Ode to My Family

Song

Ode to My Family - The Cranberries

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from the album: No Need to Argue

Intro:

For the intro, play the chords in an arpeggio style.

D Bm F#m G

Verse:

When playing the chords, pick the strings in random order avoiding the bass

strings.

D Bm F#m G

Understand the things I say, don't turn away from me

D Bm F#m G

Cause I spent half my life out there, you wouldn't disagree.

D Bm D Bm F#m G

D'you see me, d'you see, do you like me, do you like me standing there.

D Bm D Bm F#m F#m G

D'you notice, d'you know, do you see me, do you see me, does anyone care.

Chorus:

D Bm F#m G

Unhappiness, where's when I was young, and we didn't give a damn.

D Bm F#m G

'Cause we were raised, to see life as fun and take it if we can.

D Bm F#m G

My mother, my mother she hold me, did she hold me, when I was out there.

D Bm F#m G

My father, my father, he liked me, oh he liked me, does anyone care.

Verse 2:

Understand what I've become, it wasn't my design.

And people everywhere think, something better than I am.

But I miss you, I miss 'cause I liked it, I liked it, when I was out there.

D'you know this, d'you know, you did not find me, you did not find, does anyone care.

Repeat chorus

D: xx0232

Bm: 224432

F#m: 244322

G: 320033

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Ode to My Family

by the Cranberries

I've seen the previous post to OLGA, and I guess it's okay, but here's

another spin on it.

Capo at the 2nd fret.

Just the basic chords:

C x32010

Am x02210

Em 022000

F 133211

It starts with a strum of the chords, in the order C-Am-Em-F, a little bit

after she starts with the Doo-doo-doo-doots. ^_^

Shortly after, you go to the picking, I find it sorta sounds like:

C Am Em

e|-0------0-------0----0------0------0-------0----0------0-------0----|
B|---1------1---1---1----1------1------1---1---1----0------0---0---0--|
G|-----0------0------------2------2------2------------0------0--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

F

e|-1------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---1----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-0h2p0-0h2p0--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

... and so on. You might find it works better some other way, but this way

sounds fine. Just follow along with the previous version of this song, above.

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The Cranberries - Ode to My Family

Well, I'm not a expert, but it seems to me that the arpeggio to this song is:

C Am Em

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-1------1-----1-----1------1-----1----1----1------0----0----0----0----|
G|---0------0-----0-----0------2-----2----2----2------0----0----0----0--|
D|-----2------2-----2-----2------2-----2----2----2------2----2----2---2-|
A|-3-------------------------0------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------0-------------------|

G

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0------0/2/0-0/2/0-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3--------------------------------------------------------------------|