Automatic Flowers

Song

'Automatic Flowers' by Our Lady Peace

From the Album "Clumsy"

Drop Db tuning

tabbed by jjhand

Thanks to some help from the other tab at Ultimate-Guitar.com, I was able to get

this tab together easily. I fixed up the riffs and solo. Please rate & comment.

Intro (0:05) - w/ phaser or autowah?, played 2x

eb|------------------------|---------------------|
Bb|------------------------|---------------------|
Gb|-------7---7-------3----|-------5---5-------4-|
Db|-------------------3----|-------------------5-|
Ab|-5--5--------1--1-------|-3--3----------------|
Db|------------------------|-------------5--5----|

"Do Do, Do Do Do ... etc"

Lyrics (no guitar):

"And Sarah thinks, She's dies here once before, She's Crazy...

A Pop-up book, of flowers from Grade four are

End of Verse:

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|---------------------8-8-7-7-7-7--|
|---------------------8-8-7-7-7-7--|
|---------------8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7--|

PM____

"Driving..... Her Insane and"

Pre Chorus:

|-----------------------------------|

|----------------------**-----------| the second harmonic varies,

|----------------------5NH----------| listen to the song to see

|-5--5--5NH---7--7--7------------5--|  which string its on
|-5--5--------7--7--7------------5--|
|-5--5--------7--7--7------------5--|

"No one Knows Why"

"She's Sad Tonight"

"No One Can Help"

End of Pre Chorus:

A5 B5

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10--|
|-8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10--|
|-8--8--8--8--10--10--10--10--|

"her find............"

Chorus, play 4x

Db A B Gb

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--------------|
|-0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|-0--0--0--0--1--1--1--1--|-3--3--3--3--5--5--5--5--|
|-0--0--0--0--------------|-------------5--5--5--5--|

1 "Crying, Crying...."

2 "She Couldn't afford the view"

3 "Crying, Crying..."

4 "These automatic, flowers, Won't do..."

Lead part during Chorus, played similarly 2x:

|---------|--------------------|----------|----------------|
|---------|-8TP-bend gradually-|----------|-10---10---8TP--|
|-rest----|--------------------|-rest-----|----7----7------|
|---------|--------------------|----------|----------------|
|---------|--------------------|----------|----------------|
|---------|--------------------|----------|----------------|

Play Intro again

2nd Verse Lyrics (no guitar):

"Another brick, another window frames,

the confusion

Her garden blooms, buit Sarah can't see straight ..."

Play 'End of Verse' with lyrics:

"She's Drinking, her self blind and"

Play Pre Chorus:

"No one, knows why,

she stares, outside,

no one, can help Her Find..."

Play Chorus Again, repeating the final line

Pre-Solo:

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------10-10--8-8/10-10-----|-----------8--8---7/8--8~--8--|
|-5/7--7----------------------7-|-4/5--5-----------------------|
|-5/7--7----7--7--5-5/7--7----7-|-4/5--5----5--5---4/5--5~--5--|
|-3/5--5----------------------5-|-2/3--3-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

Solo - Chords shown are for Rhythm Guitar in background (similar to chorus part)

Db5 A5 B5 Gb5

eb|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------|----------------------8~-8~----|
Gb|-5h7-7-7~--7-5h7---7~--7--|-5h7-7--7--7--5h7-7-7----------|
Db|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
Db|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------13--------13--13-|-17--15--15b17r15-13---------------------|
|----15--15----15--15----15---|---15--15-----------15--15--15--13h15-15-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---13--13----13--13----13--13--15-13--13-|---13--13-15-13--13--15--15h17-15p13--13-|
|-15--------15--------15------------------|-15--------------------15-----------15---|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
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-*15_b_b_b_b_b_b_-|
B|-15~-----15---15~----15-15--15-|---15-15-15--15--------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

* last note is picked as the string bends to steadily increase pitch

Repeat Pre Chorus, with Lyrics:

"She never, admitted,

she never could sing

i bet she always, remembered

She's wasting all her time"

Repeat Chorus several times to end. Mike Turner comes in with a random part where he

plays around the 10th fret high Eb string with random bends and picking and sliding.

There is no real pattern to it, so I suggest to just wing it or make something better up.

Last Chord:

eb|------|
Gb|------|
Bb|------|
Db|--0---|
Ab|--0---|
Db|--0---|

Key:

~ vibrato

h hammer-on

p pull-off

b bend string

r release bend & lower string pitch

/ \ sliding up or down string

TP tremelo picking (repetitively pick fast and evenly)