SONG | The Owl
ARTIST | Peter and the Wolf
ALBUM | Lightness
OPEN D TUNING:
6:D 5:A 4:D 3:F# 2:A 1:D
There's a lot of guitar layers and improvisation on the original recording; this is a fairly simplified
version that gets across the main patterns and chords. Just mess about with hammer-ons, pull-offs and
fingerpicking to get the vibe of the song.
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CHORDS
D E G C#m A1 A2 Bm
D |-0--|-2--|-5--|----|----|-2--|-0--|
A |-0--|-2--|-5--|-0--|-0--|-4--|-2--|
F#|-0--|-2--|-5--|-0--|-0--|-3--|-0--|
D |-0--|-2--|-5--|----|----|-2--|-0--|
A |-0--|-2--|-5--|-4--|-0--|-0--|-2--|
D |-0--|-2--|-5--|----|----|----|----|
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INTRO / MAIN PATTERN
D
D |---------------0-------------------0-----|---------------0-------------------------|
A |-----------0h2------2---p0---------------|-----------0h2------2---p0---------------|
F#|------0-----------------------0----------|------0-----------------------0----------|
D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D |-0---------------------------------------|-0---------------------------------0-----|
E
D |---------------2---------4---------------|--------------------4--------------------|
A |-----------2-----------------------2-----|------2------------------2---------------|
F#|------2----------------------------------|-----------2------------------2----------|
D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D |-2------------------2---------2----------|-2-------------2-------------------2-----|
G
D |---------------5-------------------5-----|-----------9-------9----7----------------|
A |-----------5h7------7---p5---------------|-----------5-------5----5----------------|
F#|------5-----------------------5----------|------5----------------------------5-----|
D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D |-5---------------------------------------|-5-------------5--------------5----------|
D C#m A1
D |---------------0-------------------0-----|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------0h2------2---p0---------------|--------0---------0---------0---------0--|
F#|------0-----------------------0----------|-----0---------0---------0---------0-----|
D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------|-4---------4---------4---------0---------|
D |-0---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
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PART 1
D E
Wait a couple of days, you know I will
G D C#m A1
Ten thousand years, I'll be there still
D E
Drive a couple of nights, of course I will
G D
Ten thousand miles, I'll be there still
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PART 2
C#m A1 G
Oh did you ever hear the owl of the sea
D
Singing in a black pine tree
E
When all the world's asleep
A2
About a bird he used to...
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OUTRO
Bm / / / | D / / / | G / / / | Bm / / / |
Know...
E / / / | G / / / | D / / / | C#m / / A1|
Oh.....
Bm / / / | D / / / | G / / / | Bm / / / |
Oh.....
E / / / | G / / / | D / / / | C#m / / A1|
Oh.....
End on D
ENJOY
