Chord/Tab song: Denied

By: Bob Morgano (morgano@ici.net)
Song: "Denied" by "Our Lady Peace"
Album: "Naveed"

Time: 12/8

Tuning: 6-Eb 5-Ab 4-Db 3-Gb 2-Bb 1-Eb

Riff: 1A
_____ _______ _____ _______ _____ _______ _____ _____
| | | |_| | | | | | |_| | | | | | |_| | | | | | | | |

|--|--|--|--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|
|--|--|--|--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|-|--|--|--8--|--|-10--|--|--|
|--|--|--7_(7)7--|--7--|--|--7_(7)7--|--7--|--|--|--7_(7)7--|--7-----9--|----10--|--|
|--0_(0)---------0-----0_(0)---------0-----|--0_(0)---------0-----------0--------0--|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

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Riff: 1B
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|
|--|--|--|--6--|--|--|--|--|--6--|--|--|--|--|--|--6--|--|--6--|--|--6--|--|--|
|--|--|--7-----9--7--|--|--7-----9--7--|--|--|--7-----9--7-----9--7-----9--7--|
|--0_(0)-------------0_(0)-------------|--0_(0)-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

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Riff: 2
________ _________ ________ _________
| |__| | | | | | |__| | | |_|_| |

|--|--|--|--|-------|----|----|-----|--|--|--|--|--|-|-|--|--|
|--|--|--|--|-------|----|----|-----|--|--|--|--6--5h6p5--|--|
|--7_(7)-7--7-7/sl(10)_(10)--10\sl--5_(5)-5--5------------5--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

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Riff: 3
_____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|--|--|--|-----|-----|--|--|-----|-----|--|--|--|-----|-----|----|----|
|--|--|--|-----|-----|--|--|-----|-----|--|--|--|-----|-----|----|----|
|--7--7--7--sl/7~v---|--|--|--sl/7~v---|--|--|--|--sl/7~v---2----5----|
|--7--7--7-----------3--3--3-----------|--5--5--5-----------2----5----|
|--5--5--5-----------3--3--3-----------|--5--5--5-----------0----3----|
|--------------------1--1--1-----------|--3--3--3---------------------|

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Riff: 4A
_________ _________ _________ _________
| | | | | | | | | | | |

|--|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-12~v-12~v-12~v-||-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-10~v-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

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Riff: 4B (Use major vibrato on the notes marked: ~v!)
_____ _____ _________
| |\ | |\ | |\ | |\ | | | | | | | | | |

|--16~v--|---16~v--|---16~v--|----16~v--|--|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-----(8)-|--|----|
|--15~v-15~v-15~v-15~v-15~v-15~v--15~v--X--|--8b-8b-8b-8b-8b-8b-8b(9)r(8)-6--|----|
|-------13~v------13~v------13~v--------X--|---------------------------------7----|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

Riff: 4c (End of the solo) (Tremolo picked part. Play it in triplets)

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|--|----|----|----|---|----|----|---sl/13///sl/15--|
|--|----|----|----|---|----|----|------------------|

|--7///(7)//10///12///|///17///19///sl/10///sl/12--|

|---------------------|----------------------------|
|--5///(5)///8///10///|///15///17------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|

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Riff: 5A
________ ________ __________ __________
| |__| | | |__| | | |___| | | |___| |

|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|
|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|
|--7_(7)-7--7--9_(9)-9--9-10_(10)-10-10-12_(12)-12-12--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

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Riff: 5B
_____________ _____________ _____________ _____________
|__| |___| | |__| |___| | |__| |___| | |__| |___| |

|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|
|-10-10_(10)-10-10-10-10_(10)-10-10-10-10_(10)-10-10-10-10_(10)-10-10--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Riff: 6A (outro vamp)
_____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | | |

|--|--|--|-------|--|--|-------|--|--|--|-------|----|----|
|--|--|--|-------|--|--|-------|--|--|--|-------|----|----|
|--7--7--7-------|--|--|-------|--|--|--|-------2----5----|
|--7--7--7-------3--3--3-------|--5--5--5-------2----5----|
|--5--5--5-------3--3--3-------|--5--5--5-------0----3----|
|----------------1--1--1-------|--3--3--3-----------------|

