Potato Girl tab by Our Lady Peace

Tabs

From the "Happiness is not a fish you can catch" Album
Eb MajorEb tuning
tabbed by jjhand

This song reminds me of Muzzle by Smashing Pumpkins, but it has a nice solo
section. Please rate or comment if you like it.

Intro/Verse 1 is Drums, Synthesizer/Piano, and Bass


PreChorus (0:59) play 4x
eb|----------------------------|
Bb majorBb|----------------------------|
GbGb|----------------------------|
DbDb|-x-x-2--2--x-x-x-2------x-x-|
AbAb|-x-x-0--0--x-x-x-0------x-x-|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------------|

silence before chorus (except singer/bass)


Chorus (1:18) -
           Part A: play this 2x
eb|---------------||-----------------------|------------------------||
Bb majorBb|---------------||-----------------------|------------------------||
GbGb|---------------||-----------------------|------------------------||
DbDb|---------------||-2----2----2---------2-|---------0----4--4--x---||
AbAb|-2NH--2NH-2NH--||-0----0----0----0-/4---|-2---2--------2--2--x-0-||
Eb MajorEb|-x----x---x----||-----------------------|-3----------------------||
  *  *  *

* muffle the strings around 2nd fret but play slight harmonics

Chorus Part B:
  AbAb           EbmEbm   GbGb      DbDb (2 beats)
eb|-----------------------|-0--------3--------|-------------|
Bb majorBb|-----------------------|-0--------0--------|----3--3--3--|
GbGb|-----------------------|-0--------0--------|----2--2--2--|
DbDb|-2----2----2---------2-|-2--------0--------|----0--0--0--|
AbAb|-0----0----0----0-/4---|-2--------2--------|----0--0--0--|
Eb MajorEb|-----------------------|-0--------3--------|-------------|

Chorus Part C:
eb|---------------------|--------------------|--------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------|-----------3--3--3--|--------|
GbGb|-2-------------------|-0---------2--2--2--|-2------|
DbDb|-2-----------------2-|-0---------0--0--0--|-2------|
AbAb|-0------------0-/4---|-2---------0--0--0--|-0------|
Eb MajorEb|---------------------|-3------------------|--------|

Verse Plays again, start playing prechorus at 2:12

Play Chorus (2:31), but Solo comes in at Part C:


  Solo
eb|----------5NH-x-x-|-----------10/14-----|--------------------------|
Bb majorBb|--------------x-x-|-12---14----------14-|--15\14-12---12-10----12--|
GbGb|------------------|------------7/11-----|--------------------------|
DbDb|------------------|-9----11----------11-|--12\11--9----9--7-----9--|
AbAb|------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
 |
 | Rhythm
eb|------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
Bb majorBb|------------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
GbGb|-2----------------|---------------------|--------------------------|
DbDb|-2--------------2-|-5----5----5-5-----4-|--------4-----4--4--4--4/-|
AbAb|-0---------0-/4---|-5----5----5-5-----5-|--------5-----5--5--5--5/-|
Eb MajorEb|------------------|-3----3----3-3-----2-|--------2-----2--2--2--2/-|


  Solo
eb|-----------10--10/14-----|------------------------------|-------------10/14-----|
Bb majorBb|-12/14--14------------14-|-\12--x-x-14-x-x-14-x-x-14/15-|-12/14--14----------14-|
GbGb|------------7---7/11-----|------------------------------|--------------7/11-----|
DbDb|--9/11--11------------11-|-\9---x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11/12-|--9/11--11----------11-|
AbAb|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
Eb MajorEb|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
 |
 | Rhythm
eb|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
Bb majorBb|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
GbGb|-------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
DbDb|-7------7------7-7-------|------------------------------|-5------5----5-5-----4-|
AbAb|-7------7------7-7-----7-|--7-------7------7-------7----|-5------5----5-5-----5-|
Eb MajorEb|-5------5------5-5-----4-|--4-------4------4-------4----|-3------3----3-3-----2-|


  Solo
eb|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
Bb majorBb|--15\14-12---12\10----12--|-12/14--14--15--15\14--15--17-|----17--17--17--17--17-|
GbGb|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
DbDb|--12\11--9----9\7-----9---|--9/11--11--12--12\11--12--14-|----14--14--14--14--14-|
AbAb|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
Eb MajorEb|--------------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
 |
 | Rhythm
eb|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
Bb majorBb|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
GbGb|--------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------|
DbDb|--------4-----4--4--4--4/-|-7------7-------7--7--------6-|---6--6------6--6--6--5-|
AbAb|--------5-----5--5--5--5/-|-7------7-------7--7--------7-|---7--7------7--7--7--5-|
Eb MajorEb|--------2-----2--2--2--2/-|-5------5-------5--5--------4-|---4--4------4--4--4--3-|


  Solo (keep picking notes shown to rhythm heard on the track until end of line)
eb|-17-------------------|-17---------------1717-x-x-1717-|
Bb majorBb|----------------------|-----------------------x-x------|
GbGb|-14-------------------|-14---------------1414-x-x-1414-|
DbDb|----------------------|--------------------------------|
AbAb|----------------------|--------------------------------|
Eb MajorEb|----------------------|--------------------------------|
 |
 | Rhythm
eb|----------------------|-------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|----------------------|-------------------------------|
GbGb|----------------------|-------------------------------|
DbDb|---5--5----5--5--5--4-|---4--4-----4--4--4-4-x-x--4-4-|
AbAb|---5--5----5--5--5--5-|---5--5-----5--5--5-5-x-x--5-5-|
Eb MajorEb|---3--3----3--3--3--2-|---2--2-----2--2--2-2-x-x--2-2-|


Play Chorus again with Part A augmentedA (played 2x), then Part B, then repeat Parts A augmentedA abd BB again

Lead plays the same notes as the end of the solo repeatedly with some wah. During Part B...


Lead plays - 1st time (chords played by rhythm are shown)
  AbAb        EbmEbm   GbGb      DbDb
eb|-17-TP-----------|--------------------|-/10--10--10-|
Bb majorBb|-----------------|-5-------8----------|-/10--10--10-|
GbGb|-14-TP-----------|-7b9-----10b12------|-------------|
DbDb|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|
AbAb|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|
Eb MajorEb|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|


2nd time
  AbAb        EbmEbm   GbGb      DbDb      Ending
eb|-17-TP-----------|--------------------|-------------|--------|
Bb majorBb|-----------------|-12-------15--------|--15--15--15-|--14----|
GbGb|-14-TP-----------|-14b16----17b19-----|--14--14--14-|--14----|
DbDb|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|--14----|
AbAb|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|--------|
Eb MajorEb|-----------------|--------------------|-------------|--------|

At ending, Rhythm plays a Ab5Ab5 chord again


key
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| NH harmonic
| x  Mute note