Potato Girl Our Lady Peace
"Potato Girl" by Our Lady Peace
From the "Happiness is not a fish you can catch" Album
Eb tuning
tabbed by jjhand
This song reminds me of Muzzle by Smashing Pumpkins, but it has a nice solo
section. Please rate or comment if you like it.
Intro/Verse 1 is Drums, Synthesizer/Piano, and Bass
PreChorus (0:59) play 4x
eb|----------------------------| Bb|----------------------------| Gb|----------------------------| Db|-x-x-2--2--x-x-x-2------x-x-| Ab|-x-x-0--0--x-x-x-0------x-x-| Eb|----------------------------|
silence before chorus (except singer/bass)
Chorus (1:18) -
Part A: play this 2x
eb|---------------||-----------------------|------------------------|| Bb|---------------||-----------------------|------------------------|| Gb|---------------||-----------------------|------------------------|| Db|---------------||-2----2----2---------2-|---------0----4--4--x---|| Ab|-2NH--2NH-2NH--||-0----0----0----0-/4---|-2---2--------2--2--x-0-|| Eb|-x----x---x----||-----------------------|-3----------------------||
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* muffle the strings around 2nd fret but play slight harmonics
Chorus Part B:
Ab Ebm Gb Db (2 beats)
eb|-----------------------|-0--------3--------|-------------| Bb|-----------------------|-0--------0--------|----3--3--3--| Gb|-----------------------|-0--------0--------|----2--2--2--| Db|-2----2----2---------2-|-2--------0--------|----0--0--0--| Ab|-0----0----0----0-/4---|-2--------2--------|----0--0--0--| Eb|-----------------------|-0--------3--------|-------------|
Chorus Part C:
eb|---------------------|--------------------|--------| Bb|---------------------|-----------3--3--3--|--------| Gb|-2-------------------|-0---------2--2--2--|-2------| Db|-2-----------------2-|-0---------0--0--0--|-2------| Ab|-0------------0-/4---|-2---------0--0--0--|-0------| Eb|---------------------|-3------------------|--------|
Verse Plays again, start playing prechorus at 2:12
Play Chorus (2:31), but Solo comes in at Part C:
Solo
eb|----------5NH-x-x-|-----------10/14-----|--------------------------| Bb|--------------x-x-|-12---14----------14-|--15\14-12---12-10----12--| Gb|------------------|------------7/11-----|--------------------------| Db|------------------|-9----11----------11-|--12\11--9----9--7-----9--| Ab|------------------|---------------------|--------------------------| Eb|------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
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| Rhythm
eb|------------------|---------------------|--------------------------| Bb|------------------|---------------------|--------------------------| Gb|-2----------------|---------------------|--------------------------| Db|-2--------------2-|-5----5----5-5-----4-|--------4-----4--4--4--4/-| Ab|-0---------0-/4---|-5----5----5-5-----5-|--------5-----5--5--5--5/-| Eb|------------------|-3----3----3-3-----2-|--------2-----2--2--2--2/-|
Solo
eb|-----------10--10/14-----|------------------------------|-------------10/14-----| Bb|-12/14--14------------14-|-\12--x-x-14-x-x-14-x-x-14/15-|-12/14--14----------14-| Gb|------------7---7/11-----|------------------------------|--------------7/11-----| Db|--9/11--11------------11-|-\9---x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11/12-|--9/11--11----------11-| Ab|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------| Eb|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
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| Rhythm
eb|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------| Bb|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------| Gb|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------| Db|-7------7------7-7-------|------------------------------|-5------5----5-5-----4-| Ab|-7------7------7-7-----7-|--7-------7------7-------7----|-5------5----5-5-----5-| Eb|-5------5------5-5-----4-|--4-------4------4-------4----|-3------3----3-3-----2-|
Solo
eb|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------| Bb|--15\14-12---12\10----12--|-12/14--14--15--15\14--15--17-|----17--17--17--17--17-| Gb|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------| Db|--12\11--9----9\7-----9---|--9/11--11--12--12\11--12--14-|----14--14--14--14--14-| Ab|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------| Eb|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
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| Rhythm
eb|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------| Bb|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------| Gb|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------| Db|--------4-----4--4--4--4/-|-7------7-------7--7--------6-|---6--6------6--6--6--5-| Ab|--------5-----5--5--5--5/-|-7------7-------7--7--------7-|---7--7------7--7--7--5-| Eb|--------2-----2--2--2--2/-|-5------5-------5--5--------4-|---4--4------4--4--4--3-|
Solo (keep picking notes shown to rhythm heard on the track until end of line)
eb|-17-------------------|-17---------------1717-x-x-1717-| Bb|----------------------|-----------------------x-x------| Gb|-14-------------------|-14---------------1414-x-x-1414-| Db|----------------------|--------------------------------| Ab|----------------------|--------------------------------| Eb|----------------------|--------------------------------|
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| Rhythm
eb|----------------------|-------------------------------| Bb|----------------------|-------------------------------| Gb|----------------------|-------------------------------| Db|---5--5----5--5--5--4-|---4--4-----4--4--4-4-x-x--4-4-| Ab|---5--5----5--5--5--5-|---5--5-----5--5--5-5-x-x--5-5-| Eb|---3--3----3--3--3--2-|---2--2-----2--2--2-2-x-x--2-2-|
Play Chorus again with Part A (played 2x), then Part B, then repeat Parts A abd B again
Lead plays the same notes as the end of the solo repeatedly with some wah. During Part B...
Lead plays - 1st time (chords played by rhythm are shown)
[Ab] [Ebm] [Gb] [Db]
eb|-17-TP-----------|--------------------|-/10--10--10-| Bb|-----------------|-5-------8----------|-/10--10--10-| Gb|-14-TP-----------|-7b9-----10b12------|-------------| Db|-----------------|--------------------|-------------| Ab|-----------------|--------------------|-------------| Eb|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|
2nd time
Ab Ebm Gb Db Ending
eb|-17-TP-----------|--------------------|-------------|--------| Bb|-----------------|-12-------15--------|--15--15--15-|--14----| Gb|-14-TP-----------|-14b16----17b19-----|--14--14--14-|--14----| Db|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|--14----| Ab|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|--------| Eb|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|--------|
At ending, Rhythm plays a Ab5 chord again
key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| NH harmonic
| x Mute note
| TP Tremelo picking, or repeated picking
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