The Secret Language of
Birds Ian
Anderson Tablature by
Peter Dawson Capo 1 Time
signature changes often, some bars are 5/4, 7/4 & 6/4 (I think).
Suggestions for improvement welcome.
Introduction x2
(starts 0:23.51 into track)
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Em
C
Bm Am G A |
------5-----------0-----|0----------------------------|0-----------------------| |
5/7---------5-----------|1---------------3---1---0---|2-----------------------| |:------------4-----------|0---------------------------|2-----------------------| |:5/7---------5-----------|----------------------------|2-----------2-----------| |
0-----0-------------0---|3---3---3---3---2---0-------|0-------0---0-----------| |
------------0-----------|-------------------------3---|----------------0-2-3---|
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This (jump to "Verse" below) A
A7sus4? A |0---------------0h2-3---|--------------------
| |2-----------2/3---------|--------------------
| |2-------2---0---0h2-4---|2-----2-----2---2---:| |2-------2---0-----------|2-----2-----2---2---:| |0-------0---------------|0-----0-0---0---0---
| |----------------0-2-3---|--------------------
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2nd time use bass run
last bar of
repeat after chorus and after bridge |
| | | | A |------------12------| |5---10--1012--------| |6-----9-------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------|
Verse
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A7sus4?
A
A
G
A
C D |
----------------------------|5-5-5---7-7--7---0-0-0---|------------------------| |
3-----0---------------------|5-5-5---8-8-8---2-2-2---|--------1-------1---3---| |:0-------0-------------------|6-6-6---7-7-7---2-2-2---|--------0-------0---2---| |:0-----------2-----------2---|------------------------|2---4---2-------2---0---| |
0-----------0-------0---0---|------------------------|0-------3-------3-------| |
----------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------| 1 spark
ling
wine
is all but emp
ty too
late for
know the
feeling seems all
too contrived there was no master plan 2 tend to the
dawn
a bout to be
breaking on a Rousseau truth
of the matter yet
to be spo
ken
in words on which 3 Lie
in the stillness win
dow cracked
open
ex tend ed Hair
on the
pillow
a bold brush
stroke painted
first with
|1, 3 &
5
|2, 4 & 6 |
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D/c G/b
G/g
A
D |--------------------------------|--------------------
||--------------------| |----3-------3-------3-------3---|--------------------
||3-------3---3-------| |----2-------2-------0-------0---|--------------------:||2-------2---2-------| |0-----------0-------0-------0---|2-------2---2---2---:||0-------0---0-------| |--------3-------2---------------|0-------0---0-------
||--------------------| |------------------------3-------|--------------------
||--------------------| trains
and no tax
is
I plan
but the fact
is
you must gar den
with monkeys in hi
ding
The everything,
everything's
rid
ing
Now mo
ments ours for the
taking
Careless the
chorus, the chorus in waiting
Chorus
(no repeat 1st time)(repeat after 2nd& 3rd verses) |
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D
C
Bm Am G |
2-----5-----3-----0-----|0-----3---0-----------------| |
3-----3-----1-----1-----|1-----1---1-----3---1---0---| |:2-----2-----0-----0-----|0-----0---0-----------------| |:0-----0-----2-----2-----|2---------------------------| |
------------------------|-----------------2---0-------| |
------------------------|-------------------------3---|
stay with me and learn the
secret language of
stay with me and learn the
secret language of
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| | | play repeat
after 2nd & 3rd verses
|1. A
A
D A G |------------------------|------------------------||--------------------
| |----------------0-2-3---|2-------2---3---0-2-3---||------------3-------
| |2---x---x---2---0-2-4---|2-------2---2---0-2-4---||2---x---2---2-----0-:| |2---x---x---2-----------|2-------2---0-----------||2---x---2---0---2---:| |0---x---x---0-----------|0---0---0---------------||0---x---0-------0---
| |---------------(0-2-3)--|---------------(0-2-3)--||--------------------
| birds
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| | A
D
A
to verse 2 |--------0-----------|------------------------|----------0---------|| |--------2---0-2-3---|2-------2---3---0-2-3---|--------3-----------|| |2-------2---0-2-4---|2-------2---2---0-2-4---|2---x-2-----2-------|| |2-------2-----------|2-------2---0-----------|2---x-------2-------|| |0-------0-----------|0-------0---------------|0---x-------0-------|| |--------------------|------------------------|--------------------||
At-
|2
& 3 (after 3rd time, ending = 4 following bars then repeat last 3
of these to a fade) |
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G A |--------------0-5-3-5-------|--------------------|0---3-----------0-------| |2-------141514--------------|2---0h2-3---3/5-----|2---0---0-2-3---2-------| |2---------------------------|2---0h2-4---4/6-----|2---0---0-2-4---2-------| |2---------------------------|2-------------------|2---0-----------2-------| |0---------------------------|0-----------0-------|0---2-----------0-------| |----------------------------|----0---------------|----3---0---------------|
Bridge |
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D
A
E
D |0-------0-----2-2-------2---|2-2-2---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|0-------0-----2-2-------2---| |0-------0-----3-3-------3---|3-3-3---2-2-2---0-0-0-------|0-------0-----3-3-------3---| |1-------1-----2-2-------2---|2-2-2---2-2-2---1-1-1-------|1-------1-----2-2-------2---| |2-------2-----0-0-------0---|0-0-0---2-2-2---2-2-2-------|2-------2-----0-0-------0---| |----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------| Cir
cled by
swallows
in a world for the weary
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A
E
F#m
D |2-2-2---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|2-------2---2---2-------2---| |3-3-3---2-2-2---0-0-0-------|2-------2---2---3-------3---| |2-2-2---2-2-2---1-1-1-------|2-------2---3---2-------2---| |0-0-0---2-2-2---2-2-2-------|4-------4---4---0-------0---| |------------------------4---|4-------4-------------------| |----------------------------|2-------2-------------------|
chord ed by war blers
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A
G
Gb5? |2-2-2---0-0-0---3-3-3-----------|------------------------------------| |3-3-3---2-2-2---0-0-0-----------|--0-0---0---0---3-3-3---2-2-2-------| |2-2-2---2-2-2---0-0-0-----------|--0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------| |0-0-0---2-2-2---0-0-0-----------|--0-0---0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------| |----------------2-2-2-----------|--2-2---2---2-----------------------| |----------------3-3-3-----------|--3-3---3---3-----------------------|
wicked and eloquent
trilling