Ode to My Family -The Cranberries ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from the album: No Need to Argue Intro: For the intro, play the chords in an arpeggio style. D Bm F#m G Verse: When playing the chords, pick the strings in random order avoiding the bass strings.

Un^Dder^Bmstan^F#md the th^Gings I say, don't turn away from me Cause ^DI spent ^Bmhalf m^F#my lif^Ge out there, you wouldn't disagree.

D'y^Dou se^Bme me^D, d'y^Bmou see, do^F#m you like me, ^Gdo you like me standing there. D'y^Dou noti^Bmce, d'^Dyou k^Bmnow, do y^F#mou see me, do you s^F#mee me, do^Ges anyone care.

Chorus:

^DUnhappin^Bmess, where's when ^F#mI was young, and ^Gwe didn't give a damn. 'C^Dause we were ra^Bmised, to s^F#mee life as f^Gun and take it if we can.

^DMy mothe^Bmr, my mother s^F#mhe hold me, did she hold me, when ^GI was out there. ^DMy fathe^Bmr, my father, he li^F#mked me, oh he liked me, doe^Gs anyone care.

Verse 2: Understand what I've become, it wasn't my design. And people everywhere think, something better than I am. But I miss you, I miss 'cause I liked it, I liked it, when I was out there. D'you know this, d'you know, you did not find me, you did not find, does anyone care. Repeat chorus D: xx0232 Bm: 224432 F#m: 244322 G: 320033 ----- Ode to My Family by the Cranberries Capo at the 2nd fret. Just the basic cords: C X32010 Am X02210 Em 022000 F 133211 It starts with a strum of the chords, in the order C-Am-Em-F, a little bit after she starts with the Doo-doo-doo-doots. ^_^ Shortly after, you go to the picking, I find it sorta sounds like: C Am Em e-0------0-------0----0------0------0-------0----0------0-------0---- B---1------1---1---1----1------1------1---1---1----0------0---0---0-- G-----0------0------------2------2------2------------0------0-------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------- F e-1------------------------------------------------------------------ B---1---------------------------------------------------------------- G-----2-0h2p0-0h2p0-------------------------------------------------- D-------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------- ... and so on. You might find it works better some other way, but this way sounds fine. Just follow along with the previous version of this song, above. Good Luck, and happy playing. ----------------------- Another Version: _____________________-- Cranberries, Ode to my family. Well, I'm not a expert, but it seems to me that the apaggio to this song is: C Am Em e------------------------------------------------------------------------ B---1------1-----1-----1------1-----1----1----1------0----0----0----0---- G-----0------0-----0-----0------2-----2----2----2------0----0----0----0-- D-------2------2-----2-----2------2-----2----2----2------2----2----2---2- A---3-------------------------0------------------------------------------ E----------------------------------------------------0------------------- G e----------------------------------------------------------------------- B--0-------------------------------------------------------------------- G----0------------------------------------------------------------------ D------0----0/2/0-0/2/0------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------- E--2-------------------------------------------------------------------- And then the rest of the song is pice of cake. By the way some people put some really bad transcriptions on here from time to time, so don't post something you're not sure about. intro : capo on 2nd fret relative to the capo e---------------------------------- B-2---2---2---3-------------------- G--2---2---1---2------------------- D---2---4---2---2--2h4-2-2h4-2-(2)- A---------------------------------- E----------------------------------