Our Lady Peace › Automatic Flowers Guitar Tab

Clumsy Tabs:

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Band:Our Lady Peace
Album:Clumsy 
Song:Automatic Flowers


And Sarah thinks, She's dies here once before,
She's Crazy...
A Pop-up book, of flowers from Gr.4, Are

Riff 1 (End of Verse):

  Driving.....      Her Insane and 
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|----------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7---|
A|----------------8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7---|
E|----------------6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5---|
		 |_______P.M.____|

Pre Chorus:

	  No one      Knows Why
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|---5~----------7~-----------------|
A|---5~----------7~-----------------|
E|---3~---3------5~---5-------------|
	  |	      |	
        Harm.	    Harm.

	She's Sad    Tonight
	No One	     Can Help 

Riff 2 (End of Pre Chorus):
          Her Find
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|------8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10--------|
A|------8-8-8-8--10-10-10-10--------|
E|------6-6-6-6---8--8--8--8--------|

Chorus : 
    Crying, Crying....
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7---------5-5-5-5---------|
D|--7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|--5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
E|----------6-6-6-6---------3-3-3-3-|

    She Couldn't afford the view
    Crying, Crying...
 These automatic, flowers, Won't do...

2nd Verse (still no guitar):

Another brick, another window frames,
the confusion
Her garden blooms, buit Sarah can't see straight, she's

Riff 1:
She's Drinking, her self blind and

Pre Chorus:
No one, knows why,
she stares, outside,
no one, can help

Riff 2: 
Her Find

Chorus:
    Crying, Crying...	
    She Couldn't afford the view
    Crying, Crying...
 These automatic, flowers, Won't do
 These automatic, flowers, Won't do...

Solo:
e|--------------5p3-5-3-5-3---------------3p2-3-2-3-2--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|---5/7-7-7-7----------------4/5-5-5-5----------------|
D|---5/7-7-7-7----------------4/5-5-5-5----------------|
A|---3/5-5-5-5----------------2/3-3-3-3----------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13h15-15-15-15--15-13-15-15-15-15--15-13h15-15-15-15-15-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------13~-------------------------------------|
B|-13h15-15-------13h15-15-15-15--15-13-15-15-15-15-|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|


e|--15-13-15-13-17p15p13----|
B|-----------------------15-|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

e|-----13-13-13-----13-13-13-----13-13-13-----13-13-13-|
B|-15~----------15~----------15~----------15~----------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|


e|-----13-13-13-----13-13-13--15p13h15-17p15p13----13----|
B|-15~----------15~----------------------------h15----15~|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|


e|-13-------13-------13-------13------13-------13------|
B|----15-15----15~------15-15----15~-----15-15----15~--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|-13-------13--b15-b15-b15-b15-b15-b15-15b-15b-|
B|----15-15-------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
	       |_Gradually Bend up half a step_|

Pre Chorus:
She never, admitted,
she never could sing
i bet she always, remembered

Riff 2: 
She's wasting all her time

Chorus:
    Crying, Crying...	
    She Couldn't afford the view
    Crying, Crying...
 These automatic, flowers, Won't do
 These automatic, flowers, Won't do...
 These automatic, flowers, flowers,

Outro (Bits and peices of the solo being played):
 Won't Do...
 Won't Do...
Won't Do, Won't Do, Won't Do Won't Do
Won't Do, Won't Do, Won't Do...

Last Chord:
e|--5--|
G|--7--|
B|--6--|
D|--7--|
A|--5--|
E|-----| 

Tabber :Maxime Legault

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Nyle Average	#1 by Nyle Leddy at Dec 16, 1971 at 11:33 AM EST
	I think this song is about a lonely girl who lives in some sort of building where her view from the window is blocked by bricks. This could also be metaphorical. Her only source of comfort and happiness is a book of pop-up flowers. It's making her crazy because she always remembers the days where everything was so carefree and wonderful.

