Grateful Dead — Bird Song Tab

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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 08:19:59 —0600
From: Dan Cotter 
Subject: TAB: Bird Song by Grateful Dead

Song Name: Bird Song
Artist Name: Grateful Dead
My Name: Dan Cotter (dcotter@uky.campus.mci.net)
Album: Reckoning
Words/Music: Hunter/Garcia

Main Riff in 'Bird Song' by The Grateful Dead
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From: U270009@UNIVSCVM.CSD.SCAROLINA.EDU (black.peter@scarolina.edu)
Chords For 'Bird Song' by The Grateful Dead
 
 
Intro/Riff:  D7——C—D7——C—D7
 
D7                                                    Riff
All I heard was something like a bird within her sing,
 
D7                                                  Riff
All I know she sang a little while and then flew on,
 
Bb   F      C                     G                    D7  Riff
Tell me all that you know and I'll show you snow and rain.
 
 
If you hear that same sweet song again will you know why?
Anyone who sings a tune so sweet is passing by.
Laugh in the sunshine, sing, cry in the dark, fly through the night.
 
Bm        A    G     D   A    G     D   A         G            D
Don't cry now, don't you cry, don't you cry anymore, la da da da.
 
Bm           A      G     D   A    G   D    A           G             
D   D7
Sleep in the stars, don't you cry, dry your eyes on the wind, la da da
da, da.
 
 
Just a note, I believe this is the version on "Garcia," in D, early live
versions were also in D but switched to E...

Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 15:27:17 —0700
From: Ryan Izzo 
Subject: TAB: 'Bird Song' by 'The grateful dead'

"Bird Song"
by the Grateful Dead
off of Reckoning

as tabbed by Ryan Izzo 
(CD time in parenthesis)

h = hammer on    p = pull off
b = bend         r = release bend
 = slide        ~ = let ring

Intro and Main Riff:
																														E
e|————————————————————————————————|
B|.——————————————————————————————.|
G|—————————————————————2—————(1)——|
D|———————0——4———2—0—2————4—0——2———|
A|.—2——4—————————————————————(2)—.|
E|—(0:00)—————————————————————————|

Solo:

e|——5p3————————————————————————————————————————————5p3———————————————————————|
B|————————3—3———(2)—(2)————0h2—2——3p2————————————————————3—3————2—2———2——3p2—|
G|————————————not
audible————————————————2——4—4——————————————————————————————|
D|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|—(2:19)—————————————————————————————————————————(2:25)—————————————————————|

e|————————————————4—5—4——2———————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B|—2—————————————————————————it gets too fast
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G|—————2————4—4——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A|———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|———————————————(2:32)——————————————————————————————————————————————————————|