Everyones A Junkie Bass Tab

Spiritual Machines Tabs:

In Repair
Life
Made To Heal
Everyone's A Junkie »
The Wonderful Future

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Artist: Our Lady Peace
Song: Everyone's  Junkie
Album: Sprirtual Machines
Tabbed by: Dave Hawley    dave_hawley96@hotmail.com

h=Hammer on
p=pull off

Verse:
G|--------------------------------|
D|-----4------6-4p3---3h4p3-------|
A|---2---2----------4-------4h6-8-|
E|-4------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus:
(where does it stop, where does it end, why am I always Complaining)
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|----------2-2-2-2--2-2-2------------------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-----------------2-2-2-2-0-1-1-1-0-1-0-1|

Chorus:
G|-------------6---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------1-----4-4-4-------------------------2-2-2-2-|
E|-2-2-2-2---2---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------2---2-------------------|
E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------4-4-4-4---4---4-6-6-6-6-5-6-5-6-|

G|-------------6---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------1-----4-4-4-------------------------2-2-2-2-|
E|-2-2-2-2---2---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------|

Weird Interlude:
G|-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------3h4p3---|
A|-------------------2-4-------4-|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|

I'll Remember This Some Day!
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-2-2-1-2-1-2-2-2-2-1-2-|
E|-----------------------|

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/o/our_lady_peace/102979.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Daniel Average	#1 by Daniel Sheppard at Aug 3, 1974 at 1:09 AM EST
	yeah this song does have somthing to do with addiction to things other than drugs.

No Picture Jake Average	#2 by Jake Innis at Jan 24, 1978 at 12:01 PM EST
	Duuuude.... Lyrics are reeeeally off. Anyways, as far as I can tell, this song is about trying to be righteous in a world that's gone "black", about conquering all of the negative influences- "looking for that light". and yeah, that line "I'm really not that different, you just made me think so..." suggests another person's influence; a college junkie making someone innocent feel like they're in the minority in the world. Am I totally off?

No Picture Stephen Average	#3 by Stephen Meier at Mar 19, 1980 at 3:12 AM EST
	Everyone has addictions; for some it's drugs, for others it's machines. If you listen to RK1949-97, it outlines events in which computers take over various aspects of our lives: first they govern us (1984), then they read for us (reading machines) and then they think for us (Deep Blue). We have all these technologies and we become so reliant on them that we no longer realize how little we can do with out them. "Where does it stop/ where does it end/where do we go/" We can't figure out what to do without machines. Machines are becoming more and more human. They can do things for us, or even instead of us. It's almost as if computers aren't that different, but we just "make them thinks so".

No Picture Abe Lead Player	#4 by Abe Watson at Aug 6, 1980 at 8:29 PM EST
	The reason these lyrics are different from those that were in the version recorded on Spiritual Machines is because these were likely transcribed from a live recording of this song made during the Summersault 2000 tour. I was at the Montreal show, and I have a live recording of the Montreal set, and the lyrics above are just the way they are sung in the live, early version of the song. The lyrics were just changed (a lot) for the finished version of the song.

No Picture Atreyufan4ever Average	#5 by Atreyufan4ever at Sep 5, 1980 at 6:51 PM EST
	I agree with Baseline - not only does that tie it in with the rest of the albumn, but it makes the whole thing make sense. I think it's too much of a grand sweeping song to have a similar meaning to Annie. Can anyone explain the meaning of the "Big Green Monkey"?

No Picture John-Marc Average	#6 by John-Marc Diner at Nov 4, 1983 at 2:51 AM EST
	"I'm really not that different, you just made me think so.." I love that line.

No Picture fredman Average	#7 by fredman jesu at Jan 25, 1984 at 8:07 PM EST
	This one is simple, its talking about how t.v. is taking over our lives like a bad drug. Its stopping you from living your life, keeping you inside and filling your mind with stereotypes that tell you that your different from the rest of the world. T.v. also tells us that this is wrong, which it isnt. In fact, it even tells you durring the song that television is the main drug thats keeping him from living his life.

