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Precious Little Bird Tab by Tonic

Precious Little Bird tab by Tonic

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From their 2010 album 'Tonic'
Capo First Fret on Acoustic (Electric can be Standard)
tabbed by jjhand


This song is tricky because you have to play it with 2 guitars to get the
right tone, it's not easy to play all notes heard in chords on one guitar.
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Intro Riff (Acoustic) -

    Cm           Cm7        Eb       Bb              C7
f |-2----2----2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--5----5--5--5--|-2--------|
c |-3----3----3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--2----2--2--2--|-4--------|
Ab|-4----4----4--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2----2--2--2--|-2--(16x)-|
Eb|-4----4----4--4--4--4--|-0--0--0--2----2--2--2--|-4--------|
Bb|-2----2----2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0----------------|-2--------|
F |-----------------------|------------------------|----------|
                                                     * strum as 8ths
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Main Riff:

    Acoustic
f |-2----2--2--2--2----|-2--2--2--5----5--5--5--|
c |-2----2--2--2--3----|-3--3--3--2----2--2--2--|
Ab|-2----2--2--2--2----|-2--2--2--2----2--2--2--|
Eb|-4----4--4--4--4----|-0--0--0--2----2--2--2--|
Bb|--------------------|-0--0--0----------------|
F |--------------------|------------------------|
  |
  | Electric
 e|--------------------|----------6----6--6--6--|
 B|--------------------|-6--------6----6--6--6--|
 G|--------------------|-5--------7----7--7--7--|
 D|-6----6--6--6--6----|-7--------8----8--8--8--|
 A|-6----6--6--6--6----|----------8----8--8--8--|
 E|-4----4--4--4--4----|----------6----6--6--6--|

Main Riff Pt 2,

   Both Guitars (Acoustic is same fret if ignoring capo)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-|
A|-10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10-| (play for 4 bars)
E|-8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8--|



Play Main Riff 3x total before Chorus




Chorus - play 3x

    Acoustic                                     1st,2nd ending
f |-2----2--2--2--2----|-2--2--2--5----5--5--5--|--2------------|-2---------|
c |-2----2--2--2--3----|-3--3--3--2----2--2--2--|--4------------|-4---------|
Ab|-2----2--2--2--2----|-2--2--2--2----2--2--2--|--2---(x8)-----|-2---(x8)--|
Eb|-4----4--4--4--4----|-0--0--0--2----2--2--2--|--4------------|-4---------|
Bb|--------------------|-0--0--0----------------|--2------------|-2---------|
F |--------------------|------------------------|---------------|-----------|
  |
  | Electric
 e|--------------------|----------6----6--6--6--|--3------------|-----------|
 B|--------------------|-6--------6----6--6--6--|--5------------|-6----8----|
 G|--------------------|-5--------7----7--7--7--|--3------------|-----------|
 D|-6----6--6--6--6----|-7--------8----8--8--8--|--5--------/8--|----8------|
 A|-6----6--6--6--6----|----------8----8--8--8--|--3------------|-----------|
 E|-4----4--4--4--4----|----------6----6--6--6--|---------------|-----------|


3rd Ending:

  Acoustic (capo 1)      F       C     Bb    C
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5--5--4--4----4----4--5--|-5--4--4--------4--4--4--|
|--4--4--4--4----4----4--4--|-4--4--4--------4--4--4--|
|--6--6--4--4----4----4--6--|-6--4--4--------4--4--4--|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------5--5-----------|
|
| Electric
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-6--6--5--5----5----5--6--|-6--5--5--------5--5--5--|
G|-5--5--5--5----5----5--5--|-5--5--5--------5--5--5--|
D|-7--7--5--5----5----5--7--|-7--5--5--------5--5--5--|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|----------6--6-----------|




Play Main Riff & start verse 2


Play Chorus Again


Chorus Change (after 3rd Ending) - 1:56 on track

    Acoustic              Eb      Bb
 |---------------------------|-------------------------|
 |--3--3--2--2----2----2--3--|-3--2--2--------2--2--2--|
 |--2--2--2--2----2----2--2--|-2--2--2--------2--2--2--|
 |--4--4--2--2----2----2--4--|-4--2--2--------2--2--2--|
 |---------------------------|-------------------------|
 |---------------------------|----------3--3-----------|
 |
 |  Electric
e|---------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--4--4--3--3----3----3--4--|-4--3--3--------3--3--3--|
G|--3--3--3--3----3----3--3--|-3--3--3--------3--3--3--|
D|--5--5--3--3----3----3--5--|-5--3--3--------3--3--3--|
A|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|----------4--4-----------|


Play Chorus 3rd Ending again

Play Verse Riff once, then play Chorus Again

End song on C7




KEY
************************************

| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| r  Bend release

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