Our Lady Peace

Our Lady Peace - Story About A Girl guitar tab

Author/Artist: Our Lady Peace

Title: A Story About A Girl

Album: Gravity

Tuning: Standard Half Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb)

Transcribed by: Izzy

This is a great emo song off 'Gravity'. I think it oughta be their next single.

Key:

~~~ = Vibrato

(no.) = Natural harmonic

b(no.) = Bend note to match pitch of (no.)

r = release bent note to original pitch

h = Hammer on

p = Pull off

x = Fret Hand mute

/ = Slide down

Intro riff (Clean electric, let ring)

-------------------------------|------------------3----------------|

-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

-----5-----4----5-----4-----5--|------5-----4------------5-----4---| x2

-------3-----3----3-----3------|----5---5-----5------5-----5-------|

---5-----5-----5----5-----5----|--3-------3-----3------3-----3-----|

-3-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|

there is a slight variation on the third time at the end of this riff:

-------------------------------|------------------3----------------|

-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

-----5-----4----5-----4-----5--|------5-----4------------4-----5---|

-------3-----3----3-----3------|----5---5-----5------5-----5-------|

---5-----5-----5----5-----5----|--3-------3-----3------3-----3-----|

-3-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Verse (Clean electric, hit the lower bass notes louder)

-------------------|-------------------------|

-------------------|-------------------------|

-------------------|-------------------------|

--5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x--|--7/--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3--| x4

--5-5-x-x-5-5-x-x--|--7/--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-3--|

--3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x--|--5/--1-1-x-x-1-1-x-x-1--|

G A F

Prechorus is divided into 2 parts:

Guitar 1 (Clean electric) plays intro riff x2

Guitar 2 (Dirty/distorted electric) plays verse riff x2

Chorus (exact rhythm not included, has some palm muting)

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---------1---------------------------------------|

--5------2---------------------------------------|

--5------2-----3-----5------------x--5/3--3------| x2

--3------0-----3-----5------------x--5/3--3------|

--3------------1-----3---(pause)--x--3/1--1------|

G/C Am F G F

Post 1st chorus riff

Guitar 1 (Dirty/distorted electric)

---------------x--------------x------------------------------|

---------------x--------------x---8b(10)--6h8p6--6~~-6~~~-6/-|

--10h12--10h12-x-10h12--10h12-x------------------------------|

---------------x--------------x------------------------------|

---------------x--------------x------------------------------|

---------------x--------------x------------------------------|

---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|

---------------x--------------x---8b(10)--6h8p6--6~~-6b(8)r6---6-----------|

--10h12--10h12-x-10h12--10h12-x------------------------------7---7--4b5r4/-|

---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|

---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|

---------------x--------------x--------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Dirty/distorted electric) plays the verse twice.

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