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song : little viola hidden in the orchestra
artist : of montreal
album : the bedside drama : a petite tragedy
year : 1998
– – – tabbed 21 nov 2011 by : phriendlybear
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tuning is D# standard .

* asterick means the chord formations are at the bottom ,
or there is something worth saying about how the chord
is played at the bottom .
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C7 *

D#m7b5 * E7 C#m * A F#
miniature woodwinds whistle underwater
F#m * B E9 gbo * A
while electric eels make the ocean warm in summer
Dm F0/B * Fb5 * ( low )
olives who were left on the sand
G Cm F7b5 * A#
become bathing beach bunnies
Dm C9 * Am7 * F0 F A7 C7 * *
being wooed by a seashell singing elegant choruses

( same chords )
little viola hidden in the orchestra ,
how i love to pretend the sounds you make
are flowers that slowly encircle the band .
that curl around each note that’s played .
the audience charmed by the floating
garden of music giddily pick musical floral bouquets .

( silence )
and now its time for the play . . .

Bm7 D * Bm F#
the actor in the center of the stage
E9 do
looks sadly at a teacup ,
C co
reads a poem off the teacup
Gm do
and covers his face with A
E+ Am7 A
page of a poem on the teacup
A * F#m
and sings , “what a terrible lie you told me .
A C#m Bm7
that you’re heart was mine to buy
Bm E *
all those feelings you implied ,
fo
it all was just terrible lies . . .
do A
oh what a terrible lie . . ”
G7 C
do you remember in the first verse when i told you
F
about the seashells singing?
ebo
well if you wanna hear what it sounds like ,
G7
you just have to listen in . . . .
( a capello ) . .
( crescendo G7 )

C A7
i will be a good boy
Dm F G F G
and never tell you the bad things that i think about ,
F G
the nasty little/ dirty little/ sinister things
C Am Dm G7
i’ll keep them to myself . . .

( two more times ) ( 3rd ) myself . . Dm G7

C F C
ahh!

* * * notes * * *
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* * * chords * * *
how to read below .
C7 ( A – E : 7 – 5 – 5 – 5 – 3 )
D#m7b5 ( D – E : 1 – 2 – 2 – 2 – )
C#m ( the C# note goes to E [ high E : 4 – >7 ] )
F#m is higher up
gbo ( D – E : 4 – 5 – 5 – 5 )
F7 ( D – E : 3 – 5 – 4 – 5 )
fo/B ( D – E : 9 – 10 – 9 – 11 )
Fb5 ( low ) ( E – G : 1 – 2 – 3 – 2 , bass line alternates
between B ( a2nd fret ) and F ( e1st fret ) )
F7b5 ( D – E : 3465 )
C9 ( A – B : 3 – 2 – 2 – 3 ) very hard to decipher

Am7 ( E – G : 5 – 7 – 5 – 5 )
– – hardest part to decipher .
i tried the following for the Am7 : ( A – B 0 – 5 – 5 – 5 )
or Am7 ( E – B 5 – ( 3orx ) – 5 – 5 – 5 ) or ( A – B 0 – 2 – 0 – 1 ) or
A6 ( A – B 3 – 2 – 2 – 1 ) . try
these if the Am7 seems wrong to you – –

* * C7 ( like the first C7 : ooo great song writing )
D0 ( A – B : 5 – 6 – 4 – 6 )
D ( A – E : 0 – 4 – 2 – 3 – 2 )
A ( what terrible lie . . . played higher than the proceeding A )
E ( D – E : 6 – 4 – 5 – 4 )
G7 first time ( D – E : 5 – 4 – 3 – 1 a bit of a stretch )
second time ( D – B : 5 – 4 – 6 ) other times bar it .
* * * : D end chords * * *

* * * how to read chord notations : * * *
say the chord is F .
F is formed from ( E – >e ) 1 – 3 – 3 – 2 – 1 – 1 .
if the notesare x – x – 3 – 2 – 1 – 1 , than it will say :
F ( D – E 3 – 2 – 1 – 1 ) ,
meaning the first number in the sequence , 3 ,
is on the D string , the last is on the high E .
another example : E major minor 7
( A – B : 7 – 6 – 7 – 8 )
would look like
E – –
xb – – 8 –
G – – 7 –
D – – 6 –
A – – 7 –
E – –
x * * * : D * * *