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Soundgarden - Bones of Birds From 'King Animal' Album Drop-D Tuning tabbed by jjhand A great song with deep sounding chords and great vocals by Cornell. I like the interesting touches like the chord choices, natural harmonics in the chorus, and the piano on the second verse. I combined the live youtube footage with the recording which had slight differences (the recording had a slightly higher pitch). Please rate or comment on this tab. Intro - played 2x, 4/4 time e|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| B|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| G|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------| D|-------4-----|-4-6-6b7--6--4--|-------4-----|-4-6-6b7--6~~---| A|-----------5-|----------------|-----------5-|----------------| D|-0---0-------|----------------|-0---0-------|----------------| Verse Riff - Both Guitars, 7 beats per bar e|--------------------------|-----------------------| B|--------------------------|-----------------------| G|--------------------------|-----------------------| D|------4-----4-6-6b7--6~~--|------4-----4-6-7------| A|----------5---------------|----------5-----0------| D|-0------------------------|-4---------------------| 1 "Time is my friend, Till it" 2 "ain't, and runs out" 3 "And that is all that I" 4 "have till it's gone" Prechorus - A7 Fm C5 G#(b5) G# e|------------------------|--------------------------------| B|------------------------|--------------------------------| G|------------------------|--------------------7-----------| D|-5---5-5-5---6---6-6----|-10---10-10-10------6---10-10---| A|-7---7-7-7---3---3-3----|-10---10-10-10------6---6--6----| D|-7---7-7-7---3---3-3----|-10---10-10-10------6---6--6----| PM PM "Try to build on bones of birds" Change to 4 beats per bar e|------------------------|-----------------|--------------------| B|------------------------|-----------------|--------------------| G|------------------------|-----------------|------------------0-| D|-5---5-5-5---6---6-6----|-10--10-10-10----|---10-10-10-10-10-0-| A|-7---7-7-7---3---3-3----|-10--10-10-10--6-|----6--6--6--6--6-0-| E|-7---7-7-7---3---3-3----|-10--10-10-10--6-|----6--6--6--6--6---| "singing in the cold and fall to earth" Chorus - Strum same chords as Prechorus in eighths (8 per bar) A7sus2 8x, Fm 8x, C5 8x, G# 8x Guitar 2 plays this 2x: e|-------------|-----------|-----------|------------| B|-------------|-----------|-----------|------------| G|-------------|-----------|-5NH-------|------------| D|---------5NH-|-----------|-----------|-5NH--------| A|---5NH-------|-----------|-----------|------------| D|-------------|-2.6NH-----|-----------|------------| Lyrics: 1. "Hey, sometimes she won't cry and the smallest one is" 2. "trapped. Too weak to survive... probably" Play Verse Riff once, then Pre Verse 2 (1:19) e|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| B|----------15--------14--12-10/-|-14\-------7-----------------| G|-------------------------------|-----------------------------| D|----------12--------11--9---7/-|-11\-------4--------4-6-6b7--| A|-------------------------------|-----------------5-----------| D|-0-----------------------------|-----------------------------| Play Verse Riff 4x Again, Lyrics: "Tried to look out, Through a hole in the vague Circle above, looking down, Bird of prey" Play Prechorus Riff again, but Guitar 2 plays this 2x: e|----------------------------|---------------------------| B|----------------------------|---------------------------| G|----------------------------|-------3~----------5~------| D|-------5~----------6~-------|-5---5-----5---------------| A|-0---0-----0-----------3----|---------------------------| D|-------------3---3----------|-------------6---6----6----| Play Chorus again as before, except Chorus ending: 3 beats per bar End on e|---------------|-----------------| |-------------| B|---------------|-----------------| |-------------| G|---------------|-----------------| play 4x |-------------| D|-6------6------|-10---10---10\---| |-------------| A|-3------3------|-6----6----6\----| |-------------| D|-3------3------|-6----6----6\----| |-0-----------| Play Prechorus Again, no drums at first Play Chorus Again Play Chorus Ending above, then bass plays end of song. KEY ************ | / slide up | \ slide down | () ghost note | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | NH natural harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | r Bend release ************