Song: White bird
Artist: KT Tunstall
Composer: KT Tunstall
Album: Drastic fantastic
Tabbed by DJ ( 'DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com )
27th Sept 2016
Here are the 3 main riffs:
Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
e |--0---------0-----------|---0-------------5------|
B |-------1---------0-h1---|--------1----/3----3----|
G |---------2------------2-|----------0-------------|
D |-----2---------2--------|------2------/4------4--|
A |--0---------0-----------|---0--------------------|
E |------------------------|------------------------|
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11 G D/F#
e |--3--2-------3--2-0------|-------------|
B |--3----3-----3------3----|---3---3-----|
G |---------2---------------|---0---2-----|
D |--0----------------------|-------------|
A |-------------3-----------|-------------|
E |-------------------------|---3---2-----|
A Asus4 A5#11 A Asus4
e |-----------------------------0---------|
B |--2---2----3---3----4---4--------0-h3--|
G |----2---2----2---2----2---2----2-------|
D |---------------------------------------|
A |--0--------0--------0--------0---------|
E |---------------------------------------|
Video of K T Tunstall live performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1aRNDN4RJQ
Am = x02210 D = xx0232 A = x0222x
Asus2 = x02200 Csus2 = x30033 Asus4 = x0223x
Am7 = x02010 Csus2#11 = x30032 A5#11(no3) = x0224x
A7sus4/6 = x04035 G = 32003x A * = x02220
Dsus4 = xx0233 D/F# = 20023x Am7 * = x02213
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[Intro]
Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
||: / / / /__/ | / / / / :|| [x3]
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11 G D/F#
| / / / / | / / |
[Verse 1]
Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
||: / / / /__/ | / / / / :||[x2]
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
White bird with a black tail,
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
Eyes dark and face so pale,
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
You know what your future holds,
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11 G D/F# Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
Ov - er your side of the road!
[Verse 2]
Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
| / / / /__/ | / / / / |
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
White bird with a black tail,
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
You look like an open sail,
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
Made me look up from my shoes,
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11 G D/F# Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
To show me what you stand to lose!
[Chorus]
Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
| / / / /__/ | / / / / |
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11
White bird, white bird,
G D/F# A Asus4 A5#11(no3) A * Asus4
...With your face so pale,
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11
White bird, white bird,
G D/F# A Asus4 A5#11(no3) A * Asus4
...Where'd you get that ...tail?
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11 G D/F#
White bird, white bird, ...with a black tail!
[Verse 3]
Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
||: / / / /__/ | / / / / :||[x2]
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
White feathers dipped in tar,
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
It's hard to tell how old you are,
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
Wondering how much you know...
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11 G D/F# Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
...A - bout all of us be - low!
[Bridge]
Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
| / / / /__/ | / / / / |
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
Half of you is heavenly,
Am7 * Am7 A7sus4/6
Showing off your purity,
Am Am7 A7sus4/6
The rest of you is from the street,
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11 G D/F# Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
Like a line where they both meet!
[Chorus]
Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
| / / / /__/ | / / / / |
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11
White bird, white bird,
G D/F# A Asus4 A5#11(no3) A * Asus4
...With your face so pale,
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11
White bird, white bird,
G D/F# A Asus4 A5#11(no3) A * Asus4
...Where'd you get that ...tail?
[Chorus]
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11
White bird, white bird,
G D/F# A Asus4 A5#11(no3) A * Asus4
...With your face so pale-------,
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11 G D/F#
White bird, white bird, with a black tail!
[Coda]
Am Asus2 Am Am7 A7sus4/6
||: / / / /__/ | / / / / :|| [x3]
Dsus4 D Csus2 Csus2#11 G D/F# Am
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