No Picture [ash] Wanna Be	#8 by [ash] at Mar 26, 1986 at 6:59 PM EST
	This song is about religion.. Raine was raised Catholic but doesnt practice anymore.. its speaking out against religion and questioning it

No Picture Hayden Average	#9 by Hayden Martin at Nov 13, 1992 at 11:09 AM EST
	You know, as sad as this may sound, I've never really listed to SM as a social commentary on technology- I was heard it as a album about addiction. I'll have to relisten. However, about the big green monkey. If I follow my addiction view, I think it's a hallucination that addicts have. It's completely random, it's place in a rather random place in the song. It's just sort of this vision that would pop up in someone's head, with no rhyme or reason. If we follow the view through a technological commentary, I'd believe the big green monkey to be the TV addicted culture itself. It's this bright green monkey, sitting in every television room in every first world nation, and no one really talks about it. No one seriously goes 'Hey! There's a huge butt monkey in you living room and we're all TV addicts!' That's rather off the top of my head though. :: shrugs and scratches::

No Picture Average	#10 by Brian (Add Me!) at Jul 23, 1993 at 7:28 AM EST
	i think this is a reference to the book 'brave new world' by adolus huxley. In it, the government uses this drug called soma to give its subjects false happiness so they wouldn't be unhappy and cause political instability. In the song, soma is compared to television and alchohol: things that give normal people 'happiness.' The song is about looking for a way out, but realizing that you can't find one because all of the other people who are still watching TV ostracize you. "i'm really not that different you just made me think so"

No Picture D-K Average	#11 by D-K at May 16, 1995 at 11:11 PM EST
	this song is an anti television song. look at spritual machines as an album it talks about how the advances in technology can hurt the human race and we allow it to happen. television is the biggest drug in the world, hence "everyone's a junkie" so many people look at the television for answers and to be told how to live their lives. " the drugs and fake ambitions have been helping me to hide, but its the endless television that has kept me inside." it is saying how drugs and hopes and dreams are not the problems in life. it is the television keeping you inside and not letting you live your life, instead of living your life you watch others live there lives. especially in the age of reality tv. " i am not diffrent u just made me think so" people have a low self esteem and a poor self image and think they are diffrent because that is what the television tells you, if u are not a certian height, weight or wear the right clothes you are diffrent. so go out and kill your tv. shun the TV and learn on your own enlighten your mind and go get stoned

No Picture aleXeXeX Rhythm Player	#12 by aleXeXeX at Oct 4, 1998 at 9:06 AM EST
	big green monkey, stupid stoner! everyones a junkie!

No Picture marvin Lead Player	#13 by marvin at Jan 15, 2002 at 9:18 AM EST
	This is another personal favourite of mine ::grins at username:: I think, much like Annie, this is a song about someone who just doesn't fit in, and that no one really pays attention to. 'I'm just too drunk to remember, why I always slip through.' This person tries to escape their pain through some sort of addiction- alcohol, drugs, reading, writing, just something they do to numb themselves. Then they don't have to focus on why people don't seem to notice the faded scars on her wrists, or the fact that she gets beaten up by other kids. 'Where does it stop, where does it end, where do we go? Why am I always complaining? I can be good, I can be bad, I can be loved...' It seems like these crappy days will never end. And she feels like crap- she knows she has some really cool things about her, why can't everyone else see that? 'You're looking for that sun, you're looking for that light, lonely, you're not the only one to feel this way. Big green monkey, everyone's a junkie.' This girl is looking for people who feel the same way she does, because she's so tired of being lonley. However, in reality, everyone feels like she does- there's some vital part missing in most people, and everyone is like her- they use their 'addictions' to numb thesmelves to the pain. 'I'm not asking for forgiveness, for the things that I don't know.' This part is after she realizes she's not alone. She's decided to stop hating herself for what other percieve as her flaws, because she doesn't need other people's 'forgiveness' for whatever they deem they don't like about her. 'I'm really not that different, you just made me think so.' This refers to the classmates who bullied her, and the people who made her feel alone- now she knows she's not, and can stand up to people who made her feel that way.

No Picture Chris Average	#14 by Chris Wise at Oct 15, 2003 at 2:05 AM EST
	no, i pretty much agree with you. and yeah the lyrics are way off. this is a great song though

No Picture LiL_meL Wanna Be	#15 by LiL_meL at Oct 3, 2004 at 10:02 PM EST
	i still don't fully understand the big green monkey thing.

No Picture Daniel Wanna Be	#16 by Daniel Kreuzer at Dec 10, 2006 at 7:10 PM EST
	As far as I can see, these are the correct lyrics, just a few words have been omitted. Perhaps it was corrected since all of your posts.