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Bones Of Birds by Soundgarden
Bones Of Birds
D A D G B E
Drop-D Tuning
Intro - played 2x, 4/4 time
e|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
B|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D|-------4-----|-4-6-6b7--6--4--|-------4-----|-4-6-6b7--6~~---|
A|-----------5-|----------------|-----------5-|----------------|
D|-0---0-------|----------------|-0---0-------|----------------|
Verse Riff - Both Guitars, 7 beats per bar
e|--------------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------------------------|-----------------------|
G|--------------------------|-----------------------|
D|------4-----4-6-6b7--6~~--|------4-----4-6-7------|
A|----------5---------------|----------5-----0------|
D|-0------------------------|-4---------------------|
1 "Time is my friend, Till it"
2 "ain't, and runs out"
3 "And that is all that I"
4 "have till it's gone"
Prechorus -
A7 Fm C5 G#(b5) G#
e|------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|------------------------|--------------------7-----------|
D|-5---5-5-5---6---6-6----|-10---10-10-10------6---10-10---|
A|-7---7-7-7---3---3-3----|-10---10-10-10------6---6--6----|
D|-7---7-7-7---3---3-3----|-10---10-10-10------6---6--6----|
PM PM
"Try to build on bones of birds"
Change to 4 beats per bar
e|------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
B|------------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
G|------------------------|-----------------|------------------0-|
D|-5---5-5-5---6---6-6----|-10--10-10-10----|---10-10-10-10-10-0-|
A|-7---7-7-7---3---3-3----|-10--10-10-10--6-|----6--6--6--6--6-0-|
E|-7---7-7-7---3---3-3----|-10--10-10-10--6-|----6--6--6--6--6---|
"singing in the cold and fall to earth"
Chorus - Strum same chords as Prechorus in eighths (8 per bar)
A7 8x, Fm 8x, C5 8x, G# 8x
Guitar 2 plays this 2x:
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
B|-------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
G|-------------|-----------|-5NH-------|------------|
D|---------5NH-|-----------|-----------|-5NH--------|
A|---5NH-------|-----------|-----------|------------|
D|-------------|-2.6NH-----|-----------|------------|
Lyrics:
1. "Hey, sometimes she won't cry and the smallest one is"
2. "trapped. Too weak to survive... probably"
Play Verse Riff once, then
Pre Verse 2 (1:19)
e|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------15--------14--12-10/-|-14\-------7-----------------|
G|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|----------12--------11--9---7/-|-11\-------4--------4-6-6b7--|
A|-------------------------------|-----------------5-----------|
D|-0-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Play Verse Riff 4x Again, Lyrics:
"Tried to look out,
Through a hole in the vague
Circle above, looking down,
Bird of prey"
Play Prechorus Riff again, but Guitar 2 plays this 2x:
e|----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------|-------3~----------5~------|
D|-------5~----------6~-------|-5---5-----5---------------|
A|-0---0-----0-----------3----|---------------------------|
D|-------------3---3----------|-------------6---6----6----|
Play Chorus again as before, except Chorus ending:
3 beats per bar End on
e|---------------|-----------------| |-------------|
B|---------------|-----------------| |-------------|
G|---------------|-----------------| play 4x |-------------|
D|-6------6------|-10---10---10\---| |-------------|
A|-3------3------|-6----6----6\----| |-------------|
D|-3------3------|-6----6----6\----| |-0-----------|
Play Prechorus Again, no drums at first
Play Chorus Again
Play Chorus Ending above, then bass plays end of song.
Time is my friend
Til it ain't
And runs out
And that is all
That I have
Til it's gone
Try to build a home
Bones of birds
Singing in the cold
And fall to earth
Hey, sometimes she won't cry
When the smallest one is drowned
Too weak to survive
Probably.... Maybe
Try to look out
Through a hole
In a bag
Circle above
Looking down
Bird of prey
Try to build a home
Bones of birds
Singing in the cold
And fall to earth
Hey, sometimes she won't cry
When the smallest one is drowned
Too weak to survive
Probably.... Maybe
KEY
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| () ghost note
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| NH natural harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| r Bend release
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version 2
Drop D
b:bending
br:bend release
h:hammer on
v:vibrato
\:slide
GUITAR
Intro/pre-verse 0:00/1:13
1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4---------4v--------0-4-6-6b7-7br6-4v-----------------4v---0-4-6-6b7-6v---|
5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6---0-0---------------------------------------0-0-------------------------|
Verse 0:15/1:33
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4---------4v-----0-4-6-6b7-7br6--------------4--0-4-6-6b7-------------------|
5-----------------------------------------------------0---------------------|
6---0-0-----------------------------------4---------------------------------|
Chorus 00:41/2:00/2:54 (0:55/2:13/3:08-downstrokes)
1---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4-------7--7--7----------3-3-6-----------10-10-10--------6-6-10-------------|
5-------7-10-10----------3-3-3-----------10-13-13--------6-6-6--------------|
6-------7--7--7----------3-3-3-----------10-10-10--------6-6-6--------------|
Interlude 1:21
1---10------9--7--5--4----------------------------------------------------|
2-------------------------------7-----------------------------------------|
3---7-------6--4--2--6----------------------------------------------------|
4-------------------------------4-------------0-4-6-6b7-------------------|
5-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge 2:28/3:37