No Picture Kyle Rhythm Player	#2 by Kyle Wait I Aint Telling You at Oct 13, 1973 at 12:41 AM EST
	i read a quote from raine on this that said that it's about a woman that lives alone in an apartment and all she has left is this pop-up book. the entire history of "sara" isn't given, only hinted at by the line "crying, crying, she couldn't afford the view". dilifer's right on the automatic flowers, it isn't a play on words, it's a description of the pop-up book's contents, and this pop-up book is the only thing that she has that's close to her, and it won't do to be happy, thus, "these automatic flowers won't do"...

No Picture Squats Average	#3 by Squats at Jul 20, 1977 at 1:05 AM EST
	It's fascinating how indepth and different these meanings are when the lyrics are no longer than a short poem.

No Picture Sam Wanna Be	#4 by Sam Payne at Aug 10, 1983 at 12:13 PM EST
	The last verse is missing: "She'll never admit it She never considered this She always means better She's wasting all her time" Sara is a lonely girl who had a very specific dream of what she wanted when she grew up. She wants "flowers," a metaphor for her dream life, but her window is just a brick wall, meaning she didn't get exactly what she wanted. she wants to see the beauty out there but she feels like all she can get are the automatic flowers of her childhood book, which she keeps playing with, all alone, because she feels like that's the best she can do. the flowers are automatic because they always open on command, and she wants happiness to be at her command. Even though it is the best she can do, she just wants more, and she's frustrated that's she's not getting it. "her garden blooms, but sara can't see straight she's drinking herself blind" means that she has things that she should be happy about all around her, but she's too busy being self-destructive about not getting exactly what she wanted that she can't see it. "No one can help her find" means that no matter what anyone does, she will never see it. She's spending her life crying because she never got her ideal life. the last verse, "she'll never admit it, she never considered this" means she doesn't want anyone to know why she's so upset, despite the fact that it's obvious from her crying and drinking that she is. "she always feels better, she's wasting all her time" I am familiar with as what you think of when you have that depressed person who you ask if they are ok, but they never are, they just always say "I'll be ok" implying that they'll feel better later. It's like her always saying "I'll feel better later" but right now she's spending her time crying. She'll never feel better for real. That's just my interpretation.

No Picture rockman Average	#5 by rockman the sequel at Nov 4, 1986 at 8:41 PM EST
	I think this song is about a girl that's insane and she holds on to her childhood, when everything was ok, with a pop-up book from grade four... and ppl dont quite know why she is the way she is.. and try and cheer her up with flowers and they just dont do the trick

No Picture Will Wanna Be	#6 by Will Hay at Apr 10, 1991 at 9:45 PM EST
	A great song.

No Picture chris the pirat Lead Player	#7 by chris the pirate. arr at Apr 22, 1994 at 10:15 PM EST
	I like perhaps its about how things from the past can come back and haunt you and still make you feel bad and it drives you crazy that its still there no matter what....but what do I know about anything?

No Picture alex Lead Player	#8 by alex beaulieu at Aug 9, 1996 at 9:28 AM EST
	Great song.

No Picture Jp Wanna Be	#9 by Jp Collins at Sep 28, 2001 at 12:53 AM EST
	when she's a kid she has this pop-up book. it has flowers in it. when she is young, and naive, the flowers make her happy. when she is older, she finds the book and opens it. but the automatic (because they pop up automatically when you open the book) flowers won't cheer her up anymore. so she turns to alcohol. how sad. wah.

No Picture matt Average	#10 by matt spolsky at Oct 16, 2003 at 9:59 PM EST
	There's no meaning to this song whatsoever. Mr Maeda said it himself. No matter how hard one looks at it, there are only personal reactions to the song.

No Picture brad Average	#11 by brad everett at Apr 18, 2005 at 5:59 PM EST
	Fascinating enough, I believe this song is about alchoholism. She can't afford to pay for her apartment. Why's this? She spends most of her time trying to make herself happy. Eventually she becomes an alcoholic. Alcohol becomes her automatic flowers. Hence, She's drinking herself blind. (By the way, I agree endersshadow on the automatic flowers. Although, they're supposed to be the frilly innocence of the song.)