7 Feathers chords by Nahko Bear

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   C#m  Bm   E
e|--5------4------2------0--|
B|--5------5------3------0--|
G|--6------6------4------1--|
D|--7------6------4------2--|
A|--7------4------2------2--|
E|--5--------------------0--|

[INTRO]

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

[VERSE]

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

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


[CHORUS]

    A
and we all
  C#m
oh all
       Bm
we're coming out of our caves,
    E
coming out of our caves
    A
yes we all
  C#m
oh all
       Bm
we're coming out of our caves,
    E
coming out of our caves


[VERSE]

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


[PRE-CHORUS]

A         C#m
  right out of my cave,
     Bm
caught a swell,
caught a wave
  E
to another inspiring place


[CHORUS]

  A
we all
C#m
all
    Bm
coming out of our caves,
    E
coming out of our caves
    A
yes we all
  C#m
oh all
    Bm
coming out of our caves
    E
coming out of our caves yeah


[VERSE]

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

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

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


[PRE-CHORUS]

A  C#m
oohhh
    Bm
catch a swell
catch a wave
  E
to another inspiring place


[CHORUS]

  A
we all
C#m
all
       Bm
we're coming out of our caves,
    E
coming out of our caves
    A
yes we all
  C#m
all all all
    Bm
coming out of our caves
    E          A
coming out of our caves yeah