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)
  |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    
              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---|


 |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |
                                          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---|-------------------- |
                 2nd time use bass run


last bar of repeat after chorus and after bridge
 |   |   |   |   |   
 A
|------------12------|
|5---10--1012--------|
|6-----9-------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|


 Verse
  |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |
  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
 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |   |
 D       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)
|   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |    |   |   |   |
  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


|   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |      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


 |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |
 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)
 |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |    
 A                                                     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---------------|


 |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |    
|------0-5-3-5-------|5-------------------|0---3-----------|0-------0---0-0-5-7-|
|141514--------------|----0-2-3---3/5-2---|2---3---0-2-3---|2-------2---2-------|
|--------------------|----0-2-4---4/6-2---|--------0-2-0---|2-------2---2-------|
|--------------------|----------------2---|----------------|2-------2---2-------|
|--------------------|----------------0---|----------------|0-------0---0-------|
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|


 Bridge
|   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |    
 E             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


|   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |   |   |
 D       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


 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |    |   |   |   |   |
 D       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

back to intro

verse 3


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