Bob Morgano Feel free to E-mail me with all comments and criticisms at: = [email protected] Our Lady Peace "Birdman" >From the Album "Naveed" (Sony Music Entertainment) (Music by Mike Turner, Raine Maida, Chris Eacrett, Arnold Lanni) (Words by Raine Maida) (c 1994 Sony Music Publishing/Under Zenith Publishing/Seacret Publishing/Catchit Songs/ Lanni Songs) Transcribed by: Bob Morgano ([email protected]) Time:4/4 Tuning: 6-Eb 5-Ab 4-Db 3-Gb 2-Bb 1-Eb Riff: #1 (Let Ring) ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| |--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| |--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| |--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--|--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--| |-14----------14_(14)-----14_(14)-|-17----------16_(16)-----16_(16)-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| |--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| |--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| |--|--14---|---|---|--14---|--14--|--|--14---|---|---|--14---|---|--| |-12------12--14_(14)-----14------|-12------12--14_(14)-----14_(14)-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| =20 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Riff: 2 Riff: 3 (Let Ring) ____ _______ ____ | | | | |__| | | | |----|-------------------| |----|----|----|----|--|----|----|-----|----| |----|-------------------| |----|----|----|---15p14----|----|----17~v--| |----|-------------------| |----|----|----|-----------14----|----------| |----2-------------------| |----|----|----|----------------14----------| |----2-------------------| |----|----|----|----------------------------| |----0-------------------| |----0___(0)__(0)---------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Riff: 4A (Let All Notes Ring Except:*) * ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| |--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| |--|---9__(9)--|--|---9__(9)--9--|--|---9__(9)--|---|---9---|---|--| |--9-----------9_(9)-------------|-12----------11_(11)-----11---|--| |--------------------------------|------------------------------|--| |--------------------------------|------------------------------0--| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Riff: 4B (Let All Notes Ring Except:*) * ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--| |--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--| |--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--|--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--| |--7-------7---9_(9)------9---7__|_(7)------7---9_(9)------9---|--| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------|--| |--------------------------------|-----------------------------0--| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Riff: 5A ___ ___ ____ ___ ______ | | | | | | | | | | | | |__| |--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--| |--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--| |-16_(16)_(16)_16-(16)___(16)---|-19_(19)_(19)-18_(18)___(18)-14-14--| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-14_(14)_(14)_14-(14)___(14)---|-17_(17)_(19)-16_(16)___(16)-12-12--| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Riff: 5B ___ _____ ____ _____ | | | | | | | | | __| | | |--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--| |--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--| |-14_(14)_(14)/s/16_(16)___(16)--|-14__(14)_(14)/s/16__(16)___(16)-| |--------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-12_(12)_(12)/s/14_(16)___(14)--|-12__(12)_(14)/s/14__(14)___(14)-| |--------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Riff: 6 |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---| |---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---| |---3________(3)---------|---2___(2)----1___(1)---| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Riff: 7A ________ ______ ____ |__|__|__| | |__| | |\ |\ | __| |\ |\ |\ |\ |--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|\--|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--| |--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--| |--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--| |--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--| |--7--7--7--7--7---X--X--9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--| |------------------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Riff: 7B ____ ____ | __| |\ |\ |\ |\ | __| |\ |\ |\ |\ |--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--| |--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--| |--9----9--9---|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--| |--9----9--9---9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--| |--7----7--7---9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--| |--------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Riff: 8 (Note: The time signature on this one riff is 6/4)=20 |--------------------Slightly Muted--------------------| ______________ ______________ ______________ | | | | | | | | | | | | |---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---| |---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---| |---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---| |---9----9----9----7----7----7---10---10---10---12---12---12---| |---7----7----7----5----5----5----8----8----8---10---10---10---| |--------------------------------------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 5 6 Riff: 9 (Guitar Solo) ________ ________________ _________ _________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |--|--|--|--|---|---|--|---------|--|---|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|--| |-12-12-12-12_(12)-12-12--------12__|_(12)-12-12-12_(12)-12-12-12--| |-12-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-(11)/h\12__|_(12)-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-11--| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ________ __________ ____________ __________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |--|--|--|--|---|----|--|--|--|--|---|---|----|---|---|--|---|--| |-12-12-12-12_(12)--12-12-12--|-12_(12)-12----|---|--14-14_(14)-| |-12-12-12-11_(11)--11-11-11--|-12_(12)-12/s/14_(14)-14-14_(14)-| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 _____ _____________ ______ ___ _____________ | | | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | |-----|--|--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|---| |----12-12--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|---| |----12-12-11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ______ ___ _____________ ______ ___ | |__| | | | | | | | |__| | | | | |--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|---|-----|--| |--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|---|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--| |-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 =20 Arrangement: Intro/First Verse: | Riff 1 |=20 Hopelessly, a man starts to feed your day | Riff 1 | Once was there, you never looked back | Riff 1 | How do you think those words might just fade away? | Riff 1 | He's harmless enough so you let him in and now you'll pay ? | Riff 2 | (slight feedback)| I can't see him but he's stuck in my thoughts ?=20 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Ooh Yeaheeee! Second Verse: | Riff 4A | Riff 4B | How does it feel when you can't concentrate? I just stare | Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | All of your daydreams are a seesaw for him to play on | Riff 5A | Riff 5B | Now do you feel when he calls your name? You plug your ears but, it's not the same | Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Yeah, do you know when he pulls you back? Oh, he pulls you back, back, back Pre Chorus: | Riff 6 | Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on... Chorus: | Riff 7A | Riff 7B | Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie... | Riff 7B | Riff 7B | Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, but I just can't trust him tonight... Main Riff: | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Third Verse: | Riff 4A | Riff 4B | How do you forget a stranger that plagues your days...=20 | Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | We arm ourselves when there's nothing to fear right? Wrong... | Riff 5A | Riff 5B | Now do you feel when it comes to pass? There's something there but, It's not quite right... | Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Yeah, do you know? Does it make you mad? Oh, it makes you mad, mad, mad... Pre Chorus: | Riff 6 | Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on... Chorus: | Riff 7A | Riff 7B | Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie... | Riff 7B | Riff 7B | Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, but I can't trust him tonight... Bridge: | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | I feel him, I feel him close... | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | I feel him, I feel him hide... Solo: | Riff 9 | How do we find out...=20 =20 Chorus: | Riff 7A | Riff 7B | Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie... | Riff 7B | Riff 7B | Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, but I can't trust him tonight... | Riff 7B | Riff 7B | Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie... | Riff 7B | Riff 7B | Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, people I know you people... | Riff 7B | Riff 7B | Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, and on and on... | Riff 7B | Riff 7B | Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on... Outro: | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | I feel him... | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | I feel him close, I feel him... | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | I feel him close, I feel him hide... | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | I feel him hide, yeah, yeah, yeah... | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | (ends very loosely)
