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--|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

   1        2          3        4             1        2          3        4 


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)-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

   1        2        3        4           1        2        3        4  


Riff: 2
    ________         _________       ________    _________
   |  |__|  |       |    |    |     |  |__|  |  |  |_|_|  |
|--|--|--|--|-------|----|----|-----|--|--|--|--|--|-|-|--|--|
|--|--|--|--|-------|----|----|-----|--|--|--|--6--5h6p5--|--|
|--7_(7)-7--7-7/sl(10)_(10)--10\sl--5_(5)-5--5------------5--|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

   1                2               3           4



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---------------------|

   1           2     3           4        1           2     3    4


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-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

   1              2              3              4 

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)

   |    |    |    |        |    |       |       |
|--|----|----|----|---|----|----|---sl/13///sl/15--| 
|--|----|----|----|---|----|----|------------------|
|--7///(7)//10///12///|///17///19///sl/10///sl/12--|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|--5///(5)///8///10///|///15///17------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
  
   1    2    3    4        1    2       3       4                              



Riff: 5A 
    ________    ________    __________    __________
   |  |__|  |  |  |__|  |  |   |___|  |  |   |___|  |
|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|
|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|
|--7_(7)-7--7--9_(9)-9--9-10_(10)-10-10-12_(12)-12-12--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
   
   1           2           3             4 

Riff: 5B
    _____________    _____________    _____________    _____________
   |__|   |___|  |  |__|   |___|  |  |__|   |___|  |  |__|   |___|  |
|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|
|-10-10_(10)-10-10-10-10_(10)-10-10-10-10_(10)-10-10-10-10_(10)-10-10--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

   1                2                3                4  

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--------------------|

   1        2        3        4           1        2        3        4


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!!!