day they stopped
horus
Last horus
We are, we are all innocent
(One day, you'll..)
We are all innocent
(..have to let it go, you'll..)
We are, we are
(..have to let it go, no..)
We are, we are all innocent
(One day, you'll..)
We are all innocent
(..stand up on your own, you'll)
We are, we are
(stand up on your own)
We are...