Thief Bass Tab

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BASS TAB
SONG: Thief
BAND: Our Lady Peace
ALBUM: Happiness is Not a Fish That You Can Catch

Tabbed by: bAsS-pUnK, the one and only. reach me at neomaxim@home.com

	Ok, I tabbed this song in my head while listening to it so much, and then I saw there
was like 10 requests for it, so HERE IT IS! Quite simple... The timing might not be right,
but if you listen to the song I'm sure you'll get it...

Not-so standard tuning, 1/2 step down drop C# (tune down 1/2 step, and
then drop the lowest 2 steps...)

0:00 - 0:19

No bass...

0:19 - 0:32
(This is the verse for the whole song, bass kicks in at 19 secs...)
Verse

Gb-----------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------
Ab-----------0-0-0-0-----------------
C#---0-0-0-0---------2-2-2-2-5-5-4-4-

0:32 - 0:45
Pre-chorus

Gb-------------------------------------------------------------------
Db-------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-------------------------------------------------------------------
C#---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-

"As the world explodes, we fall out of it..."

0:45 - 0:58
Everyone's favorite part...
Pre-Chorus 2

Gb--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--------------------------------------------------------------------------
C#---7-7-x-x-5-5-5-x-x-0-------4-4-4-4---4-5-5-5-5----5-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-

"this will not go away..."     "There's a house built out in space..."

0:58 - 1:25
The chorus...

Gb--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------3-3-3-5-3------------------------3-3-3-5-3---------------------
C#---2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0-5-5-4-4-2-2-2-2----------5-5-5-5-0-5-0-4-5-4-

"I can't see that thief inside of you head, but I can be some courage at the side of your 
bed.."

Gb---------------------------------------------------------------------
Db---------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------3-3-3-5-3-------------------------3-3-3-3-----------------
C#---2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0-5-5-4-4-2-2-2-2---------5-(let ring...)-

"I don't what's happening and I can't pretend, but I can be your... be your..."

1:25 - 1:52
Verse... but bass kicks in IMMEDIATELY, don't wait...

1:52 - 2:05
Pre-chorus 1

2:05 - 2:17
Pre-chorus 2

2:17 - 2:37
Chorus... but only 3/4.. To the "and I can't pretend..."

2:37 - 2:57
Bridge...

Gb-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab---0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3---------------------------------
C#-------------------5-5-5-5---------------------------------------------------------

"It's a long long getaway... Make it home again..."

2:57 - 3:38
Last chorus... I'll write it out...

Gb--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Db--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------3-3-3-5-3------------------------3-3-3-5-3---------------------
C#---2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0-5-5-4-4-2-2-2-2----------5-5-5-5-0-5-0-4-5-4-

"I can't see that thief inside of you head, but I can be some courage at the side of your 
bed.."

Gb-------------------------------------
Db-------------------------------------
Ab-----------3-3-3-5-3-----------------
C#---2-2-2-2-----------0-0-0-0-5-5-4-4-

"I don't what's happening and I can't pretend,"

And the last part...

Gb---------------------------------------
Db---------------------------------------
Ab-----------3-3-3-3---------------------
C#---2-2-2-2---------5-5-5-5-0-5-0-4-5-4-

Repeat x2

"But I can be your... Be your, out of here..."

Gb---------------------------
Db---------------------------
Ab---0-0-0-0-(let ring...)---
C#---------------------------

"It's a long long getaway..."

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and that's it... thanks for using a bAsS-pUnK tab,
this sounds quite right, I love the song and the
group... but as i bassist i don't often play their
stuff... weird eh? oh well...
comments? corrections?
send to neomaxim@home.com
thanks for playin bass...
its the best, and there's not enough of us...
well enough chit chat, gotta go tab some finger eleven...

yours truly,
bAsS-pUnK
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Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net

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

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Tony Average	#1 by Tony at Jun 1, 1971 at 9:38 AM EST
	I've got tears coming everytime I hear the first sound of this song....

No Picture John-Marc Average	#2 by John-Marc Diner at Sep 13, 1979 at 12:38 AM EST
	WOOHOO!! This will always be my favourite OLP song. I love the video too, dispite it's boring-ness. I think it's quite interesting.

No Picture Carve Your Name Average	#3 by Carve Your Name Into My Arm AKA Pixie The Pirate at Nov 23, 1980 at 6:57 PM EST
	I love this song, the video is perfect. It almost forces you to listen to the lyrics because the video doesn't really say. It has the atmosphere (the rain and such). But i really love how they don't sing about pointless things. Almost all their songs have a story behind them.

No Picture Tom Average	#4 by Tom at Jun 22, 1981 at 6:09 PM EST
	ender...this song is NOT saying there is a heaven. Notice he starts to say "i can be your...." "there's a house built out in space...." but can't finish these ideas because he is honestly just as helpless and lost as everyone else

No Picture b-rad Lead Player	#5 by b-rad at Jun 7, 1982 at 7:23 AM EST
	I meant to say what was happening to her not hear.

No Picture Daniel Average	#6 by Daniel Sheppard at Sep 11, 1987 at 1:46 PM EST
	I'm not a sentimental type, and I think songs written like sympathy cards are an overused, easy way writers get people to associate strong feelings with their songs. But this song is well-written, has a good melody which coheres with the lyrical theme, and is a decent addition to the rest of the Our Lady Peace legacy.

No Picture Dane Rhythm Player	#7 by Dane n\|\|n at Jul 2, 1988 at 9:39 PM EST
	The live acoustic version of this song makes me sick. If you can find it, try to listen to it. At the start, Raine says "This next song is about a little girl who had a malignant brain tumor", then right after that you can hear some woman in the audience laugh. I don't know if she heard what he said, but there's no excuse for it really. You can hear the emotion in his voice as he says it and she laughs straight after. I'm sorry if she didn't mean it but this really pisses me off

No Picture Diego Average	#8 by Diego Rullansky at Jan 14, 1990 at 3:47 PM EST
	The band met a small girl with a brain tumor in the hospital and she inspired them to write this song. Its about how they felt talking to the girl and how they tried to comfort a girl that was so young and couldn't really understand what was happening to hear.

No Picture Jack Average	#9 by Jack at Mar 18, 1993 at 3:34 AM EST
	wow... man o man... WOW. I had no idea what this song was about but now it all makes absolute perfect sense and it makes me want to cry. Amazing. Our Lady Peace can put emotion and music together like no other.

No Picture Yea Average	#10 by Yea ... at Nov 26, 1996 at 3:14 AM EST
	Wow, thanks egoat711! I always wondered who that girl they mentioned at the beginning of the video was, and now I know, thanks to you :) I just wanted to comment on the video... it uses some truly amazing filming techniques, but the real amazing thing is how beautiful it is, although the whole thing just consists of the band sitting on a park bench in the middle of a rain storm! And has anyone noticed how appropriate the video is? When I first heard the song, the guitar and drums in the intro always made me visualize rain, and sure enough, when the video came out, there was rain :)