7 Feathers chords by Nahko Bear

Chords with lyrics

7 Feathers - Nahko Bear


This tab is based off of the song from the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qceQTn6qD8w

This song starts at 10:20 , I highly reccomend watching/listening to the video to get the rhythm and feel
of the music down.

It's a great song, happy playing!


Chords used:

  A augmentedA   C# minorC#m  B minorBm   E MajorE
e|--5------4------2------0--|
BB|--5------5------3------0--|
G+G|--6------6------4------1--|
D MajorD|--7------6------4------2--|
A augmentedA|--7------4------2------2--|
E MajorE|--5--------------------0--|

[INTRO]

  A augmentedA    C# minorC#m B minorBm E MajorE
e|--5--------4---2---0----------|
BB|--5--------5---3---0----------|
G+G|--6--------6---4---1----------|
D MajorD|--7----7-9/6---4---2----------| x2
A augmentedA|--7-7/9----4---2---2-2/4-2-0--|
E MajorE|--5----------------0----------|
           (^this last riff is only played on the first time
            through, second time go right to the lyrics)

[VERSE]

     A augmentedA
i know a carpenter
     C# minorC#m
i know a laborer
     B minorBm
he is my teacher
     E MajorE
he is my brother
     A augmentedA
i have a neighbor
     C# minorC#m
he is my saviour
      B minorBm
he doesn't waver
         E MajorE
he's a strong believer

     A augmentedA
i know a business man
        C# minorC#m
he scrapped his business plan
        B minorBm
while screamin 'Fuck the man',
     E MajorE
he gave into the land
       A augmentedA
they are all archetypes.
      C# minorC#m       B minorBm
people that I might like to be
          E MajorE
just like in a completely different way

[CHORUS]

    A augmentedA
and we all
  C# minorC#m
oh all
       B minorBm
we're coming out of our caves,
    E MajorE
coming out of our caves
    A augmentedA
yes we all
  C# minorC#m
oh all
       B minorBm
we're coming out of our caves,
    E MajorE
coming out of our caves


[VERSE]

     A augmentedA
i know a farmer
      C# minorC#m
i know his vision
      B minorBm
i know his struggle
      E MajorE
i know his hope
     A augmentedA
i know a futurist
     C# minorC#m
he is an optimist
           B minorBm
and he knows a young waitress
          E MajorE
and he's trying to coax her
out of her cave
  A augmentedA     C# minorC#m
by smiling, by winking,
  B minorBm
by sayin you know it's good
for us to talk
      E MajorE
yeah, it's good to talk!
     A augmentedA
i know a father
      C# minorC#m
i loved his daughter
      B minorBm
i told him never would
   E MajorE
i forsake her
      A augmentedA
but, i got home too late
        C# minorC#m
from one of my escapades
  B minorBm          E MajorE
no woman to face, just a note
that said baby i've sailed away.


[PRE-CHORUS]

A augmentedA         C# minorC#m
  right out of my cave,
     B minorBm
caught a swell,
caught a wave
  E MajorE
to another inspiring place


[CHORUS]

  A augmentedA
we all
C# minorC#m
all
    B minorBm
coming out of our caves,
    E MajorE
coming out of our caves
    A augmentedA
yes we all
  C# minorC#m
oh all
    B minorBm
coming out of our caves
    E MajorE
coming out of our caves yeah


[VERSE]

       A augmentedA
my friend the bureaucrat
     C# minorC#m
he just accepts all that
      B minorBm
which i cannot accept
      E MajorE
such frustration that i wept
          A augmentedA
for my friend the taxman
     C# minorC#m
he is my father and he
    B minorBm
tallies numbers all day
         E MajorE
yes, he knows his numbers
you could say!
      A augmentedA        C# minorC#m
he taxes income! i ask him how come?
         B minorBm
"you know, i work hard for every penny...
        E MajorE
don't you think i deserve it all?"
    A augmentedA
"oh the law, the law, the law son...
     C# minorC#m
there are flaws in the law,
            B minorBm
but in the end it does answer to god
       E MajorE
boy i'm just doing my job

         A augmentedA
my friend the astronomer
     C# minorC#m
she is a stargazer
       B minorBm
i swear they talk to her
    E MajorE
boy, i wish i knew
       A augmentedA
what the were saying
               C# minorC#m
while i was layin in her bed
               B minorBm
with her chest to my head...
               E MajorE
were our intentions misread?

so i just said it,
           A augmentedA
i said, "baby, i'm a nobody.
      C# minorC#m
i ain't got no money!
       B minorBm
just this ambition to tell the people
      E MajorE
we are equal so c'mon baby
come out of your cave!"


[PRE-CHORUS]

A augmentedA  C# minorC#m
oohhh
    B minorBm
catch a swell
catch a wave
  E MajorE
to another inspiring place


[CHORUS]

  A augmentedA
we all
C# minorC#m
all
       B minorBm
we're coming out of our caves,
    E MajorE
coming out of our caves
    A augmentedA
yes we all
  C# minorC#m
all all all
    B minorBm
coming out of our caves
    E MajorE          A augmentedA
coming out of our caves yeah