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Song title:      Ode To My Family
Original Album:	 No Need To Argue

Words and Music by Dolores O'Riordan and Noel Hogan
Copyright © 1994 Island Records
Published by BMG Music Publishing Ltd

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



NOTES:
Capo on 2. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


Key to tab
----------
h  - hammer-on
p  - pull-off
/  - slide up
\  - slide down
b  - bend
r  - release
x  - muted note
_  - tied note
^  - ascending arpeggio
V  - descending arpeggio
~  - vibrato

N.C.   - no chord
|-3-|  - triplet





INTRO:
Chords:
C   x32010    Em     022000
Am  x02210    Fsus2  x33011


[play: 4/4]  [x2]


   | C               | Am              | Em              | Fsus2
Doo  doo doo doo, doo  doo doo doo, doo  doo doo doo, doo  doo doo doo.  Doo



[second time: electric guitar plays descending arpeggios:]

  C                                 Am                                Em                                Fsus2              C/G
|-0____________-------------------|-0____________-------------------|-0____________-------------------|-1____________-------------------|
|--1___________-------------------|--1___________-------------------|--0___________-------------------|--1___________-------1-----------|
|---0__________-------------------|---2__________-------------------|---0__________-------------------|---0__________-----------0-------|
|----2_________-------------------|----2_________-------------------|----2_________-------------------|----3_________---3-----------3---|
|-----3________-------------------|-----0________-------------------|-----2________-------------------|-----3________-------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------0_______-------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  C                                 Am                                Em                                F
  doo doo     doo,        doo       doo doo     doo,        doo       doo doo     doo,        doo       doo doo     doo





INTERLUDE:


[play:]

  C                                 Am                                Em                                Fsus2
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-----------1-------1-----------|-1-----------1-------1-----------|-0-----------0-------0-----------|-1-----------0h2p0---0h2p0---0-2-|
|-----0---------0---------0-------|-----2---------2---------2-------|-----0---------0---------0-------|-----0---------------------------|
|---------2---------2---------2---|---------2---------2---------0---|---------2---------2---------0---|---------3-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |





VERSE1:
Notes:
The picked INTERLUDE figure is played for each verse line.continue into the verse.

Chords:
C   x32010    Em     022000
Am  x02210    Fsus2  x33011


| C       | Am                | Em              | Fsus2
    Under - stand the things I  say_ay_ay, don't  turn away_ay_ay from me

| C               | Am              | Em                | Fsus2
    'Cause I spent  half my life out  there_ere_ere, you  wouldn't disagree

| C              | Am                  | Em             | Fsus2
    D'you see me,     d'you see, do you  like me, do you  like me standing there?

| C              | Am                   | Em            | Fsus2
    D'you notice,     d'you know, do you  see me, do you  see me, does anyone care? 





CHORUS:
Chords:
C   x32010    Em     022000
Am  x02210    Fsus2  x33011


| C         | Am           | Em                | Fsus2   
    Unhappi - ness was when  I was young and we  didn't give a damn

| C               | Am           | Em             | Fsus2
    'Cause we were  raised to see  life as fun and  take it if we can

| C           | Am                | Em            | Fsus2
    My mother,     my mother she’d  hold me, she’d  hold me, when I was out there

| C           | Am             | Em              | Fsus2
    My father,     my father he  liked me, oh, he  liked me, does anyone care?




[repeat INTERLUDE figure]




VERSE2:
Notes:
Picked chords (e.g. in INTERLUDE) continue into verse.

Chords:
C   x32010    Fsus2  x33011
Am  x02210    C/G    332010
Em  022000


| C       | Am                 | Em            | Fsus2   
    Under - stand what I've be - co__o__ome, it  wasn't my desi__ign

| C           | Am              | Em             | Fsus2   
    And people  everywhere think  so__o__omething  better than I am

| C            | Am                 | Em                | Fsus2
    I miss you,     I miss, 'cause I  liked it, 'cause I  liked it, when I was out there

| C                 | Am                    | Em                  | Fsus2
    D'you know this,     d'you know, you did  not find me, you did  not find. Does anyone ca___are?



[repeat CHORUS]



OUTRO:
Chords:
C   x32010    Em  022000
Am  x02210    Fsus2  x33211


| C                  | Am                    | Em                   | Fsus2   
    Does anyone ca__a__are? Does anyone ca__a__are? Does anyone c__a__are?

                 | C                     | Am                    | Em   | Fsus2| G
Does anyone ca _a__are? Does anyone ca__a__are? Does anyone ca__a__are?

                 | Fsus2   
Does anyone ca__a__are?



[play:]  [x3]

   | C              | Am             | Em              | Fsus2
Doo  doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo, doo  doo doo doo



[play: 4/4| C | Am | Em | Fsus2 |]


[ends on C]