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RIVERS, VEINS, AND ROOTS - Mimicking Birds
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Tabbed by: iluvvsmp2
E-mail: bregan1992@gmail.com
Tuning: standard - EADGBe
Acoustic Guitar: the chords tend to be a little palm-muted during the vocals
D F#m C Em Cadd9
e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| e|-----|
B|--7--| B|-10--| B|--5--| B|--8--| B|--3--|
G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--|
D|--7--| D|-11--| D|--5--| D|--9--| D|--5--|
A|--5--| A|--9--| A|--3--| A|--7--| A|--3--|
E|--5--| E|--9--| E|--3--| E|--7--| E|--3--|
Electric Guitar:
Verse 5: just play one downstroke per chord, slightly arpeggiated
D F#m C Em
e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| e|-----|
B|--7--| B|-10--| B|--5--| B|--8--|
G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--|
D|--7--| D|-11--| D|--5--| D|--9--|
A|--5--| A|--9--| A|--3--| A|--7--|
E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| E|-----|
Verses 4 & 6: they're just power chords
D F#m C Em
e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| e|-----|
B|-----| B|-----| B|-----| B|-----|
G|--7--| G|-11--| G|--5--| G|--9--|
D|--7--| D|-11--| D|--5--| D|--9--|
A|--5--| A|--9--| A|--3--| A|--7--|
E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| E|-----|
Intro
D - F#m - C - D
D - F#m - C - Em
D - F#m - C - D
D - F#m - C - Cadd9 - C
D F#m C D
all my friends are vultures in a way
D F#m C Em
when i'm not dead they fly away
D F#m C D
circling around some other still living prey
D F#m C D
waiting for them to crawl so they can eat their face
D F#m C D
and in the salty underground everywhere
D F#m C Em
there's more roots than i can bear
D F#m C D
growing down and around some bastard's preserved mastodon's hair
D F#m C D
and sure the archaeologists knew that their souls were still there too
Solo Chords: same as intro
Solo Guitar:
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--5h7p5-7---7///12---10\--5--/10-8-7-----5--|
G|----------------11-------------------9-7----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7---7///12---10---5--5/8-8------------|
G|--7-----------10---------------7------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--5h7p5-7---7///12---10---5---10-8-7-5---5--|
G|----------------11--------5------------7----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/mimicking-birds/350323.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7--------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-------7---9---7---5---------------------------5-4-2--|
D|--------------7------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
D F#m C D
and all these species' secrets left in the slate
D F#m C Em
?nu?fay?vee?uh?wayd? so spawn the industrial age
D F#m C D
but all our basic concepts basically say that it's
D F#m C D
all relatively arranged in such familiar ways
C D
such familiar ways x3
C
in such...
D
...familiar ways
D F#m C D
the new someday soon run away from me
D F#m C Em
draw one more scar hard on my heart
D F#m C D
the flesh is much stronger where it's been torn once
D F#m
like an arc weld holds -
C D
holds... things together 'till they're apart
D F#m C D
and all my friends are vultures in a way
D F#m C Em
when i'm not alive they are over and away
D F#m C D
fluttering around this carcass just casually eating my brains
D F#m C D
no feathers on their heads, no flesh left on my face
D F#m C D
and in the shifty underground everywhere
D F#m C Em
there's a few more roots than i can really bear
D F#m C D
and on the surface the lights wide open where
D F#m
the water runs to
C D
like the roots... do
D F#m C D
and i knew someday the ruin might be built by me
D F#m C Em
just one more stone stacked ridiculously high
D F#m C D
the solid is much weaker where it's been worn some by the
D F#m
weather's lows -
C D
low... pressure zones
End Solo:
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|--7-5h7p5-7---7/12-12\10-10\--5--/10-8-7-----5--|
G|-------------------11---------5----------9-7----|
D|--------------------9---------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7--7--/12-10-10\\5--5/8-8-----------------|
G|--7----------11---------------7-----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7p5-7---7///12\10-10\5--5/10-8--7/5---5---|
G|--7---------------11-------0--------------7-----|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-------7---9--7-7----5-------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-4\2---|
D|--------------7-------5-----------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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