THREE LITTLE BIRDS
As recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers
(From the 1977 Album EXODUS)
Words and Music by Bob Marley
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Julian "Junior" Marvin - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=76
A
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
|----------|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|
|----------|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-||
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-||
|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
A D A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|-----------------|---5---5---5---5--|
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6--|
|-----------------|-----------------|---7---7---7---7-|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|-----------------|---5---5---5---5--||
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5--||
|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6--||
|-----------------|-----------------|---7---7---7---7-|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
N.C.
a E e S S E S E S E e
||------5---7---/9---7---5-|
||o------------------------|
||--4s6-----7---/9---7---6-|
||-------------------------|
||o------------------------|
||-------------------------|
E e S S E S E S E e a E e S S E S E S E e
|-----10---12---/14---12---10-|-----5---7---/9---7---5--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/11------12---/14---12---11-|-4s6-----7---/9---7---6--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
E e S S E S E S E e
|-----12---14---/16---14---12-|
|-----------------------------|
|-/13------14---/16---14---13-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
a E e S S E S E S E e E e S S E S E S E e
|-----5---7---/9---7---5-|-----10---12---/14---12---10--|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|-4s6-----7---/9---7---6-|-/11------12---/14---12---11--|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------------|
D A
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S +S
|-----------------|---5---5------------------12b14r(12)-||
|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---------------10------------||
|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6----------9-11---------------||
|---7---7---7---7-|------------7-/11--------------------||
|-----------------|---------/9--------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------------------||
Chorus
A
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-(12)----5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---------5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---------6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6--|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
D A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5--|
|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6-|---6---6---6---6--|
|---7---7---7---7-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Out-Chorus
1. 2.
D A A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---5---5---5---5--||---5---5---5---5-||---5---5---5---5--|
|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5-o||---5---5---5---5-||---5---5---5---5--|
|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6--||---6---6---6---6-||---6---6---6---6--|
|---7---7---7---7-|------------------||-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------||------------------|
D A N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e S S E S E S E e
|---5---5---5---5-|-----------------|---5---5---5---5-|-----5---7---/9---7---5-|
|---5---5---5---5-|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5-|------------------------|
|---6---6---6---6-|---7---7---7---7-|---6---6---6---6-|--/6-----7---/9---7---6-|
|-----------------|---7---7---7---7-|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
E e S S E S E S E e E e S S E S E S E e E e S S E S E S E e
|----5---7---/9---7---5-|----5---7---/9---7---5-|-----10---12---/14---12---10-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-/6-----7---/9---7---6-|-/6-----7---/9---7---6-|-/11------12---/14---12---11-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
E e S S E S E S E e E e S S E S E S E e E e S S E S E S E e
|----5---7---/9---7---5-|----5---7---/9---7---5-|-----10---12---/14---12---10-*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------*|
|-/6-----7---/9---7---6-|-/6-----7---/9---7---6-|-/11------12---/14---12---11-*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16th
