The Owl keyboard

The Owl

• D

SONG   | The Owl
ARTIST | Peter and the Wolf
ALBUM  | Lightness

OPEN D TUNING:
6:D  5:A  4:D  3:F#  2:A  1:D


There's a lot of guitar layers and improvisation on the original recording; this is a fairly simplified 
version that gets across the main patterns and chords. Just mess about with hammer-ons, pull-offs and 
fingerpicking to get the vibe of the song.


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CHORDS

    D    E    G   C#m   A1   A2   Bm
D |-0--|-2--|-5--|----|----|-2--|-0--|
A |-0--|-2--|-5--|-0--|-0--|-4--|-2--|
F#|-0--|-2--|-5--|-0--|-0--|-3--|-0--|
D |-0--|-2--|-5--|----|----|-2--|-0--|
A |-0--|-2--|-5--|-4--|-0--|-0--|-2--|
D |-0--|-2--|-5--|----|----|----|----|


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INTRO / MAIN PATTERN
    D
D |---------------0-------------------0-----|---------------0-------------------------|
A |-----------0h2------2---p0---------------|-----------0h2------2---p0---------------|
F#|------0-----------------------0----------|------0-----------------------0----------|
D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D |-0---------------------------------------|-0---------------------------------0-----|

    E
D |---------------2---------4---------------|--------------------4--------------------|
A |-----------2-----------------------2-----|------2------------------2---------------|
F#|------2----------------------------------|-----------2------------------2----------|
D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D |-2------------------2---------2----------|-2-------------2-------------------2-----|

    G
D |---------------5-------------------5-----|-----------9-------9----7----------------|
A |-----------5h7------7---p5---------------|-----------5-------5----5----------------|
F#|------5-----------------------5----------|------5----------------------------5-----|
D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D |-5---------------------------------------|-5-------------5--------------5----------|

    D                                         C#m                           A1
D |---------------0-------------------0-----|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------0h2------2---p0---------------|--------0---------0---------0---------0--|
F#|------0-----------------------0----------|-----0---------0---------0---------0-----|
D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-4---------4---------4---------0---------|
D |-0---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


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PART 1
D                                 E
Wait a couple of days, you know I will
G                                 D       C#m  A1
Ten thousand years, I'll be there still
D                                     E
Drive a couple of nights, of course I will
G                                 D
Ten thousand miles, I'll be there still

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PART 2
C#m             A1       G
Oh did you ever hear the owl of the sea
D
Singing in a black pine tree
     E
When all the world's asleep
        A2
About a bird he used to...

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OUTRO

Bm / / / | D  / / / | G  / / / | Bm  / / / |
Know...

E  / / / | G  / / / | D  / / / | C#m / / A1|
Oh.....

Bm / / / | D  / / / | G  / / / | Bm  / / / |
Oh.....

E  / / / | G  / / / | D  / / / | C#m / / A1|
Oh.....


End on D


ENJOY

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