Song: Death to Birth
Artist: Michael Pitt / Pagoda
Tabbed by: Greg Funston
From the movie Last Days
This is a fairly easy song, but it can be hard to get the right picking order. its built
the Am E F G sequence, but picking each note of the chord. the song is much easier to
if you hold the chord positions.
Intro:
Am E
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1-----------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2-------1---1-------1---1-----|
d|---2-------2----2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---|
a|-0------------0-----------2-----------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
F G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1-----------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2-------0---0-------0---0-----|
d|---3-------3----3-------3---0-------0---0-------0---|
a|-3------------3-----------2-----------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Am E
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1------------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2---h1---1---1-------1---1-----|
d|---2-------2----2---------h2---------2---2-------2---|
a|-0------------0----------0h2-----------2-------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
F G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1-----------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2-------0---0-------0---0-----|
d|---3-------3----3-------3---0-------0---0-------0---|
a|-3------------3-----------2-----------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Verse part 1:
This is the same as the intro, but with some little variations. because of the way he
it, it is hard to tab, but they're no note differences, just slight rhytmic ones.
Am E
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1-----------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2-------1---1-------1---1-----|
d|---2-------2----2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---|
a|-0------------0-----------2-----------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
from rape... to right in
F G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1-----------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2-------0---0-------0---0-----|
d|---3-------3----3-------3---0-------0---0-------0---|
a|-3------------3-----------2-----------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
to real... to live
Am E
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1-----------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2-------1---1-------1---1-----|
d|---2-------2----2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---|
a|-0------------0-----------2-----------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
should i lie down or stand up?
F G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1-----------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2-------0---0-------0---0-----|
d|---3-------3----3-------3---0-------0---0-------0---|
a|-3------------3-----------2-----------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
and walk around again?
Am E
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1-----------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2-------1---1-------1---1-----|
d|---2-------2----2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---|
a|-0------------0-----------2-----------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
my eyes finally wide open up
F G
e|----------------------------------------------------|
b|-------1------------1-----------0-----------0-------|
g|-----2---2--------2---2-------0---0-------0---0-----|
d|---3-------3----3-------3---0-------0---0-------0---|
a|-3------------3-----------2-----------2-------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
my eyes finally wide open shut
Verse part 2:
this part is the same as the verse part 1, but instead of picking the chord twice, he
it only once.
Am E
e|------------------------------|
b|-------1------------0---------|
g|-----2---2--------1---1-------|
d|---2-------2----2-------2-----|
a|-0------------2---------------|
E|------------------------------|
To find the fount of sound
F G
e|------------------------------|
b|-------1-------------0--------|
g|-----2---2---------0---0------|
d|---3-------3-----0-------0----|
a|-3-------------2-----------2--|
E|------------------------------|
that heard the touch of my tears
Am E
e|------------------------------|
b|-------1------------0---------|
g|-----2---2--------1---1-------|
d|---2-------2----2-------2-----|
a|-0------------2---------------|
E|------------------------------|
smells the taste of all i waste
F G
e|------------------------------|
b|--------1-------------0-------|
g|------2---2---------0---0-----|
d|----3-------------0-----------|
a|--3-------------2-------------|
E|1-------------3---------------|
could feed the others
Prechorus:
This is where he starts strumming the chords in this pattern: Q E E E Q
Am E
but we smother each other with nectar and
F G
Pucker the sour the sugar sweet weather
Am E
blows through our trees swims through our seas
F G Am E F G
Flies to the last gasp we left on this earth ooh, oooh, ooh
Chorus:
He starts picking again here
Am E
e|------------------------------|
b|-------1------------0---------|
g|-----2---2--------1---1-------|
d|---2-------2----2-------2-----|
a|-0------------2---------------|
E|------------------------------|
its a long, lonely journey
F G
e|------------------------------|
b|--------1-------------0-------|
g|------2---2---------0---0-----|
d|----3-------------0-----------|
a|--3-------------2-------------|
E|1-------------3---------------|
from death to birth
Am E
e|------------------------------|
b|-------1------------0---------|
g|-----2---2--------1---1-------|
d|---2-------2----2-------2-----|
a|-0------------2---------------|
E|------------------------------|
its a long, lonely journey
F G
e|------------------------------|
b|--------1-------------0-------|
g|------2---2---------0---0-----|
d|----3-------------0-----------|
a|--3-------------2-------------|
E|1-------------3---------------|
from death to birth
Am E
e|------------------------------|
b|-------1------------0---------|
g|-----2---2--------1---1-------|
d|---2-------2----2-------2-----|
a|-0------------2---------------|
E|------------------------------|
its a long, lonely journey
F G
e|------------------------------|
b|--------1-------------0-------|
g|------2---2---------0---0-----|
d|----3-------------0-----------|
a|--3-------------2-------------|
E|1-------------3---------------|
from death to
Am E
e|------------------------------|
b|-------1------------0---------|
g|-----2---2--------1---1-------|
d|---2-------2----2-------2-----|
a|-0------------2---------------|
E|------------------------------|
its a long, lonely journey
F G
e|------------------------------|
b|--------1-------------0-------|
g|------2---2---------0---0-----|
d|----3-------------0-----------|
a|--3-------------2-------------|
E|1-------------3---------------|
from death to birth
Break:
In this part he accents the first note of the chord, and then strums the rest, except
the Am, like so:
Am E
e|-------------------------|
b|-------1----------0------|
g|-----2---2--------1------|
d|---2-------2----2-2------|
a|-0------------2----------|
E|-------------------------|
> >
and then he strums the other 2 chords in the same pattern as before:
F G
Q E E E Q Q E E E Q
He plays it twice:
Am E
e|-------------------------|
b|-------1----------0------|
g|-----2---2--------1------|
d|---2-------2----2-2------|
a|-0------------2----------|
E|-------------------------|
> >
F G
Q E E E Q Q E E E Q
Verse 2:
he plays this like the prechorus
Am E
should i die again should i die around
F G
the pounds of matter wailing through space
Am E
Oh I know I'll never know
F G Am
until i come face to face
E F G
with my own cold dead face
Am E F G
oh with my own wooden case
Pause
Aggresively, percussively
Am E F G
You are with me, with me ooohhh,
Am E F G
Im mourning you oohhh oohh
Outro:
Begins with the 4 chords, played extremely hard, super percussively, gradually accelerating
Am E F G
Am E F G
Am E *he breaks his low E string here (not advised that you do the same) and
after a short pause he rips it off (also not advised).*
restarts strumming:
lightly, slowly, peacefully
Am E F
its a long lonely journey
G
from death to birth
Am E F
its a long lonely journey
G
from death to birth *Remember to play this part without the e string
(low) if you want it to sound like the movie*
Am E F
its a long lonely journey
G
from death to
Am E F
its a long lonely journey
G Am *end softly, strumming the chord from the a string up
from death to birth
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