Artist: Jason Lytle
Album: Yours Truly, The Commuter
Song: Birds Encouraged Him
Tabbed by: E. Amundson
Jason Lytle
"Birds Encouraged Him"
(As played on acoustic guitar)
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Tabbed by E. Amundson
Standard tuning
Chords Used:
C {0-3-2-0-1-0}
Csus {0-3-0-0-1-0}
F {0-3-3-2-1-0}
Fsus {0-3-3-0-1-0}
G {3-2-0-0-0-3}
Am {0-0-2-2-1-0}
E [0-2-2-1-0-0}
? {2-0-0-2-3-0}
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Intro: (Strumming with various hammers using middle finger)
C, Csus Hammer(>>) to C, F >> Fsus, C (x4)
"La da da..."
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Verse:
{3-2-0-x-x-x} C G Am
He's just a kid who hid inside a hole
C G F
His ears could no more hear the story told
C G Am >> {3-x-x-x-x-x}>> F
No longer did he wonder of gettin' old
C G C
As birds encouraged him on life to hold
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Chorus:
"And they said"
(Optional acoustic walk {3-x-x-x-x-x} >> {x-0-x-x-x-x} >> {3-x-x-x-x-x})
C G Am F
Why, oh why, why you don't even try
C G Am F
Why, oh why, why you don't even try
C G E F
Why, oh why, oh why just one more night
? {2-0-0-2-3-0} G C
Why, oh why, why you don't even try >>> After 1st time go to intro.
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Intro (x3)
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Verse 2:
{3-2-0-x-x-x} C G Am
He's just a kid who hid inside a hole
C G F
His ears could no more hear the story told
C G Am >> {3-x-x-x-x-x}>> F
No longer did he wonder of gettin' old
C G C
As birds encouraged him on life to hold
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Chorus (x2):
"And they said"
(Optional acoustic walk {3-x-x-x-x-x} >> {x-0-x-x-x-x} >> {3-x-x-x-x-x})
C G Am F
Why, oh why, why you don't even try
C G Am F
Why, oh why, why you don't even try
C G E F
Why, oh why, oh why just one more night
? {2-0-0-2-3-0} G C
Why, oh why, why you don't even try
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Pre-Outro:
(Same progression as chorus, only with humming)
C, G, Am, F (x2)
C, G, E, F
?, G, C
Outro:
(Same as intro, then end on C).
#----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-----------------------------#
# This represents the author's own work and interpretation of the #
# song. To be used only for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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