Clumsy Chords Guitar Tab

Clumsy Tabs:

Our Lady Peace
Clumsy
Submitted by Josh Dierman (jdierman@montana.edu)
Capo 1
Verse:
Em	       D     A
Throw away the radio suitcase that keeps you awake
Em	 D	   A			  Em
Hide the telephone telephone telephone in case you
D	     A				Em
Realize that sometimes you're just not okay
D 			 A				   Em
You level off, you level off, you level off but it's not alright now
Asus2		 D
You need to understand
Asus2		Em
There's nothing strange about this
Asus2		      A
You need to know your friends
You need to know that
Pre-Chorus:
G		  D		    G
I'll be waving my hand watching you drown
A			Em
Watching you scream quiet or loud
Chorus:
Bm   G		 D	A
Maybe you should sleep
Bm	  G	   D        A
And maybe you just need   a friend
G	  Bm	    A
As clumsy as you've been
Em
There's no-one laughing
G	    D	    	  A		 Em
You will be safe in here
G	    D	    	  A
You will be safe in here
Second Verse:
Em		D	 A
Throw away this very old shoelace
Em
That tripped you again
D		       A
Try and shrug it off, shrug it off, shrug it off
Em
It's only skin now
Asus2	  D
You need to understand
Asus2	      Em
There's nothing fake about this
Asus2		   A
You need to let me in
I'm watching you
Pre-Chorus:
G		  D		    G
I'll be waving my hand watching you drown
A		      E
Watching you scream no one's around
Chorus:
Bm   G		 D	A
Maybe you should sleep
Bm	  G	   D        A
And maybe you just need   a friend
G	  Bm	    A
As clumsy as you've been
Em
There's no-one laughing
G	    D	    A		 Em
You will be safe in here
G	    D
You will be safe in
Bridge:
F	     Em
Oooh ooh ooh oooh
G	     D
Oooh ooh ooh oooh
F	     Em
Oooh ooh ooh oooh
G	     D
Oooh ooh ooh oooh
F	     Em
Oooh ooh ooh oooh
G	     D
Oooh ooh ooh oooh
F	Em
La-la-i-ya-i
D
La-i-ya
Pre-Chorus:
G		  D		    G
I'll be waving my hand watching you drown
A		     Em
Watching you scream quiet or loud
Chorus:
Bm   G		 D	A
Maybe you should sleep
Bm	  G	   D        A
And maybe you just need   a friend
G	  Bm	    A
As clumsy as you've been
Em
There's no-one laughing
G	    D	    A	 	Em
You will be safe in here
G	    D	    A	 	Em
You will be safe in here
G	    D	    A	 	Em
You will be safe in here
G	  D    A    Em
In here

Source: GuitarMasta.net
http://www.guitarmasta.net/o/our_lady_peace/.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Tony Wanna Be	#1 by Tony Danza at May 24, 1972 at 8:25 AM EST
	egoat711 to me there is much more to this song. I always thought this song was trying to show that once there was someone that had everything.. always better than someone, and showed that he was.. Then he wasn't as great as he was (he was drowning) and since he was finally falling under everyone was waving their hands.. watching him drown.. cause no one carried .. because of how he was.

No Picture slapslappopslap Badass	#2 by slapslappopslap at Apr 15, 1999 at 2:40 AM EST
	Personally, I believe this song is about someone going through self-injury (cutting possibly) and the friend that's trying to get them through it. I think the SI'er doesn't want anyone to know what's going on, which makes sense, since the world does not accept cutting or other forms of self-harm as reasonable or sane coping mechanisms. "Throw away the very old shoelace that tripped you again. Shrug it off, it's only skin." Many self injurers lie how they hurt themselves when people notice their wounds, such as running into doors, falling, etc. ("As Clumsy as you've been, there's no one laughing.") However the friend isn't falling for it, and knows "there's nothing fake about this," and he wants to be "let in," or know how that person is feeling. But the fact still remains that the friend is on the outside, waving his hands happily, not because the friend doesn't care, but because the SI'er won't let him know what's wrong(pretending his life is just fine), even though the friend already knows. He's calling his bluff basically. I also get this idea because Automatic Flowers is on the same cd, and many believe it too is also about self-injury.

No Picture Hey Retard Wanna Be	#3 by Hey Retard at Oct 13, 2001 at 5:43 AM EST
	yeah I made a major typo .. cared** not carried.. haha

No Picture Terence Average	#4 by Terence Taylor at May 4, 2007 at 10:09 AM EST
	i can definitely relate with tree151's interpretation of this song. i never really thought about it like that until now.

No Picture NICK Wanna Be	#5 by NICK COGHLAN at Sep 28, 2007 at 12:42 AM EST
	top 20 songs alltime

No Picture Kyle Average	#6 by Kyle at Sep 28, 2007 at 12:59 PM EST
	i love this song, when i was little they were my favorite

No Picture foster Average	#7 by foster meng at Sep 29, 2007 at 1:32 AM EST
	I think this song is about someone Raine or whoever wrote it knew that was "going down the wrong path". and no matter how much he tried he couldnt save him, so he's drowning is a metaphor for this person failing in life. when its says "and maybe you should sleep, and maybe you just need a friend" it means that this person just needs someone to gt them back on track. I've loved this song for years and thats what i've figured out it means.

No Picture Dan Professional Badass	#8 by Dan Hudspith at Sep 29, 2007 at 1:54 AM EST
	i think that this song uses someone drowning as a metaphor for them being in some kind of trouble. but the person he thinks will help him wont. the person he/she thought was a friend really wasn't. "You need to know your friends... you need to know that..."

No Picture Prince Alex Lead Player	#9 by Prince Alex at Sep 30, 2007 at 7:46 AM EST
	To me, this song has always meant what sic n twisted said. Someone who has made the wrong choices in life and now after the've realized it, all they need is help from a friend to get them back on the right track. To me this song is saying to a friend no matter what you've done I'll help you out, you will be safe in here, to me means you will be safe with me.

No Picture Lamb Of God Wor Average	#10 by Lamb Of God Worshiper at Oct 2, 2007 at 1:18 AM EST
	thanks

No Picture Mike Average	#11 by Mike Murphy at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:32 AM EST
	that part at the beginning, i think is saying that the person threw away the radio, telephone, suitcase aka is cutting him/herself off from the rest of the world. they think that if they talked to someone about the person might say they aren't alright. and the subject is afraid of not being alright. and raine is saying not to be afraid, 'cause as a friend he's there to help.

No Picture Chris Rhythm Player	#12 by Chris Pray at Oct 3, 2007 at 10:33 PM EST
	this song is really amazing i think its more about perspectives on life than anything else. i used to see ther person just drowning there and the friend just kinda watchin and letting it slide. i think its really interesting how this could be interpretated

No Picture dylan Average	#13 by dylan markus at Oct 13, 2007 at 4:40 AM EST
	the way I see it is, someone is having a serious problem and is deeply depressed and the singer is saying that it isn't uncommon, that I know what your going through but there is nothing I can do about it but watch and let you know that i'm here. Thats what it means to me at least.

No Picture Harvey Rhythm Player	#14 by Harvey Puentes at Oct 13, 2007 at 5:38 AM EST
	egoat711, i think its more than that. it's about seeing things in general but not seeing it for what they really are. People should think more and question things.

No Picture GonnaKill Average	#15 by GonnaKill YOU at Oct 13, 2007 at 11:51 AM EST
	I think this song is about being somewhere and lettting people see the real you, and being vulnerable, but they don't care and just end up letting you get hurt. They pretend not to care or even see you drowning.