Xavier Rudd – Spirit Bird (Guitar Intro)
Key
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Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
You can just go ahead and strum the song with the chords.
Instructions (below) not absolutely necessary. Some extra notes and strumming pattern included.
Have fun (:
[Intro] Played three times (2nd + 3rd time with background voice)
F Fadd9 e|--1---------1-----------1--3--------3------------------------------------| B|-----1---------1--------------1--------1-------1-------------------------| G|------------------2-----------------------2------------------------------| D|--3-----3------------3-----3-----3---------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------0---------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| * 3rd time (e-guitar) Am Asus Esus Am e|------------0----------|--0--------------------------------||------------| B|--1------------1-------|-----3--------0-------1------------||------------| G|-----2------------2----|--------2--------2-------2---------||*-9/10b-9-7-| D|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||------------| A|--0-----0-----------0--|-----0-----0-------0--0------------||------------| E|-----------------------|-----------------------------------||------------| C Cadd9 open e|------------0----------------------0-------------------------------------| B|--1------------1-------1--3-----------3------0---------------------------| G|-----0------------0----------0-----------0-------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--3-----3------------3----------3----------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------0-----------------------------| G Gadd11 G (v10) e|--------------3-------------------------------0--------------------------| B|--0--------------0--------0--1--------3----------------------------------| G|-----0--------------0-----------0--------0-------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------0------------0------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--3-----3--------------3-----3--------3-----3----------------------------|
[Verse 1] Just pick the chords
F Am Give it time and we wonder why, do what we can, laugh and we cry C G ' And we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before F Am °1 Culture fades with tears and grace leaving us stunned hollow with shame C G ' We have seen this all, seen this all before F Am °2 Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new work, same spirit by side, C G ' joining hearts and hands and ancestral twine, ancestral twine F Am °2 Many tribes of a modern kind, doing brand new work, same spirit by side, C G ' joining hearts and hands and ancestral twine, ancestral twine
[Pre-Chorus] You can play the intro or strum the chords
F Am C G Slowly it fades Slowly we fade F Am C G Slowly you fade Slowly you fade
[Chorus] Just pick the chords
F Am Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo C G Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo F Am Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo C G Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo
[Bridge] Just pick the chords
F Am C Spirit bird she creaks and groans she knows she has, seen this all before she has, G ' seen this all before she has F Am °2 C Spirit bird she creaks and groans she knows she has, seen this all before she has,
°3 G '
seen this all before she has
[Pre-Chorus 2] Intro fades into continous down strums - SEE INSTRUCTION
F Am C G Slowly you fade Slowly it fades F Am C G* F Slowly you fade Slowly it fades Am C G Slowly it fades
[Chorus 2] Continuous down strums - SEE INSTRUCTION
F Am Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo C G Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo F Am Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo C G Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo
[Verse 2] Fast strums (DDD UU DDD U)
F Am Soldier on soldier on my good country man C G Keep fighting for your culture, now keep fighting for your land F I know it’s been thousands of years and I feel your hurt and I know it’s wrong Am C And you feel you've been chained and broken and burned and those beautiful old people G Those wise old souls have been ground down for far too long F Am C By that spineless man that greedy man that heartless man deceiving man that government hand G Taking blood and land taking blood and land and still they can F Am But your dreaming and your warrior spirit lives on and it is so so so strong C G In the earth in the trees in the rocks in the water in your blood and in the air we breath F Am Soldier on soldier on my good country man C G Keep fighting for your children, now keep fighting for your land
[Pre-Chorus 3] Continuous down strums (Last G just stroked onces)
F Am C G Slowly it fades Sloooooooooooow F Am C G Slowly it fades Slowly it fades
[Chorus 3] Just pick the chords
F Am Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo C G Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo Hey Mana yo, yo yo yo
[Outro] Play Intro once before - Just pick the chords
F Am Give it time and wonder why do what we can laugh and we cry C And we sleep in your dust because we've seen this all before
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Instruction
°1 Play
e|--------|
B|--1-----|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|
°2 Play
e|--------|
B|--3--1--|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--0--0--|
°3 Play
e|--------|
B|--3-----|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--0-----|
For G ' play... (with a short break before)
e|--------|
B|--1--3--|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--0--0--|[Pre-Chorus 2 & Chorus 2]
(G* stroked once, then played with continuous palm muted down strums)
F Am e|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| B|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--| G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| D|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| E|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--| Pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C G e|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--| B|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| G|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| D|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| E|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--| Pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alternative strumming pattern
[Chorus 2] (exampled at F and Am)
F Am e|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| B|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--| G|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| D|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--| A|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--| E|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--| a . . . . . . . . "Hey Mana yo," "yo" "yo" "yo" "Hey Mana yo," "yo" "yo" "yo"
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