Bones Of Birds tab by Soundgarden

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Soundgarden - Bones of Birds
From 'King Animal' Album
Tuning: Drop-D

Intro - played 2x, 4/4 time
e|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
BB|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
G+G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-------4-----|-4-6-6b7--6--4--|-------4-----|-4-6-6b7--6~~---|
A augmentedA|-----------5-|----------------|-----------5-|----------------|
D MajorD|-0---0-------|----------------|-0---0-------|----------------|

Verse Riff - Both Guitars, 7 beats per bar
e|--------------------------|-----------------------|
BB|--------------------------|-----------------------|
G+G|--------------------------|-----------------------|
D MajorD|------4-----4-6-6b7--6~~--|------4-----4-6-7------|
A augmentedA|----------5---------------|----------5-----0------|
D MajorD|-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 -

A7sus2   F minorFm      C5C5    G#(b5) G#G#
e|------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-0---0-0-0--------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-0---0-0-0---1---1-1----|-5---5-5-5----7---5-5----|
D MajorD|-2---2-2-2---3---3-3----|-5---5-5-5---(6)--6-6----|
A augmentedA|-0---0-0-0---3---3-3----|-3---3-3-3----6---6-6----|
E MajorE|-------------3---3-3----|--------------6---6-6----|
          PM            PM

"Try  to build on    bones of birds"


Change to 4 beats per bar
e|------------------------|---------------|------------------|
BB|-0---0-0-0--------------|---------------|------------------|
G+G|-0---0-0-0---1---1-1----|-5---5-5-5---7-|----5-5---5-5-5-0-|
D MajorD|-2---2-2-2---3---3-3----|-5---5-5-5-----|----6-6---6-6-6-0-|
A augmentedA|-0---0-0-0---3---3-3----|-3---3-3-3---6-|----6-6---6-6-6-0-|
E MajorE|-------------3---3-3----|-------------6-|----6-6---6-6-6---|

"singing in the corner and fall   to earth"

Chorus - Strum same chords as Prechorus in eighths (8 per bar)

A7sus2 8x,  F minorFm 8x,   C5C5 8x,  G#(b5) 3x,  G#G# 5x

Guitar 2 plays this 2x:
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
BB|-------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
G+G|-------------|-----------|-5NH-------|------------|
D MajorD|---------5NH-|-----------|-----------|-5NH--------|
A augmentedA|---5NH-------|-----------|-----------|------------|
D MajorD|-------------|-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|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
BB|----------15--------14--12-10/-|-14-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------|----------11-----------------|
D MajorD|----------12--------11--9---7/-|-11----------------4-6-6b7--|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|-----------9-----5-----------|
D MajorD|-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|----------------------------|---------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|---------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|-------3~----------5~------|
D MajorD|-------5~----------6~-------|-5---5-----5---------------|
A augmentedA|-0---0-----0-----------3----|---------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------3---3----------|-------------6---6----6----|


Play Chorus again as before, except Chorus ending:

3 beats per bar              End on
e|---------------|-----------------|     |-------------|
BB|---------------|-----------------|     |-------------|
G+G|-1------1------|-5----5----5----| play 4x |-------------|
D MajorD|-3------3------|-6----6----6----|     |-------------|
A augmentedA|-3------3------|-6----6----6----|     |-------------|
D MajorD|-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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