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) -------------------------------------------------| ---------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. I'll update this tab for the rest of the song soon, cuz i'm not a good lead guitar player, and this song has too many licks going in the background. Also, there's a solo somewhere, so I'll need more time. But you can survive with these parts for now!