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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGPIE - Patrick Wolf ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: RainbowBassist Feel free to make any comment/suggestions- as this song is originally for piano, I tried my best to make it sort of interchangeable with the guitar without working too much harder than needed. Tuning: Standard, with Capo on 1st fret PLAY EVERYTHING IN RESPECT TO THE CAPO ON THE 1ST FRET G7 35x46x Amsus4 x02240 Also, use G barred on the 3rd fret Intro: Strum these chords once (this song sounds even better when fingerpicked) F | G7 | Am | Am F | G | Am | Am Arpeggiating the first four notes of the chords will make it sound like the piano: e.g. Play twice under violin scale: e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|------------------------------------| G|-------2-------2-------2------2-|-------0------0------0------0-----o-| D|-----3-------3-------3------3---|-----3------3------3------3-------o-| A|---3-------3-------3------3-----|---3------3------3------3-----------| E|-1-------1-------1------1-------|-1------1------1------1-------------| [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/p/patrick-wolf/189979.html ] F Dm Am Magpie, was it you who stole the wedding ring? F Dm Am Or what other thieving bird would steal such hope away? F Dm Am Am (x02200) Magpie, I am lost among the hinterland, F caught among the bracken and the fern, Dm Amsus4 Am and the boys who have no name. Am There’s No Name For Us F But Still We Sing F | G | Amsus4 | Am Oooooohh… etc. F | Dm | Amsus4 | Am | And still we sing, F G Little boy, little boy, Am Lost and blue, F G Dm Listen now, let me tell you what to do, F Dm You can run on, run along or home Am Between the knees of her, F All among her bracken and her ferns, G Am And the boy will have a name. And We Will Sing… F | G | Amsus4 | Am | F | G | Amsus4 | Am C | F One For Sorrow Dm Two For Joy Amsus4 Three For A Girl Am Four For A Boy F Five For Silver G Six For Gold Am Seven For A Secret, Never To Be Told | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note =============================================================================== |