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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 96 23:45:31 EST
From: Bob Morgano <morgano@ici.net>
Subject: TAB: Our Lady Peace "Birdman"


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Our Lady Peace
"Birdman"
>From the Album "Naveed" (Sony Music Entertainment)
(Music by Mike Turner, Raine Maida, Chris Eacrett, Arnold Lanni)
(Words by Raine Maida)
(c 1994 Sony Music Publishing/Under Zenith Publishing/Seacret
Publishing/Catchit Songs/
Lanni Songs)

Transcribed by: Bob Morgano (morgano@ici.net)

Time:4/4

Tuning: 6-Eb 5-Ab 4-Db 3-Gb 2-Bb 1-Eb

Riff: #1 (Let Ring)
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|=20
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--|--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--|
|-14----------14_(14)-----14_(14)-|-17----------16_(16)-----16_(16)-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | =20
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| =
=20
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|--14---|---|---|--14---|--14--|--|--14---|---|---|--14---|---|--|
|-12------12--14_(14)-----14------|-12------12--14_(14)-----14_(14)-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
=20
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4


Riff: 2 Riff: 3 (Let Ring)

____ _______ ____ =
=20
| | | | |__| | | | =
=20
|----|-------------------| |----|----|----|----|--|----|----|-----|----|
|----|-------------------| |----|----|----|---15p14----|----|----17~v--|
|----|-------------------| |----|----|----|-----------14----|----------|
|----2-------------------| |----|----|----|----------------14----------|
|----2-------------------| |----|----|----|----------------------------|
|----0-------------------| |----0___(0)__(0)---------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Riff: 4A (Let All Notes Ring Except:*)
*
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ =
=20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | =
=20
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---9__(9)--|--|---9__(9)--9--|--|---9__(9)--|---|---9---|---|--|
|--9-----------9_(9)-------------|-12----------11_(11)-----11---|--|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------0--|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 =20


Riff: 4B (Let All Notes Ring Except:*)
* =20
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ =20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | =20
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--|--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--|
|--7-------7---9_(9)------9---7__|_(7)------7---9_(9)------9---|--|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|--|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------0--|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 =20
=20
Riff: 5A
___ ___ ____ ___ ______
| | | | | | | | | | | | |__| =20
|--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--|
|--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--|
|-16_(16)_(16)_16-(16)___(16)---|-19_(19)_(19)-18_(18)___(18)-14-14--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-14_(14)_(14)_14-(14)___(14)---|-17_(17)_(19)-16_(16)___(16)-12-12--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 =20
=20
Riff: 5B
___ _____ ____ _____
| | | | | | | | | __| | |
|--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--|
|--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--|
|-14_(14)_(14)/s/16_(16)___(16)--|-14__(14)_(14)/s/16__(16)___(16)-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-12_(12)_(12)/s/14_(16)___(14)--|-12__(12)_(14)/s/14__(14)___(14)-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Riff: 6 =20

=
=20
=20
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---|
|---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---|
|---3________(3)---------|---2___(2)----1___(1)---|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Riff: 7A

=20
________ ______ ____ =20
|__|__|__| | |__| | |\ |\ | __| |\ |\ |\ |\
|--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|\--|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--|
|--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--|
|--7--7--7--7--7---X--X--9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--|
|------------------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 =20
=20

Riff: 7B
____ ____
| __| |\ |\ |\ |\ | __| |\ |\ |\ |\ =
=20
|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--9----9--9---|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--|
|--9----9--9---9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--|
|--7----7--7---9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--|
|--------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4


Riff: 8 (Note: The time signature on this one riff is 6/4)=20

|--------------------Slightly Muted--------------------| =20
______________ ______________ ______________
| | | | | | | | | | | | =20
|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|---9----9----9----7----7----7---10---10---10---12---12---12---|
|---7----7----7----5----5----5----8----8----8---10---10---10---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 5 6

Riff: 9 (Guitar Solo)
________ ________________ _________ _________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|---------|--|---|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|
|-12-12-12-12_(12)-12-12--------12__|_(12)-12-12-12_(12)-12-12-12--|
|-12-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-(11)/h\12__|_(12)-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-11--|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4=20
________ __________ ____________ __________=20
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|--|--|--|---|----|--|--|--|--|---|---|----|---|---|--|---|--|
|-12-12-12-12_(12)--12-12-12--|-12_(12)-12----|---|--14-14_(14)-|
|-12-12-12-11_(11)--11-11-11--|-12_(12)-12/s/14_(14)-14-14_(14)-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
_____ _____________ ______ ___ _____________
| | | | | | | | |__| | | | | | |=
=20
|-----|--|--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|-=
--|
|----12-12--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|-=
--|
|----12-12-11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~=
v-|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------=
--|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------=
--|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------=
--|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
______ ___ _____________ ______ ___ =20
| |__| | | | | | | | |__| | | | |
|--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|---|-----|--|
|--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|---|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--|
|-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|=
=20

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
=20
Arrangement:

Intro/First Verse:

| Riff 1 |=20
Hopelessly, a man starts to ...
| Riff 1 |
Once was there, you never ...
| Riff 1 |
How do you think those words ...
| Riff 1 |
He's harmless enough so you let ...

?

| Riff 2 | (slight feedback)|
I can't see him but he's ...

?=20

| Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Ooh Yeaheeee!

Second Verse:

| Riff 4A | Riff 4B |
How does it feel when you can't ...
| Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
All of your daydreams are a ...
| Riff 5A | Riff 5B |
Now do you feel when he calls your ...
the same
| Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Yeah, do you know when he pulls ....

Pre Chorus:

| Riff 6 |
Get it on, get it on, get it ...

Chorus:

| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, the....
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, ....

Main Riff:

| Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |

Third Verse:

| Riff 4A | Riff 4B |
How do you forget a stranger tha...
| Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
We arm ourselves when ....
| Riff 5A | Riff 5B |
Now do you feel when it comes to....
quite right...
| Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Yeah, do you know? Does it make ....

Pre Chorus:

| Riff 6 |
Get it on, get it on, get ....

Chorus:

| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, ...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's ...

Bridge:

| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him, ...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him, I feel ....

Solo:

| Riff 9 |
How do we find ....
=20
Chorus:

| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, ...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, but I ...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's ...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, ...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it ....
on...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Get it on, get it on, get it ....

Outro:

| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him close, I ...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him ...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him hide, ....
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | (ends very loosely)

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