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this is my first time subbmitting so if i screw up try not to be too harsh... thanks!
Standard Tuning
these are the chords you need to know
D G Em C Bm
-2---3-----------2----------------
-3-----------3---3----------------
-2---------------4----------------
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D G D G
D G Em
Your life has been so hard, it's dried up angels.
C D G
Can't keep guard and, i'm trying to reach your hand but.
Em C
I'm on fire I never meanned to
Bm G Bm G
Fade away, away yeah!
C
Don't just stop pretending when they say you're nothing.
D G Em
Are you sad, are you holding yourself.
C Bm
Are you locked in your room.
C
You shouldn't be.
D G
D G Em
I'm drowning inside your head, help me to answer,
C D G
Help understand. Why it's been so long since we talked, like friends.
Em C
Oh please forgive me, I'm just a man whose
Bm G Bm G
Made mistakes, made yeah!
C
Don't just stop pretending when they say you're nothing.
D G Em
Are you sad, are you holding yourself.
C Bm
Are you locked in your room.
C
You shouldn't be.
D G
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Em C
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, and
D G
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Em C
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, and
D G Em
Are you sad, are you holding yourself.
C Bm
Are you locked in your room.
C
You shouldn't be.
D G
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Em C
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
D G
Ohhhhh, It shouldn't be
D G Em
Are you sad, are you holding yourself.
C Bm
Are you locked in your room.
C
You shouldn't be.
C C D
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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John Wanna Be |
#1 by John Agopian at Feb 27, 1971 at 3:01 AM EST |
| OLP has always had haunting lyrics and these are no stranger to their genre...it gives hope....this is going to sound cheesy but whenever i just fell like smashing my head in with a heavy object...i listen to this CD and i mellow out. he's trying to say no matter how bad things gets, and they will get bad, don't let it get you down to the point where you're not truly living anymore. don't lock yourself in your room, go out into the world and make the problem right again. | |
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Kazza Average |
#2 by Kazza at Dec 22, 1972 at 12:08 PM EST |
| what does that mean HAD are him and Chantal devored .... i didnt think so??? | |
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Chris Average |
#3 by Chris Essery at Aug 22, 1973 at 2:17 PM EST |
| All of OLP's songs have positives meanings...basically it is saying don't be sad, it sounds like a downer type song, but then it comes back with saying "you shouldn't be"...Raine Maida said it's just for positive meaning...he told me that when i met him | |
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michiel Wanna Be |
#4 by michiel adams at May 23, 1974 at 6:16 AM EST |
| I have to agree, and when i went to the concert at the Astoria, Raine said something before this song along the lines of Wanting to help a friend, but no matter how hard we try we just can't get through to them. So amazing live... | |
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Eric Average |
#5 by Eric Boozer at Mar 25, 1976 at 4:28 PM EST |
| Hmm... this is such a beautiful song, in recent years, I have adopted this song as my own... my comfort song. I just wanted to say, that if it wasn't for OLP, I honestly don't think I'd be alive. I was seriously contemplating suicide, and was just seconds away from commiting it. "Are You Sad?" played on my JukeBox playlist, I stopped... ended up listening to the whole song... and... well, I'm alive now, right? This is my all-time favorite song, it's my song, my comfort song. Just wanted to share that... =) | |
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Sara Average |
#6 by Sara Sunshine at Oct 22, 1978 at 10:01 PM EST |
| this is totally my song... i wish someone would sing it to me...... : ( | |
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Your Mom Average |
#7 by Your Mom at Jan 8, 1988 at 1:05 PM EST |
| one of their best songs yet..hes talking about how he sees this person (not sure if its a girl yet) and he telling them that hes trying to help but nothing working..that the person has been hurt so deeply that it will take a long time for them to recover, and even after that, the memory will be painful | |
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chris Average |
#8 by chris jenko at Feb 17, 1989 at 6:57 PM EST |
| this song means so much to me. when i first started listening to our lady peace i wasnt too happy with myself or my life or anything and at times i was really depressed and yes of course im gonna say that this song helped me get through that but it really really did. id would lock myself inmy room and lay in my bed and cry and play this song on repeat all night. "are you sad?" yes, "are you holding yourself"- yes "you shouldn't be" "stop pretending when they say your nothing" - thats what really helped me that one line. the song just gives me the feeling that someone does care and that they r helping me if not so noticable but they are. well yeah this may sound cheesey but i swear to my life its true. | |
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zach Wanna Be |
#9 by zach lilly at Jun 21, 1990 at 4:02 PM EST |
| Great song, I love how Raine writes his music. This song definately can take someone from their depressive stupor into happy thoughts. This is one of my fav. OLP songs! | |
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jimmy Wanna Be |
#10 by jimmy rodrigues at Nov 22, 1995 at 6:30 AM EST |
| I absolutely LOVE this song | |
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Jake Average |
#11 by Jake Bounds at Apr 15, 1996 at 10:30 PM EST |
| this is one of the greatest OLP songs...ever... on the cd "live" their is a begining part before he starts singing the song, and what he says just speaks to me..if you havent heard the live version, you better! its better than the original! | |
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TonkpilS Average |
#12 by TonkpilS at Nov 7, 2005 at 11:33 AM EST |
| i don't know, i heard them say on VH1 that him and his "partner" met during a video shoot....i assume that means he's gay...maybe not tho, i hope not. | |
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Alex Average |
#13 by Alex Zaphiropoulos at Oct 2, 2006 at 7:44 PM EST |
| This song totally reminds me of a guy i know and love so the first time i heard it i felt really sad. Raine writes the best songs.:angel: | |
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phil Wanna Be |
#14 by phil taylor at Nov 14, 2006 at 12:16 PM EST |
| You can hear the sadness and sympathy in Raine's voice for the person he is singing to/about, but this song never lifts my spirits. Even though he says someone shouldn't be sad, that doesn't mean they won't be. | |
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