[1] [2] [3] [4] [1] [2][3][4]
Riff: 6B
_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|
|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--2--2--2--5--5--5--|
|--7--7--7--7--7--7--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--2--2--2--5--5--5--|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--5--5--5--5--5--5--0--0--0--3--3--3--|
|--------------------1--1--1--1--1--1--|--3--3--3--3--3--3--------------------|

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Riff: 6C (outro solo over Riffs: 6A & 6B) (currently being transcribed)

Riff: 7 (Ending Lick) (In "free time")
_____
| | | |\ |\

|----------------------------|--|--|------|--|----|
|----------------------------|--8--|------|-10~v--|
|--7-(randomly strummed)--sl/9-----9--sl/10-------|
|--0----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

Arrangement:

Intro:

|Riff 1A|Riff1A|

Verse 1:

|Riff 1A|
The telephone is ringing
Disconnect the line
|Riff 1A|
The tension, oh it's building
But I'm alright, yeah I'm alright
|Riff 1B|
The stars are colliding
So you might as well, oh you might as well...

Pre Chorus:

|Riff 2|Riff2|
Let me go

|Riff 1A|Riff 1A|

Verse 2:

|Riff 1A|
The television is burning
Because I set it on fire
|Riff 1B|
The wheels they keep turning
But I'm fine Yeah I'm fine

Pre Chorus:

|Riff 2|Riff 2|
What about the questions we have
Locked up inside

Chorus:

|Riff 3|Riff 3|Riff 3|
Somewhere, Somehow,
We've been Denied
Hand in Hand, we walk behind
Pretending, Defending while our souls are tied

|Riff 1A|

Verse 3:

|Riff 1A|
It's only the third hour
My conscience subsides
|Riff 1B|
But, something Reminds me that you lied yeah you lied

Pre Chorus:

|Riff 2|Riff2|
What about the consequences?
This can't be right.

Repeat Chorus:

|Riff 3|Riff 3|Riff 3|

Solo:
|Riff 4A|Riff 4A|Riff 4B|Riff 4C|
PreChorus:

|Riff 2|Riff 2|Riff 2|Riff 5A|
|Riff 5B|Riff 5B|Riff 5B|
What about, What about, I know, (whispers)
Sometime over, I know, I'm gonna be over (?)
Somewhere, somehow, somewhere, somehow,

Repeat Chorus:

|Riff 3|Riff 3|Riff 3|

Outro/Repeat Chorus (w/vocal adlib):

|Riff 6A|Riff 6B|Riff 6B|Riff 6B|
|Riff 6B|Riff 7|


Our Lady Peace "Denied" Performance Notes:

This song is pretty basic. The opening lick is a somewhat simple arpeggiated figure that is
a bit tough on the timing but, with a little listening to the album, it should be playable
in no time at all. I'm not sure if the timing is as accurate as it could be. I don't
compose music for orchestras but, I do know a bit about timing, etc. I'm just hoping that
it's right. When playing Riff: 2, try and play it as "fluidly" as possible. If you listen
to Mike's playing on the album, he plays it a great deal of finesse. So keep that in mind
performing that particular riff. Riffs 3, 6A and 6B are all pretty much similar but, with
a slight variation in each. The guitar solo is a bit tough. Mike doesn't play a guitar
a whammy bar to my knowledge (at least not live) so get your fingers warmed up for some
serious vibrato! Riff: 4B has major vibrato in it. I must give credit to Mark Wiebe
(rwiebe@mindlink.bc.ca) for his transcription of "Denied". He had recently posted his
version to OLGA as I was in the middle of mine. I used his solo for a bit of inspiration
and borrowed a couple of notes from it for my transcription. The outro solo is a bit buried
in the mix. Hopefully, someday I can figure that out and I'll be able to post it. The last
lick in the song is basically in free time and it's a distorted and contorted version of the
opening riff. Listen to the song for more details. Please feel free to e-mail me with any
questions or comments at morgano@ici.net. Enjoy!!!