The Birdman
Bob Morgano
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Our Lady Peace
"Birdman"
>From the Album "Naveed" (Sony Music Entertainment)
(Music by Mike Turner, Raine Maida, Chris Eacrett, Arnold Lanni)
(Words by Raine Maida)
(c 1994 Sony Music Publishing/Under Zenith Publishing/Seacret
Publishing/Catchit Songs/
Lanni Songs)
Transcribed by: Bob Morgano ([email protected])
Time:4/4
Tuning: 6-Eb 5-Ab 4-Db 3-Gb 2-Bb 1-Eb
Riff: #1 (Let Ring)
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--|--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--|
|-14----------14_(14)-----14_(14)-|-17----------16_(16)-----16_(16)-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|--14---|---|---|--14---|--14--|--|--14---|---|---|--14---|---|--|
|-12------12--14_(14)-----14------|-12------12--14_(14)-----14_(14)-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
=20
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 2 Riff: 3 (Let Ring)
____ _______ ____
| | | | |__| | | |
|----|-------------------| |----|----|----|----|--|----|----|-----|----|
|----|-------------------| |----|----|----|---15p14----|----|----17~v--|
|----|-------------------| |----|----|----|-----------14----|----------|
|----2-------------------| |----|----|----|----------------14----------|
|----2-------------------| |----|----|----|----------------------------|
|----0-------------------| |----0___(0)__(0)---------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 4A (Let All Notes Ring Except:*)
*
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---9__(9)--|--|---9__(9)--9--|--|---9__(9)--|---|---9---|---|--|
|--9-----------9_(9)-------------|-12----------11_(11)-----11---|--|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------0--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 4B (Let All Notes Ring Except:*)
*
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--|--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--|
|--7-------7---9_(9)------9---7__|_(7)------7---9_(9)------9---|--|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|--|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------0--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 5A
___ ___ ____ ___ ______
| | | | | | | | | | | | |__|
|--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--|
|--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--|
|-16_(16)_(16)_16-(16)___(16)---|-19_(19)_(19)-18_(18)___(18)-14-14--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-14_(14)_(14)_14-(14)___(14)---|-17_(17)_(19)-16_(16)___(16)-12-12--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 5B
___ _____ ____ _____
| | | | | | | | | __| | |
|--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--|
|--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--|
|-14_(14)_(14)/s/16_(16)___(16)--|-14__(14)_(14)/s/16__(16)___(16)-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-12_(12)_(12)/s/14_(16)___(14)--|-12__(12)_(14)/s/14__(14)___(14)-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 6
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---|
|---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---|
|---3________(3)---------|---2___(2)----1___(1)---|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 7A
________ ______ ____
|__|__|__| | |__| | |\ |\ | __| |\ |\ |\ |\
|--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|\--|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--|
|--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--|
|--7--7--7--7--7---X--X--9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--|
|------------------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 7B
____ ____
| __| |\ |\ |\ |\ | __| |\ |\ |\ |\
|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--9----9--9---|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--|
|--9----9--9---9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--|
|--7----7--7---9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--|
|--------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 8 (Note: The time signature on this one riff is 6/4)=20
|--------------------Slightly Muted--------------------|
______________ ______________ ______________
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|---9----9----9----7----7----7---10---10---10---12---12---12---|
|---7----7----7----5----5----5----8----8----8---10---10---10---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
Riff: 9 (Guitar Solo)
________ ________________ _________ _________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|---------|--|---|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|
|-12-12-12-12_(12)-12-12--------12__|_(12)-12-12-12_(12)-12-12-12--|
|-12-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-(11)/h\12__|_(12)-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-11--|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
________ __________ ____________ __________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|--|--|--|---|----|--|--|--|--|---|---|----|---|---|--|---|--|
|-12-12-12-12_(12)--12-12-12--|-12_(12)-12----|---|--14-14_(14)-|
|-12-12-12-11_(11)--11-11-11--|-12_(12)-12/s/14_(14)-14-14_(14)-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
_____ _____________ ______ ___ _____________
| | | | | | | | |__| | | | | | |
|-----|--|--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|---|
|----12-12--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|---|
|----12-12-11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
______ ___ _____________ ______ ___
| |__| | | | | | | | |__| | | | |
|--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|---|-----|--|
|--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|---|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--|
|-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
=20
Arrangement:
Intro/First Verse:
| Riff 1 |=20
Hopelessly, a man starts to feed your day
| Riff 1 |
Once was there, you never looked back
| Riff 1 |
How do you think those words might just fade away?
| Riff 1 |
He's harmless enough so you let him in and now you'll pay
?
| Riff 2 | (slight feedback)|
I can't see him but he's stuck in my thoughts
?=20
| Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Ooh Yeaheeee!
Second Verse:
| Riff 4A | Riff 4B |
How does it feel when you can't concentrate? I just stare
| Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
All of your daydreams are a seesaw for him to play on
| Riff 5A | Riff 5B |
Now do you feel when he calls your name? You plug your ears but, it's not
the same
| Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Yeah, do you know when he pulls you back? Oh, he pulls you back, back, back
Pre Chorus:
| Riff 6 |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on...
Chorus:
| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, but I just can't trust him tonight...
Main Riff:
| Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Third Verse:
| Riff 4A | Riff 4B |
How do you forget a stranger that plagues your days...=20
| Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
We arm ourselves when there's nothing to fear right? Wrong...
| Riff 5A | Riff 5B |
Now do you feel when it comes to pass? There's something there but, It's not
quite right...
| Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Yeah, do you know? Does it make you mad? Oh, it makes you mad, mad, mad...
Pre Chorus:
| Riff 6 |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on...
Chorus:
| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, but I can't trust him tonight...
Bridge:
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him, I feel him close...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him, I feel him hide...
Solo:
| Riff 9 |
How do we find out...=20
=20
Chorus:
| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, but I can't trust him tonight...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, people I know you people...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, and on and
on...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on...
Outro:
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him close, I feel him...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him close, I feel him hide...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him hide, yeah, yeah, yeah...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | (ends very loosely)
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