Soundgarden – Bones Of Birds (Guitar Tab)

Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)

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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) A7 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-----------|