----------------------------------------------------------------------- SEAGULL - Bad Company ----------------------------------------------------------------------- from the album "Bad Co." released in 1974 Tabbed by: Kevin Buzby for E-mail: kjlee@bu.edu AIM: kjlee2112 Tuning: Standard EADGBe *corrected 9 Feb 05*: In the outro at the Bb, I had B notes notated instead of Bb. My apologies! :) Notes: I saw the previous tabs didn't have the picking progressions or the correct ending, so I've decided to do that because without the correct picking or strumming for the verses, it just doesn't sound right. Any questions, just email me or send me an instant message and I'll be happy to talk to ya or clear something up. Thanks! Directly above the tab there are "d"'s and "u"'s. The "d"'s mean downstroke, and the "u"'s mean upstroke. Play the hammered C note on the A string with your pinky, but hold the D chord at the same time, and use your index finger to hammer the B, and let the open G string ring, instead of fretting the A note. **A note on the strumming-- the down down, up up pattern stays pretty constant throughout the song--save the refrains--and it is key if you want to give this song some justice. Yes, it's an easy song, but if you don't strum it right, it'll sound all mushy and crappy. It's a pretty song, so keep it that way! ;) Intro(and verses, really): (D) (D) (D/C) (D/B) d d u u d d u u d d u u d d u u |--2---2---2---2----2---2---2---2--------2---2---2--------2---2---2---| |--3---3---3---3----3---3---3---3--------3---3---3--------3---3---3---| |.-0h2-2---2---2----0h2-2---2---2--------2---2---2--------0---0---0--.| |.-0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0--------0---0---0--------0---0---0--.| |------------------------------------0h3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0h2~~~~~~~~~~~~-| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| Verses: The guitar follows the above format, for the most part. Listen to the song, and you will hear where the D chord is extended and shortened in the beginning of the intro/verse progression above. Sorry if that sounds confusing, but just listen to the song, and you'll understand what I mean. Intro: Above progression goes six times before verses start(vocal adlibs over guitar progression) Verse 1:

^DSeagull you fly^D/C, across ^D/Bthe horizon ^DInto the m^D/Cisty m^D/Bornin' sun ^DNobody a^D/Csks you wh^D/Bere you are g^Doing And ^D/Cnobody ^D/Bknows where you're f^Drom

Verse 2:

^DThere is a ^D/Cman a^D/Bsking a question ^DIs this rea^D/Clly the^D/B end of the worl^Dd' ^DSeagull you m^D/Cust have k^D/Bnown for a long ti^Dme ^D/CThe sh^D/Bape of things to come

Chorus 1: (Chords below are just strummed, no picking progression until the end)

^DNow you ^Dfly T^Dhrough the ^Asky ^CNever ^Gasking ^Dwhy ^DAnd you ^Dfly ^DAll a^Aro^Asus4und ^A Till ^Csomebody ^GShoots you ^Ddown

(vocal adlib over intro progression x4) Verse 3:

^DSeagull you fly^D/C, acr^D/Boss the horizon ^DInto the ^D/Cmisty ^D/Bmornin' sun ^DNobody a^D/Csks you ^D/Bwhere you are going ^D/CNobody ^D/Bknows where you're ^Dfrom

Chorus 2:

^DNow you ^Dfly ^DThrough the s^Aky ^CNever ^Gasking ^Dwhy ^DAnd you f^Dly ^DAll a^Around Till ^Csomebody, ^Gyeah ^GShoots you d^Down ^C ^G ^D ^CMmmmm^Ghmmmm ^Dyeah

Verse 4/Outro: (intro progression w/variation played over all words until outro chordal progression) Intro w/variation: (D) |--2---2---3p2-3p2------2---2---2--------2---2---2---| |--3---3---3---3--------3---3---3--------3---3---3---| |.-0h2-2---2---2--------2---2---2--------0---0---0--.| |.-0---0---0---0--------0---0---0--------0---0---0--.| |-------------------0h3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0h2~~~~~~~~~~~~-| |----------------------------------------------------| (this progression is played once for every line of lyric below, and there are 12 lines of lyric, so it is played 12 times.) Seagull you fly Seagull you fly away And you fly away today And you fly away tomorrow And you fly away Leave me to my sorrow Mmmm hmmm mmmmmmm Seagull go on and fly Mmmm hmmm mmmmmmm Fly to your tomorrow Leave me to my sorrow Haaa aahhh ahhh yaaaahaaa (After this last line, the following is played, then directly segues into the outro) |--2---2---2p3-3p2------2---2---2--------2---2---2---| |--3---3---3---3--------3---3---3--------3---3---3---| |--0h2-2---2---2--------2---2---2--------2---2---2---| |--0---0---0---0--------0---0---0--------0---0---0---| |-------------------0h3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--3~~~~~~~~~~~~-| |----------------------------------------------------| |------2---2---2--------2---2---2--| |------3---3---3--------3---3---3--| |------0---0---0--------0---0---0--| |------0---0---0--------0---0---0--| |-0h2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--2~~~~~~~~~~~~-| |----------------------------------| Outro: D F G Bb C D |-2-2--2//5-5--5//7-7-7-7-7--7//10-10--10//12-12--12//14-14-14-^14~~-| |-3-3--3//6-6--6//8-8-8-8-8--8//11-11--11//13-13--13//15-15-15-\15~~-| |-2-2--2//5-5--5//7-7-7-7-7--7//10-10--10//12-12--12//14-14-14-/14~~-| |-0-0--0//0-0--0//0-0-0-0-0--0//-0--0---0//-0--0---0//-0--0--0-\-0~~-| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| Fine.

Bad Company - Seagull