Tunning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
BONES OF BIRDS
From Soundgarden's brand new album,
"King Animal"
Tabbed by BUSA
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
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------*---|------------------------|
|-------------------|--*-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
* 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
I didn't bother to notate the rhythm. Then again, it's Soundgarden; notating the rhythm
would not be an easy task. Play along and you'll find out.
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Soundgarden - Bones of Birds
From 'King Animal' Album
Drop-D Tuning
tabbed by jjhand
A great song with deep sounding chords and great vocals by Cornell.
I like the interesting touches like the chord choices, natural
harmonics in the chorus, and the piano on the second verse.
I combined the live youtube footage with the recording which had slight
differences (the recording had a slightly higher pitch).
Please rate or comment on this tab.
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.
KEY
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| / 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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