Ryan Adams - Mockingbird
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Tuning: E A D G B E
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MOCKINGBIRD - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
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Tabbed by: jvwald
This tab is based on this YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPVAbU_xTK8
C#m 9(11)(11)999
E 0(11)99xx *often played with a hammer up from 9 to 11 on the 5th string.
Asus2 577600 or x02200
G#m7 464444
C#m II x46654
E II 022100
Bm 799777
E III 0799xx
A note on the intro: once the riff moves up to the 9th fret, it's difficult to tab out
exactly what is being played plus in the live versions he usually improvises this part.
Either way, I tabbed out what I hear the first time through. After that, it sounds like
he has his index finger on 099xxx and he's hammering on with his ring finger on the 11th
fret of either the 4th or 5th stings in whatever way sounds good.
riff 1*
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------9--------9-9-9--| x4
D|--2-2-------9------9-9h(11)-9-9-9--|
A|--2-4-5-7~--9h(11)-9-9------9-9-9--|
E|--0-0-------0--------0-------------|
C#mMockingbirds sing
Sing me what the LEord was sAsus2inging
G#m7 C#m II
On the day He made the water
Asus2 E II
The color of the blues
C#mSing me that song
Sing me till the hEeavens rAsus2ising
G#m7 C#m II
On the day He made the water
Asus2 E II
The color of my baby's eyes
riff 2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2--|
A|--2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2h4-4-4--|
E|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--|
riff 2
Love her in the way you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
E II
But the way I'm loving her
riff 3
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--1-2-4/6--|
D|--2-4-6----|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
riff 3 Bm
It must not be enough
Asus2 E II
'Cause the way she cries
It only tears me Bmup,
Asus2 E II
I feel dead inside and dying
And if you give C#mup Asus2
riff 4
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-----------9-7--|
D|--9------9-9-7--|
A|--9h(11)-9-7-5--|
E|--0------0------|
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
C#mThe rivers they run
They run until they gEet too tAsus2ired
G#m7 C#m II
Until they run behind the houses
Asus2 E II
And they become the creek
C#mWhen I was a child
I ran until the crEeek became the rAsus2iver
G#m7 C#m II
When it turned into the ocean
Asus2 E II
I wondered why he made it so deep
riff 2
Love her in the way you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
E II
But the way I'm loving her
riff 3 Bm
It must not be enough
Asus2 E II
'Cause the way she cries
It only tears me Bmup,
Asus2 E II
I feel dead inside and dying
It won't be enBmough
Asus2 E II
It's in the way that she's crying
It only tears me Bmup,
Asus2 E II
I feel dead inside and dying
If you give C#mup Asus2
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4 E III x4
riff 2
Love her in the way you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
E II
Sometimes it ain't enough, sometimes it ain't enough
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4 E III
Don't give up on love
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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