Lying Awake bass

Lying Awake

Our Lady Peace - "Lying Awake"
From "Happiness is not a fish that you can Catch"
Tuning - Eb, all strings down 1/2 step
tabbed by jjhand

A simple OLP song, but nice bass & guitar harmony, especially for solo
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Intro - Guitar only
  


(0:12)
Verses - play similarly 2x   () = ringing note from last bar
Gb|--------------|---------------|------------|------------------|
Db|--------------|---------------|------------|------------------|
Ab|--------------|---------------|------------|------------------|
Eb|-0------------|-(0)-----0-0-0-|-0----------|-(0)-------0-0--0-|
    "I'm here to wear you out     I'm here to watch you hide"

|------------|--------------|------------|-------------------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|-------------------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|---------7-7---7---7h9p7-|
|-0----------|-(0)----0-0-0-|-0----------|---0---0---------0-------|
"Nothing to figure out      I'm here to watch you die"



Prechorus - with dist & tremelo effect    play 2x
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-4--4--4--4------------|----------------------|
|------------4----4b5r4-|-2--2-5p2--0h2---5-0--|
"Running away from the breast of"

|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-4----4--4----------|----------------9/11--|
|-----------4--4-----|-2--2-5p2-----9-------|
"Your busy giant healing machine"




Play Verse again similarly for 4 bars

Lyrics: "Nobody left in line 
         No one to make you shine"


Play Prechorus again, then break for guitar/synth notes

"Hanging on to the backs of opinions 
You've borrowed and betrayed"




Chorus 
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------2---------|----------------------|
|--------------0--2--4-|---------------------|--------------0--2--4-|
|-0----2--4--0---------|-2----0--2---4--2--4-|-0----2--4--0---------|

 "Lying awake                     Don't ask why you should pay for this"


|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------4~--2-4--4-|--------2---2--2--2/4-|
|-2----0--2--2------------|-0-0--2---------------|
                            "A mother     Another"

 
|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------11-11-11|----7--6--4-----4-|----6/13-13--12-13--12-13-|
|-2-2---4---/11---------|-0------------7---|-6------------------------|
"A shameless abusing    But this time we're saving you"



Play Verse Again, then Prechorus similarly

Play Chorus again


Solo (2:34)
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------5h7-|---------------------5h7-|
|-----------------5h7-----|-----------------5h7-----|
|-5----5--5--5------------|-4----4--4--4------------|


|-------------------------|-----------------4---4h6-6-|
|--------5------------5h7-|-----4-------------6-------|
|-----------------5h7-----|---------------------------|
|-3----3---3--3-----------|-2----2---2-2--------------|


|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|------7-----7--------5h7-|------6-----6--------5h7-|
|------------------5h7----|------------------5h7----|
|-5---5-5---5-5--5--------|-4---4-4---4-4--4--------|


|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|------5-----5--------5h7-|-------------4---4-4-4-4-4\|
|------------------5h7----|----------/4---4-----------|
|-3---3-3---3-3--3--------|-2--2-2-2------------------|



After Synth Part, play chorus again similarly 2x


Ending (3:45) - Only Bass
|---------|-------------11----------|----------------------|
|---------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|---------|----11-12-11----11-12-11-|----------------------|
|-0-------|-/x----------------------|-0--------------------|



Key
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| b  bend note
| r  release bend
| x  Mute note, or random slide note if used with /x

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