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Bird On The Wire Tabs by Leonard Cohen

Bird On The Wire tab by Leonard Cohen

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Gtr I (E  A  D  G  B  E) - 'Leonard Cohen - Acoustic Guitar (Nylon)'


      1st - 3rd Verses
 Q=110
     $
     $$
 N.C.    A               E
 3/4
 Gtr I (Ac. Nylon Str. Gtr.)
 W      E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------||o-2-----------|-2-------2---|-0-----------|---------0----|
|--------||------2---2---|-----2-------|-----1---1---|-----1--------|
|--------||----2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2--|
|--------||o-0-------0---|-0-------0---|-------------|--------------|
|--------||--------------|-------------|-0-------0---|-0-------0----|
       H    Q   H    Q   H    Q   H    Q
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  A               D
  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------|---------0---|-2-----------|-2-------2---|
|-2-------2---|-2-----------|-----3---3---|-----3-------|
|-----2-------|-----2-------|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|
|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|
|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 H    Q   H    Q   H    Q   H    Q


  A               E
  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E
|-0-----------|-0-----------|-------------|-------------|
|-----2---2---|---------2---|-0-----------|---------0---|
|---2---2---2-|-----2-------|-----1---1---|-----1-------|
|-------------|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|
|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|
 H    Q   H    Q   H    Q   H    Q


                      1.
    To Coda
  A        Asus4      A
  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-2-------2----|-3-------3---|-2-------0---|-2-----------o||
|-----2--------|-----2-------|-----2-------|-----2---2----||
|---2---2---2--|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2--||
|-0-------0----|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|-0-------0---o||
|--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
 H    Q   H    Q   H    Q   H    Q


         Bridge
 2.,D.S.
          D
  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----0---0---||--2-----------|-2-----------|-2-----------|
|-2-----------||o-----3---3---|-----3---3---|-----3---3---|
|-------2---2-||----2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|
|---2---------||--0-------0---|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|
|-0-------0---||o-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------||--------------|-------------|-------------|
 H    Q    H    Q   H    Q   H    Q


         A
  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E
|-2-----------|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-------0---|
|-----3---3---|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2-------|
|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|
|-0-------0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 H    Q   H    Q   H    Q   H    Q


                      1.
  Bm                     A
  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-----------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-----2---2---|
|-----4---4---|-----4---4---|-----4---4---|---2---2---2-|
|---4---4---4-|---4---4---4-|---4---4---4-|-------------|
|-2-------2---|-2-------2---|-2-------2---|-0-------0---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 H    Q   H    Q   H    Q   H    Q


  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E
|-0-----------|-0-----------|-0-------0----||
|-----2---2---|-----2---2---|-----2-------o||
|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2--||
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|-0-------0---o||
|-------------|-------------|--------------||
 H    Q   H    Q   H    Q


 2.
                          D.S.
                          D.S.
  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-0-----------|-----0-------|-----0-------|---------0----||
|-----1---1---|-2-------2---|-1-------1---|-----1--------||
|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-|---2---2---2--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|-0-------0---|-0-------0----||
 H    Q   H    Q   H    Q   H    Q


 H.=H
 &
  D      A
  H.     H.    +H.
|-^2-------|-^0-------|-(0)----*|
|-^3-------|-^2-------|-(2)----*|
|-^2-------|-^2-------|-(2)----*|
|-^0-------|-^2-------|-(2)----*|
|----------|-^0-------|-(0)----*|
|----------|----------|--------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
n - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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