Open Your Eyes tab by Sum 41

Tabs

Tabbed by:[travis]
Email: myspace.com/scream14

This has to be one of Sum 41's coolest songs. I figured this out from other tabs on other sites and from
listening to it a lot.

Tuning: Db-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb (low to high)


Intro:
Guitar 1:
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play this once.
GbGb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----w/-wah-wah-pedal----------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitars 1 and 2: w/ distortion
"Likely........................................."
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|----------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---------------------------------| Play twice.
GbGb|-6-6-6-6--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---------------------------------|
DbDb|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--2-2--0-2-2--0-0-0-0-2----------|
AbAb|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--2-2--0-2-2--0-0-0-0-2----------|
Eb MajorEb|-4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-----------2-2--0-2-2--0-0-0-0-2----------|


Verse 1:
Guitars 1 and 2: w/ echo type effect:
eb|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-----2------2h3-2-------2-----------0----------------|
GbGb|---2-------2-----2--------2--------1-----------------|Play once.
DbDb|-4------4-4-------4---4-----2---2-2------------------|Let ring throughout.
AbAb|-----------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|-----------------------------------------------------|


Verse 2:
Guitars 1 and 2: w/ slight distortion.
eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2h3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---3-3---2--2--2--2--2--2---0--0--0--0--0--|
GbGb|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---2-2---2--2--2--2--2--2---1--1--1--1--1--|
DbDb|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---4-4---2--2--2--2--2--2---2--2--2--2--2--|
AbAb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 3:
Guitars 1 and 2: w/ distortion.
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|*Pick Slide*
DbDb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|-x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/----|
DbDb|-x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/x/----|

Chorus 1:
Guitars 1 and 2: w/distortion.
eb|--------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|--------------------------------|
GbGb|---------------2----------------| Play this twice in all.
DbDb|-4------0------2-x16--2---------|
AbAb|-4-x16--0-x16--0------2-x16-----|
DbDb|-4------0-------------2---------|

Guitars 1 and 2 play "Verse 1" again. Then they play this:

Verse 5:
Guitars 1 and 2:
eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15--15-15--14-14-14-14-14-14---12-12-12-12-12--|
GbGb|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--14-14--14-14-14-14-14-14---13-13-13-13-13--|
DbDb|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16--16-16--14-14-14-14-14-14---14-14-14-14-14--|
AbAb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitars 1 and 2 play the "pickslide" and "Chorus" again. Then play this:

Interlude:
Guitar 1:
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|----7~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|----6~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|----7~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|-4--4~---------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|-4--4~---------------------------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2:
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|-----------0--0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------------------------------|
DbDb|-----------0--0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-----------------------------------|
pm.          . . .  . . .  . . .

Guitar Solo:

Guitar 3: Pickslides
Guitar 2: Play Chorus twice while Guitar 1 plays solo

Guitar 1: w/ wammy pedal.
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play this twice.
DbDb|-18/-----4---6---7--9--11--12--11--12--12/--14~----------------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

There's also Deryck playing the keyboard after Dave plays the solo.

Guitars 1 and 2 play Chorus 4 times

Guitar 1 (Double tracked): play this in between the chorus:
w/ wammy pedal:
eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb majorBb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
GbGb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play this once.
DbDb|-4--6--7--9--11~~~~~~------------------------------------------------------|
AbAb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
DbDb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Quick Ending:
Guitars 1 and 2:
Play this at the end of the 4th Chorus, really fast.
eb|--------------------|
Bb majorBb|--------------------|
GbGb|--------------------|
DbDb|--2222-4444---------|
AbAb|--2222-4444---------|
DbDb|--2222-4444---------|

That's it. It should sound pretty accurate.

Other versions of Open Your Eyes

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