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Song:Ana's Song
Band:silverchairAlbum:Neon Ballroom
Tabbed by Jonathan Melissant
Just normal tuning
Verse(acoustic guitar)
E------------------------------
B--8-8-8--4-4-4----------------
G--8-8-8--5-5-5--3-3-2-3--3-2--
D--8-8-8--5-5-5--5-5-3-5--5-3--
A--6-6-6--3-3-3--5-5-3-5--5-3--
E--6-6-6--3-3-3--3-3-1-3--3-1--
Guitar(clean)
E-------------------------------------
B---------------4--------3-------3----
G------8----------5----3---3-------3--
D----8---8----5-----------------------
A--6--------3-------------------------
E--------------------3-------3--------
Eb Cm G
Please die Ana
Eb Cm G
For as long as you're here we're not
Eb Cm G
You make the sound of laughter
Eb Cm G
And sharpened nails seem softer(distortion)(2x)
E-------------------------
B-------------------------
G-------------------------
D-------------------------
A--1---1/10-11-103--3/5--
E-------------------------
Eb Cm G
And I need you now somehow
Eb Cm G
And I need you now somehow
Pre-chorus(distortion)
E----------------
B----------------
G--3-3-3--2-2-2--
D--3-3-3--3-3-3--
A--1-1-1--3-3-3--
E---------1-1-1--
Chorus(distortion)
E-----0-0-----0---------0-0-----0------0-------0
B-----0-0-----0---------0-0-----2------2-------2
G-----1-1-----1---------2-2-----2------2-------2
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2
A-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x--0-0-0-0-0-0-0
E-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------
E F#m
Open fire on the needs designed
A
On my knees for you
E F#m
Open fire on my knees desires
A
What I need from you
[Verse]
Eb Cm G
Imagine a pageant
Eb Cm G
In my head the flesh seems thicker
Rhythm Guitar (distortion)
E-------------------------
B-------------------------
G--8-8--8--8--------------
D--8-8--8--8--5-5--5--5---
A--6-6--6--6--5-5--5--5---
E-------------3-3--3--3---
Eb G
Sandpaper tears corrode the filth
Eb Cm G
And I need you now somehow
Eb Cm G
And I need you now somehow
REPEAT PRE CHORUS
Chorus (distortion)
E------0-------0-------0-0-----0-0-
B------0-------0-------0-0-----0-0-
G------1-------1-------2-2-----2-2-
D--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
A--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-
E--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
E-----0-------0-----0---------------
B-----2-------2-1-1-1---------------
G-----2-------2-2-2-2---5-5-5-7-7-7-
D-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-7-7-7-
A-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-5-5-5-
E-----------------------------------
E F#m
Open fire on the needs designed
A Am C D
On my knees for you
E F#m
Open fire on my knees desires
A Am
What I need from you
Bridge:
3 times this:
E-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9---------
D-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9--8~-----
A 3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7--7~-----
E----------------------6~-----
and then 4th time:
very gently
E-----------------------------
B-----------------------------
G-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9---------
D-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9---------
A 3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7---------
E-----------------------------
E-------------------------0--
B-----------------------0----
G------3---------------------
D----3---3-----3------2------
A--1---------3---3----2------
E----------1--------0--------
And you're my obsession
I love you to the bones
And Ana wrecks your life
Like an Anorexia life
Repeat the chorus couple'a times
first gently then with distortion
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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scotty 2 hotty Rhythm Player |
#1 by scotty 2 hotty at Jul 31, 1970 at 8:25 PM EST |
| I think someone had anorexia.............. | |
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Scott Average |
#2 by Scott Anderson at Sep 14, 1972 at 6:50 AM EST |
| yeah twiz. im sure you enjoy other shit. | |
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Toby Musical Thunder |
#3 by Toby at Jul 13, 1977 at 11:29 AM EST |
| I am so in love w/ this song. It is so beautifuly written,and how he expresses his pain I can totally relate to is amazing, excellent song..Excellent band :-) | |
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dylan Average |
#4 by dylan markus at Mar 20, 1978 at 10:55 PM EST |
| i acctually disagree with all the notes so far posted. i think it is about self abuse not anerexa but more of a loving of pain and suffering ex cutting or obsessive compuslive, espically that become clear when u look at the lines In my head the flesh seems thicker Sandpaper tears corrode the filth And I need you now somehow And I need you now somehow to me it seems he is either talking about a friend or himself or both when he is saying corrode the film and th flesh seems thinker, like ur cutting and its thicker then u wish so to cut harder and he is on his knees to the power of addiction to pain | |
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Senour Average |
#5 by Senour Dakota at Jun 17, 1986 at 11:09 PM EST |
| this song is so incredible... daniel johns does such a great job expressing his emotion in this song. silverchair has to be one of the best bands of all time | |
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eric Rhythm Player |
#6 by eric johnson at Dec 15, 1986 at 8:17 PM EST |
| oh 4 god's sake! "who's ana?" is it really that hard? "ana wrecks ur life.... anorexia life" hmmm, spot the similarity between the 2 lines! | |
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That One Guy Musical Genius |
#7 by That One Guy at Jan 7, 1989 at 6:36 AM EST |
| Bloodykiss is right. People overlook too much&this song is so damn beautiful. So is Daniel Johns. | |
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Kyle Average |
#8 by Kyle Bish at Feb 5, 1992 at 8:18 PM EST |
| Someone already mentioned before but to kind of cement the meaning, people sometimes call Anorexia "Ana", as they would Bulimia "Mia" | |
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#9 by Ben at Mar 17, 1992 at 8:45 AM EST |
| This song is one of their greatest. The video of this rocks along with the song. | |
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Scott Average |
#10 by Scott Muir at Feb 14, 1993 at 5:10 PM EST |
| the song is about daniel johns (singer) problem with anorexia "and ana wreks your life" wich he fortunatly overcome | |
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Anthony Average |
#11 by Anthony at Aug 18, 1995 at 10:59 AM EST |
| i relate 100% to this song, i think that daniel wrote it just so people can relate to it and i do, more so than i would like to. | |
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justin Average |
#12 by justin tompkins at Nov 6, 1997 at 5:10 AM EST |
| Silverchair is my all time favortie band. This song was written by Daniel Johns(lead singer) when he had Anorexia. Another term of using the word is "Ana". In the beging Daniel became a vegetarian, later he would devolp many phobias, including a fear of crowds, leaving home, and food. He thought certain shapes of food felt like razors going down his throat and at restaurants, he was always suspicious, thinking perhaps his food was poisoned.This later developed into a type of 'anorexia,' and is the story behind 'Ana's Song (Open Fire) | |
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keith Wanna Be |
#13 by keith mckinlay at Nov 13, 1999 at 5:53 AM EST |
| Yes, but he SUFFERED from anorexia. it would make sense that this song was about that. | |
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Brett Professional |
#14 by Brett Czap at Dec 7, 2000 at 3:30 AM EST |
| this song sucks so bad | |
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Trent Average |
#15 by Trent Zelasney at Jan 12, 2001 at 2:59 PM EST |
| there is an acoustic version. its great. | |
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