key:
E
Riff: #1 (Let Ring)
E|-----------| ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--|--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--|
E|-14----------14_(14)-----14_(14)-|-17----------16_(16)-----16_(16)-|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|-----------| ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|--14---|---|---|--14---|--14--|--|--14---|---|---|--14---|---|--|
E|-12------12--14_(14)-----14------|-12------12--14_(14)-----14_(14)-|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
=20
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 2 Riff: 3 (Let Ring)
E|----| ------- ----
| | | | |__| | | |
E|----|-------------------| |----|----|----|----|--|----|----|-----|----|
B|----|-------------------| |----|----|----|---15p14----|----|----17~v--|
G|----|-------------------| |----|----|----|-----------14----|----------|
D|----2-------------------| |----|----|----|----------------14----------|
A|----2-------------------| |----|----|----|----------------------------|
E|----0-------------------| |----0___(0)__(0)---------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 4A (Let All Notes Ring Except:*)
*
E|-----------| ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---9__(9)--|--|---9__(9)--9--|--|---9__(9)--|---|---9---|---|--|
E|--9-----------9_(9)-------------|-12----------11_(11)-----11---|--|
B|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--|
G|--------------------------------|------------------------------0--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 4B (Let All Notes Ring Except:*)
*
E|-----------| ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--|--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--|
E|--7-------7---9_(9)------9---7__| _(7)------7---9_(9)------9---|--|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|--|
G|--------------------------------|-----------------------------0--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 5A
___ ___ ____ ___ ______
| | | | | | | | | | | | |__|
|--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--|
|--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--|
E|-16-(16)-(16)-16-(16)---(16)---|-19-(19)-(19)-18-(18)---(18)-14-14--|
B|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-14-(14)-(14)-14-(14)---(14)---|-17-(17)-(19)-16-(16)---(16)-12-12--|
D|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 5B
___ _____ ____ _____
| | | | | | | | | __| | |
|--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--|
|--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--|
E|-14-(14)-(14)/s/16-(16)---(16)--|-14--(14)-(14)/s/16--(16)---(16)-|
B|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-12-(12)-(12)/s/14-(16)---(14)--|-12--(12)-(14)/s/14--(14)---(14)-|
D|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 6
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---|
A|---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---|
E|---3________(3)---------|---2___(2)----1___(1)---|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 7A
E|--------| ------ ----
|__|__|__| | |__| | |\ |\ | __| |\ |\ |\ |\
|--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|\--|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
E|--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--|
B|--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--|
G|--7--7--7--7--7---X--X--9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--|
D|------------------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 7B
E|----| ----
| __| |\ |\ |\ |\ | __| |\ |\ |\ |\
|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
E|--9----9--9---|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--|
B|--9----9--9---9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--|
G|--7----7--7---9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--|
D|--------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 8 (Note: The time signature on this one riff is 6/4)=20
E|--------------------S| lightly Muted--------------------|
B|--------------| -------------- --------------
| | | | | | | | | | | |
E|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
B|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
G|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
D|---9----9----9----7----7----7---10---10---10---12---12---12---|
A|---7----7----7----5----5----5----8----8----8---10---10---10---|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6
Riff: 9 (Guitar Solo)
E|--------| ---------------- --------- ---------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|---------|--|---|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|
E|-12-12-12-12_(12)-12-12--------12__| _(12)-12-12-12_(12)-12-12-12--|
B|-12-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-(11)/h\12__| _(12)-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-11--|
G|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|--------| ---------- ------------ ----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|--|--|--|--|---|----|--|--|--|--|---|---|----|---|---|--|---|--|
E|-12-12-12-12_(12)--12-12-12--|-12_(12)-12----|---|--14-14_(14)-|
B|-12-12-12-11_(11)--11-11-11--|-12_(12)-12/s/14_(14)-14-14_(14)-|
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|-----| ------------- ------ --- -------------
| | | | | | | | |__| | | | | | |
E|-----|--|--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|---|
B|----12-12--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|---|
G|----12-12-11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E|------| --- ------------- ------ ---
| |__| | | | | | | | |__| | | | |
|--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|---|-----|--|
|--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|---|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--|
E|-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--|
B|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
=20
Arrangement:
Intro/First Verse:
| Riff 1 |=20
Hopelessly, a man starts to feed your day
| Riff 1 |
Once was there, you never looked back
| Riff 1 |
How do you think those words might just fade away?
| Riff 1 |
He's harmless enough so you let him in and now you'll pay
?
| Riff 2 | (slight feedback)|
I can't see him but he's stuck in my thoughts
?=20
| Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Ooh Yeaheeee!
Second Verse:
| Riff 4A | Riff 4B |
How does it feel when you can't concentrate? I just stare
| Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
All of your daydreams are a seesaw for him to play on
| Riff 5A | Riff 5B |
Now do you feel when he calls your name? You plug your ears but, it's not
the same
| Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Yeah, do you know when he pulls you back? Oh, he pulls you back, back, back
Pre Chorus:
| Riff 6 |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on...
Chorus:
| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, but I just can't trust him tonight...
Main Riff:
| Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Third Verse:
| Riff 4A | Riff 4B |
How do you forget a stranger that plagues your days...=20
| Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
We arm ourselves when there's nothing to fear right? Wrong...
| Riff 5A | Riff 5B |
Now do you feel when it comes to pass? There's something there but, It's not
quite right...
| Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Yeah, do you know? Does it make you mad? Oh, it makes you mad, mad, mad...
Pre Chorus:
| Riff 6 |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on...
Chorus:
| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, but I can't trust him tonight...
Bridge:
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him, I feel him close...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him, I feel him hide...
Solo:
| Riff 9 |
How do we find out...=20
=20
Chorus:
| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, but I can't trust him tonight...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, people I know you people...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, and on and
on...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on...
Outro:
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him close, I feel him...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him close, I feel him hide...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him hide, yeah, yeah, yeah...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | (ends very loosely)