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Little Red Bird by Dave Matthews Band
Little Red Bird
Verse:
E|----------------------------------------------|
B|-7---5---3---2---0--0--3--0---0--3--3--2------|
G|-7-----0---0---0----0--2--0---0--2--0--2------|
D|-0---0---4---2------0--0--2---2--0--0--2------|
A|--------------------x--x--2---2--x--x--0------|
E|--------------------3--2--0---0--2--3---------| *
From the * onward, he continues fingerpicking, but fingers the chords the traditional way.
I think it's probably easier to just listen to the recording and hear what he's doing
than try to untangle me trying to write it out in a tab.
Alternate Riff:
This is usually played on its own, but once is used to replace the part in []s above.
at the bottom of the tab.
E|------------------------------------------|
B|-7--5--5h7--------------------------------|
G|-7--0--7----------------------------------|
D|-0--0--0----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
Break:
There are multiple instruments here, but this sounds the
best on one guitar to me.
I'm pretty sure Dave is either doing this, or
just picking the chords while other instruments do the melody. It's hard to tell.
The way I play it, I just simultaneously fingerpick
all the notes together that line up vertically in the tab below.
Your mileage may vary; if you think something
else is going on here, feel free to tab it out.
E|------------------------------------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3--2---|
G|-------0-2-------0-2-------0-2-----4--2---|
D|-0-2-4-----0-2-4-----0-2-4---------4--2---|
A|-------------------------------4-2-2--0---|
E|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3--2---|
G|-------0-2-------0-2-------0-2-----0--2---|
D|-0-2-4-----0-2-4-----0-2-4---------2--2---|
A|-----------------------------------2--0---|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0------|
The last A in the break goes back to "a comfort to count the battles won".
Order:
Verse x5
Alternate Riff
Break
Verse w/ part in brackets replaced by Alternate Riff
Alternate Riff
Verse
Alternate Riff
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version 2
Verse:
E|-2-----0-----0---------------|
B|-3---3-----3---2/3-2---2-----|
G|---2-----0-----------0-------|
D|-0-------------3/4-2---------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
B|-0-----3-----0-----0---------|
G|-0---0-2---2-0---0-----0-----|
D|---0-----0-----2---------2---|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-3-----2-----0-------0-------|
t t
E|-----------------------------|
B|-0-----3-----3-----3---------|
G|-0---0-2---2-0---0-----0-----|
D|---2-----0-----0---------0---|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-0-----2-----3-------3-------|
t t t
E|-----------------------------|
B|-2-----2-------2-----2-------|
G|-2---2-----2---2---2-----2---|
D|---2---------2---2---------2-|
A|-0-------0-----0-------0-----|
E|-----------------------------|
Transition:
E|-2-----0-----0---------------|
B|-3---3-----3---2/3-----------|
G|---2-----0-------------------|
D|-0-------------3/4-----------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Chorus:
E|-----------------------------|
B|-0-----3-----0-----0---------|
G|-0---0-2---2-0---0-----0-----|
D|---0-----0-----2---------2---|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-3-----2-----0-------0-------|
t t
E|-----------------------------|
B|-0-----3-----3-----3---------|
G|-0---0-2---2-0---0-----0-----|
D|---2-----0-----0---------0---|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-0-----2-----3-------3-------|
t t t
E|-----------------------------|
B|-2-----2-------2-----2-------|
G|-2---2-----2---2---2-----2---|
D|---2---------2---2---------2-|
A|-0-------0-----0-------0-----|
E|-----------------------------|
Transition
Break:
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------3-----|
G|-------0-2-------0-2-------0-2-----4-----|
D|-0-2-4-----0-2-4-----0-2-4---------4-----|
A|-------------------------------4-2-2-0---|
E|---------------------------------------3-|
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------3-2---|
G|-------0-2-------0-2-------0-2-----0-2---|
D|-0-2-4-----0-2-4-----0-2-4---------2-2---|
A|-----------------------------------2-0---|
E|-------------------------------2-0-------|
Transition
Lyrics:
Little red bird under a chair
Waiting for the crumbs to fall
Daddy said "get a job"
But don't you see, daddy, how good I am at catching crumbs?
Guns and gods and little red birds
Guns and gods and little red birds
Don't you see, daddy, how good I am at catching crumbs?
General Custer it's said overestimated
His abilities to win
Sitting Bull turned the tables on him
Comfort to count the battles won after the war is lost
Guns and gods and little red birds
Guns and gods and little red birds
Comfort to count the battles won after the war is lost
If there was a place hidden in the stars
Reflecting on heaven's graces
If God had an honest face
A troubled expression would be watching over the human race
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