1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4-------6----6---------10-10-10-------------------------------------------|
5-------3----3----------6--6--6-------------------------------------------|
6-------3----3----------6--6--6-------------------------------------------|
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
BASS
Verse 0:15/1:33
1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4----0------0-2-0-4-2-0--------4--------0-4-6-7---------------------------|
Pre-chorus 0:41/2:00/2:54
1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4------7---7-7\----3---3-3----------10--10-10\----6---6-6-----------------|
Chorus 0:55/2:13/3:08
1--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4-7--7-7-7-7-7-7---3--3-3-3-3-3-3---10--10-10-10-10-10-10---10h12-(x7)*-10-|
*Those hammers are very difficult, Ben is so special...:)
Interlude 1:21
1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3------------5--4-2-0-4---------------------------------------------------|
4---0----------------------------4-------0-4-6-6b7------------------------|
Soloed Bass 2:40/3:51
1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4----0-2-0-4-2-0------4-2-0-2-0-----0-2-2-4-2-0-------4-2-0-2-0-----------|
Bridge 2:28/3:37
1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4--------3----3----------6---6---6----------------------------------------|
Outtro 4:04
1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
4----0-2-0-4-2-0-------4-2-0-2-0----0-2-0-4-2-0---------------------------|
Time is my friend
Til it ain't
And runs out
And that is all
That I have
Til it's gone
Try to build a home
Bones of birds
Singing in the cold
And fall to earth
Hey, sometimes she won't cry
When the smallest one is drowned
Too weak to survive
Probably.... Maybe
Try to look out
Through a hole
In a bag
Circle above
Looking down
Bird of prey
Try to build a home
Bones of birds
Singing in the cold
And fall to earth
Hey, sometimes she won't cry
When the smallest one is drowned
Too weak to survive
Probably.... Maybe
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version 3
D A D G B E
INTRO:
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|------4-----0h4h6-6^7--6--4--|------4-----0h4h6-6^7--6----|
A|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-0--0------------------------|-0--0-----------------------|
VERSE:
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|------4----0h4h6-6^7--6--|------4----0h4h6-6^7---|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0--0--------------------|-4---------------------|
PRE-CHORUS (?)
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-5---5---5--6--X-6---6/--|---------------6--X-6---6/--|
|-7---7---7--3--X-3---3/--|-10---10---10--6--X-6---6/--|
|-7---7---7--3--X-3---3/--|-10---10---10--6--X-6---6/--|
CHORUS:
A5 F5 C5 Ab5
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|---------<7>----------|-----------------<7>----|
|-----<7>------<10>*---|------------------------|
|---<7>----------------|--<10>*-----------------|
|-<7>------------------|------------------------|
* Without distortion and effects, those harmonics will barely be audible.
BRIDGE:
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|------4-----0h4h6-6^7--6--4--|------4-----0h4h6-6^7--6----|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0--0------------------------|-0--0-----------------------|
||-------10---9-9\7-7\5-5/--|-9\----------------------------||
||--------------------------|------7------------------------||
||o-------7----6-6\4-4\2-2/-|-6\---------------------------o||
||o-------------------------|------4-------0h4h6-6^7--6----o||
||--------------------------|-------------------------------||
||--0-----------------------|-------------------------------||
SECOND PRE-CHORUS (the other guitar):
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------5^6-----------6^7----|---------8^10------------10^11----|
|-0---0------0---------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------3---3------3-|-10---10-------10--6---6--------6-|
Not quite sure about the bends.
DIFFERENT PART AFTER SECOND CHORUS (I don't now what to call it):
|-------------------|
|-------------------|
|-2---2/---5--5--5--|
|-3---3/---6--6--6--|
|-------------------|
|-3---3/---6--6--6--|
END (with bass):
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0--------0-2-0-4-2-|-0----------4-2-0-2-|
ORDER OF PARTS:
INTRO x2
VERSE x4
PRE-CHORUS x2
CHORUS x2
BRIDGE x1
VERSE x4
SECOND PRE-CHORUS x2
CHORUS x2
DIFFERENT PART x4
END x2
PRE-CHORUS x2
CHORUS x4
DIFFERENT PART x4
END x3 ½
Time is my friend
Til it ain't
And runs out
And that is all
That I have
Til it's gone
Try to build a home
Bones of birds
Singing in the cold
And fall to earth
Hey, sometimes she won't cry
When the smallest one is drowned
Too weak to survive
Probably.... Maybe
Try to look out
Through a hole
In a bag
Circle above
Looking down
Bird of prey
Try to build a home
Bones of birds
Singing in the cold
And fall to earth
Hey, sometimes she won't cry
When the smallest one is drowned
Too weak to survive
Probably.... Maybe
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version 4
D A D G B E
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------4-----4h6-6b7-6-4-------4-----4h6-6b7-6-------|
A|-------------5-----------------------5-----------------|
D|----0--0--------------------0--0-----------------------|
Time is my friend
Til it ain't
And runs out
And that is all
That I have
Til it's gone
Try to build a home
Bones of birds
Singing in the cold
And fall to earth
Hey, sometimes she won't cry
When the smallest one is drowned
Too weak to survive
Probably.... Maybe
Try to look out
Through a hole
In a bag
Circle above
Looking down
Bird of prey
Try to build a home
Bones of birds
Singing in the cold
And fall to earth
Hey, sometimes she won't cry
When the smallest one is drowned
Too weak to survive
Probably.... Maybe
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