Clumsy Written by: Our Lady Peace Off their CD titled: Clumsy
Tuned down 1/2 step (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)
Intro is played on the piano. For anyone who cares, the notes are coming from the following chords: F#m, E, than F#m again
Verse:
Throw away the radio suitcase that keeps you awake
Hide the telephone telephone telephone in case you
Realize that sometimes you're just not okay
You level off, you level off, you level off but it's not alright now Bsus2 You need to understand Bsus2 There's nothing strange about this Bsus2 You need to know your friends
You need to know that
Pre-Chorus:
I'll be waving my hand watching you drown
Watching you scream quiet or loud
Chorus:
Maybe you should sleep
And maybe you just need a friend
As clumsy as you've been
There's no-one laughing
You will be safe in here
You will be safe in here
Second Verse:
Throw away this very old shoelace
That tripped you again
Try and shrug it off, shrug it off, shrug it off
It's only skin now Bsus2 You need to understand Bsus2 There's nothing fake about this Bsus2 You need to let me in
notes: - I'm not sure what the proper name of the A* chord is. - I shortened all the "sus" and "5" chord names. So when you see "A" in the song, it's really A5sus as stated above. I hope this doesn't cause any confusion, but there just wasn't enough space for the full names. - (open) obviously isn't a real chord, it just what's played in the bridge. - The rhythm might be pretty hard to get used to, so listen to the CD. - In the chorus, throw in some open high E and B strings to make it sound good. - The bridge is pretty weird. You can either play the single notes or a combination of the notes and chords. - This isn't perfect, but it's pretty damn close. If I made any mistakes, please let me know!
intro piano (arranged for guitar): Eb|------12---14---16--------12---14---16--------12---14---16---19----------| Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Gb|--14-----------------13------------------14------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
lyrics:
AaddF#AaddF# throw away the radio suitcase that keeps you awake
AaddF# hide the telephone, the telephone, telephone in case
AaddF# you realize that sometimes you're just not okay
AaddF# you level off, you level off, you level off, and it's not alright now
AaddF# you need to understand there's nothing strange about this
E B (hold) you need to know your friends, you need to know that
pre-chorus:
i'll be waving my hand, watching you drown
watching you scream quiet or loud
chorus:
and maybe you should sleep
and maybe you just need ... a friend
as clumsy as you've been there's no one laughing
you will be safe in here
A E B (hold) you will be safe in here
AaddF#AaddF# throw away this very old shoelace, it tripped you again
AaddF# you need to understand there's nothing fake about this
you need to let me in ... i'm watching you and
[pre-chorus] (sing "quiet or loud" instead of "no one's around")
[chorus]
bridge:
G G (open)D A* A* E|--3---3---0---2------5---5---7---4---2---0---2---| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| X 3 D|-------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------|
G G (open)D d (open) E|--3---3---0---2---2---0---2-----0---| B|------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------|
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[pre-chorus] (softly)
at end of pre-chorus, play this: E|----------| B|--2\1\0---| the slashes mean G|----------| slide down. after D|----------| you play this, A|----------| blast into the chorus. E|----------|
[chorus] (play 2nd last line "you will be safe in here" 9 times and end the song with a B chord)
