Them

Mimicking Birds

tom:

E|----------------------------------------------------|
               THEM - Mimicking Birds
E|----------------------------------------------------| 

Tuning: Standard

Listen for the accents and the staccatos.  Throughout the verses the first 
and third accents are played staccato as indicated by the dots in the intro.


Intro: 

E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------|

         .                       .
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7---------7-------------3---------3-------|
G|-------7---------7-----0-------4---------4-----4-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|/7---------7-------7p0---3---------3-------3p0---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

         .                       .
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3---------3-------------3---------3---0---|
G|-------4---------4-----4-------4---------4-----0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------2-------2p0---2---------2-------2-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Verse:

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7---------7-------------3---------3-------|
G|-------7---------7-----0-------4---------4-----4-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------7-------7p0---3---------3-------3p0---|
E|-0-----------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3---------3-------------3---------3---0---|
G|-------4---------4-----4-------4---------4-----0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------2-------2p0---2---------2-------2-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Sometimes in the last bar of the verse there is a slight variation;
the ghost note indicates that it's optional:

E|------------------------------(5)--------5-------|
B|-------3---------3-------------3---------3---0---|
G|-------4---------4-----4-------4---------4-----0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------2-------2p0---2---------2-------2-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Chorus:

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------0-------------------7---------7-------|
D|-------4---------4-----------5-----5-------5-----|
A|-----2-------------2\----3-------------------0---|
E|-0-----------------------------------------------|

                   .
E|-----------------0-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------0-----------------0-------|
G|-----------0-----------------------8-------------|
D|-------9-------------9---------9---9-------9\----|
A|-----9-----------------------9-------------------|
E|-7-----------------7-----7-----------------------|


Ending:

This chord shape (maj7) will be very useful for this part.
The number here indicates the finger being used to fret the 
string, not what fret is being fretted. Index finger is 1, 
pinky is 4.

E|-----|
B|--4--|
G|--2--|
D|--3--|
A|--1--|
E|--1--|


E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------4-----------------------8-------------|
D|-------5---------5-------------9---------9-------|
A|-----5-------------5/--------9-------------9\----|
E|-3-----------------------7-----------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------5/---------12\----|
G|-----------4-------------------4/---------11\----|
D|-------5---------5-------------------------------|
A|-----5-------------5---------3----------10-------|
E|-3-----------------------3----------10-----------|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------10----\9---9---9/10--x---10----10------|
G|-----------9----\8---8---8/9---x---9-----9-------|
D|------10-----------------------------------------|
A|-----8-------------------------------------------|
E|-8-----------------7---7-7/8---x---8-------x-----|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5-------------------------------------|
G|-----------4-----4-----0-----------4-------------|
D|-------5-------------x---------5---------5-----5-|
A|-----3-----------------------5-------------5-----|
E|-3-----------------3-----3-----------------------|

e|E|----------------------------------------------------|---|
B|E|----------------------------------------------------|---|
G|-----------4-----------------------4-------------------|
D|-------5---------5-----5-------5---------5-----5-------|
A|-----5-------------5---------5-------------5-----------|
E|-3-----------------------3-----------------------3-----|


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| .  staccato
|()  ghost note
| x  Mute note/slap