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*This is all my own work and I've not gotten it from
anyone else*

Album: The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
Writers: David Crosby/Roger McGuinn/Chris Hillman

Tabbed by a little soul

Chord diagramA augmentedA Crosby tune with supposedly unauthorized lyric
variations by McGuinn and Hillman, this is one of
Crosby's best songs, a stark and delicate evocation of
the horrors of Vietnam. Conversely, it's one of the
most requested Byrds songs ever that hasn't been
tabbed, which I find incessantly curious because it's
remarkably simple. What confuses some people, I
suspect, is the vocal drone, but I don't see why,
because it doesn't really change the character of the
chords.

Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)
Time: 4/4

Chords:
Chord diagramD MajorD - XX0232
Chord diagramC majorC - X32010 or Chord diagramC/DC/D - X30010*
Chord diagramG+G - 320003 or Chord diagramG/DG/D - XX0003*
Dm- XX0231

*One can use these chords instead if one is weary or
unable to sustain the vocal drone!

Okay, let's start!

Intro: Cymbal. Then:
Chord diagramD MajorD (4 bars)

Then the verse begins. The vocal drone kicks in - a
Byrd (Hillman, I think) proceeds to hum a low Chord diagramD MajorD note.
The note is the same as an open Chord diagramD MajorD string on your
guitar, assuming it's tuned properly. He hums this
note, pausing for breath occasionally, all through the
verses. It's a lovely effect - it makes the Chord diagramC majorC chord
really move - but the chords remain static.
Chord diagramD MajorD (8 bars)
Chord diagramC majorC (4 bars)
Chord diagramG+G (4 bars)
Chord diagramD MajorD (4 bars)

Now if you don't want to do a vocal drone, replace Chord diagramC majorC
with Chord diagramC/DC/D and Chord diagramG+G with G/D.

That is the verse progression, done twice and the only
thing left is the noisy bit in the middle. That is
just a rapidly arpeggiated version of this:
Chord diagramDmDm (4 bars)
Chord diagramG+G (4 bars)

and ends with many bars of a Chord diagramD MajorD chord (Hillman's little
bass solo).

Then there's another verse. And that's all, till the
ending, which is just a Chord diagramD MajorD chord with McGuinn playing
taps on top of it:

e --------2---2-5--5-2-------
Chord diagramBB ---3---3---3--------------3
Chord diagramG+G 2-2---2-------------2--2-2-
Chord diagramD MajorD ---------------------------
Chord diagramA augmentedA ---------------------------
Chord diagramE MajorE ---------------------------

And that's all there is. I hope y'all enjoyed that :)

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