Consequence Of Laughing Guitar Tab

Happiness Is Not A Fish Tabs:

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SONG – Consequence of Laughing
BAND – Our Lady Peace
ALBUM – Happiness…


from Uh Oh till whit happiness.....
its all
e
b
g
d   5 ---->   pretty silent....
a   5
e   3

then chorus

e
b    
g  5
d  5   7  5 
a  3   7  5
e      5  3  1 3 1 3 1 3  - if u want
             -----------
 
that your just not...

a 3   3 
e 1   0

then uh oh......etc
same chorus  then durin OHWAHO...etc it 
d  5
a  5
e  3

solo
e
b
g
d
a      7
e 9 7 9  9 7 9  , 9 7 9 10 9 7 9  

a       7       7 9 7
e 9 7 9   9 7 9       9 10 9 7 9 

then same....except second time round
solo at end....bend  A   9   .....

chorus
but ....then your not laughing is.
d x x 7 5  
a 3 3 5 3
e 1 0 0 0
     
then   

d 5   till end....
a 5
e 3

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture james Rhythm Player	#1 by james dobson at Jul 19, 1970 at 7:58 AM EST
	I think BipolarBears is right on because that is exactly how I interpreted the song when I first heard it.

No Picture Sam Average	#2 by Sam at Dec 5, 1970 at 1:00 PM EST
	I totally think this song is about a person that is depressed and agoraphobic and also takes drugs to ease his/her pain, I think she/he is scared to go outside... and other ppl dont understand why... and she/he thinks it's so difficult to take that next step and society being the way it is laughs at him/her... but he/she doesn't think its a laughing matter

No Picture Chris Wanna Be	#3 by Chris H at Jul 8, 1971 at 6:49 AM EST
	I agree with bipolar bear (who I think understands as well as I do) This CD came out not long after I was in the hospital, diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, I heard OLP songs in my head and thought they were messages to me, about me, songs like this seemed to reinforce that mode of thinking for me

No Picture Razzle Wanna Be	#4 by Razzle jester at Jun 12, 1977 at 7:35 AM EST
	I think the person is getting out of a mental hospital and is in denial about the whole thing. And the medication is stealing his/her feelings and thoughts (meds do that to you) and the person is just trying to pass time, but can't figure out what to do.

No Picture dann Average	#5 by dann at Sep 25, 1980 at 10:02 AM EST
	maybe we're all taking it too literally. all our lady peace fans know that raine maida doesn't always write EXACTLY what he means, but it comes across anyway. i think perhaps these pills are everyone's vices and various addictions. this song seems like it just features one person's struggles through life, and it wasn't a pleasant journey. but the last part of the song is sung with a sense of victory and finality, which makes the song not a total downer to me. and it is fun to rock to.

No Picture Ziggy Professional	#6 by Ziggy at Apr 2, 1982 at 12:29 AM EST
	i dont think this song is about overcoming a drug addiction or a mental illness or anything like that at all. "Take all your pills and divide them/by color & size" to me is a metaphor, the pills being all your problems and what not that cause you stress, and Maida is really saying, take a step back, and sort out whats going on in your life. meanwhile, the chorus section explains that you probably feel like your alone "no one wants to harm you" --saying that no one cares enough to bother with you, But it's hard to believe When everyone's killing time --that everyone is too occupied with their own life to notice something is wrong with you But somebody knows That you're not laughing You're not laughing --- clear the point, someone out there knows your not ok, and wants to help you.

No Picture Vezy Professional	#7 by Vezy at Mar 14, 1983 at 4:49 PM EST
	I'm with BipolarBear and swellmelmel on this one. I this song as the theme song for my comic character, Mad, who's committed to a mental institution and doesn't get to see the outside world.

No Picture The Penguins Tr Professional Badass	#8 by The Penguins Tried To Kill Me The Other Day at Jan 23, 1986 at 7:03 PM EST
	i m beginning to this this song is about someone in rehab, who has all these different medications (pills) they need to take, and they're just killing time by sorting them all. "nobody wants to harm you when you're outside" means that away from the rehab centre,in the real world, people are nice, you've just experienced the worst of ppl

No Picture Daniel Average	#9 by Daniel Gordon at Aug 30, 1986 at 6:46 AM EST
	I took a deaper meaning from this song. I thought that it was about some one who is afraid to act like themself. They have all these ways of making sure no one finds out. In the corus its talking about how in reality no one is trying to attack him. But some ones knows he's faking it.

No Picture austin Rhythm Player	#10 by austin ballard at Jun 16, 1989 at 2:19 AM EST
	its about someone with depression issues and problems... (commonly treated with pills) and now they feel like they're being chased. its hard to explain... good song though, nifty guitar rift!

No Picture Dan Professional Badass	#11 by Dan Hudspith at Jan 14, 1990 at 11:16 PM EST
	the first time i heard this song i thought it was about a person trying to deal with their problems and reality with drugs. "white happiness" is smack..or something of that sort...and the people on the outside are people who aren't junkies. if he were to "stay" with those who don't use drugs than he wouldn't feel this "white happiness." i could be totally off...just what i was thinking.

No Picture Derek Lead Player	#12 by Derek O'Kanos at Apr 13, 1992 at 9:54 AM EST
	Great Song. . Great Band. .

No Picture jake Professional	#13 by jake burns at May 18, 1993 at 8:46 PM EST
	This song hurts. Sorry.

No Picture Jay the Hellrac Average	#14 by Jay the Hellracer... at Mar 9, 1994 at 6:59 PM EST
	It's not about pills literally. It's about escape again. It's interesting because it's kind of self-analytic I would think, for the writer. It's recursive in the manner that the whole "You're hiding" is a way of hiding. White Happiness: Blank and perfect, too perfect. So perfect you've ignored your own problems while preaching your own misguided way. Beating Those Ladders Instead: Climbing up your ego If you stay... violence: The frustration of trying to correct the world, hiding in this schema, might turn you violent instead of helping.

No Picture zach Wanna Be	#15 by zach lilly at Feb 5, 1997 at 5:49 AM EST
	i feel that this song is about someone who has a drug problem. that they are depressed and is trying to fix their depression w/ drugs. the first verse says to me that they ran away to try to fix things and become happy but then their not really happy, "white happiness" like a white lie... the chorus says that the person still tries to live their life even tho they want to die and careless it says that someone understands what they are going through and that while everyone else is happy and laughing, there is someone who knows and isnt laughin, or isnt happy either. the 2nd verse says basically the same thing but it tells the person w/ the problems to stay and to try to beat whats owning their life