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"Birdman" [involving "The Inventor's Dream (O.U.A.T)", "The Workshop",
"Wish-Bone Ascension", "Birdman Flies!", "Wings In The Sunset",
"Birdman - The Reflection"] (I. McDonald / P. Sinfield)
[Introduction]
Vocal chords:
-2--2--4--3--3-----------6--4--2--2--2--5--4--|
-5--5--5--5--5-----------5--5--5--2--4--5--5--|
-4--4--4--4--4-----5--4--2--4--4--2--2--4--4--|
----------------2-----------------2--2--2-----|
-0--------------------------2--2--------------|
----4--0--3--0-----------0-----------------0--|
Improv on E
["The Inventor's Dream (O.U.A.T)"]
A E A E A E A E
ALong aEgo in AWarnerEstone, a Aman he Edreamed a F#sinBguElar Ascheme,
AHad no Ewish to Ajoin the Efish, Abut inEside I'd Alove to Cfly.Fmaj7
ASat in Ebed and Ascratched his Ehead, Aso abEsurd to F#fly Blike Ea Abird,
ATime flew Epast unAtil at Elast, Alate one Enight he Asaw the Clight.Fmaj7
ACareful Ehands threw Aup the Eplans, Ashapes and Ethings like F#cu-Bri-Eous Awings,
AHieroEglyphics Amost proliEfics, Anumbered Echalks with F#all Bof Ethe Apops,
F#Now Bthe Ework Astarts ...
["The Workshop"]
A G A G A G A G(2x)
AToiled through Gdays on Astretched and Gstrained, Aumpteen Gscrews and Anails Gtoo
A G A G A G A G(2x)
AHarness Gleathers and Arainbow Gfeathers, Ahinges and Gjoints that Aled him up Gfar
A G A G A G A G(2x)
sax solo: | A7| A7| A7| A7| D7| D7| A7| A7| E7| D7| A7| E7|
(add elec guitar 2nd time, add sawing wood 3rd time, bass riff changes
4th time)
| A| A| A| A| D| D| G| G| Bb| F| D| D|
["Wishbone Ascension"]
GWith the golden Bbthrone beside, he Fsaw that all the Dwork was done,
GHis face aglow, ran Bbup the road, to Fwish that it would Dhold him still.
GCast his eyes on Bbdistant skies, and Fslowly moved his Dsus4arms,D
A7Slowly up, then slowly down,F D
A7Faster up, then faster down,F D Dsus4
A7Faster up, then faster down,
--F1-------D2-----------Dsus43--------4---------D55----Ddim6------Bm7--------8-------|
--1-------3-----------3--------3---------3----7------7--------7-------|
--2-------2-----------2--------2---------2----7------7--------7-------|
--3-------0-----------0--------0---------0----0------0--------0-------|
--3-------------------------------------------------------------------|
--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Till at last with a swishing sound, he very gently left the ground;
---------9--------Dm10--------B711---C712-----C#713---D714--G3--------|
---------7--------10--------10---11-----12---13--0--------|
---------7--------11--------11---12-----13---14--0--------|
---------0--------0---------0----0------0----0---0--------|
-------------------------------------------------2--------|
-------------------------------------------------3--------|
With a swishing sound, he very gently left the ground.
[Instrumental: "Birdman Flies!"]
Do the whole thing 8x in 3/4:
Gm (4x) Bb (4x) F (4x)
||-------------||-------------||-------------||
||---------3---||------3------||---------1---||
||*-----3-----*||*--3--------*||*-----2-----*||
||*--5--------*||*--------3--*||*--3--------*||
||-------------||-------------||-------------||
||-------------||-------------||-------------||
Then (in 4/4):
(4x) Bm/G# (= G#dim7)
||----------------||
||----------------||
||*--------------*||
||*--------3--5--*||
||---1--3---------||
||----------------||
["Wings in the Sunset"]
CWeary from his Fmaj7journey, CBirdman set for Fmaj7homeward,
C Ab Abmaj7 Ab6 Ab6/3 Ddim( Bm/D#6)
Gliding through the sunset, he very gently floated down,
GDown G/Fto G/Dthe ground.
["Birdman - The Reflection"]
Repeat 8x:
| C| Fmaj7| C| Fmaj7| C| Ab| Ddim| G| G|
["Birdman - Coda"]
||: C| F:||(repeated lots of times), C||
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Birdman
by McDonald and Giles
Chords in this song · guitar
A
E
F#
B
C
Fmaj7
G
A7
D7
E7
D
Bb
F
Dsus4
D5
Ddim
Bm
Dm
B7
C7
C#7
Ab
Abmaj7
Ab6
"Birdman" [involving "The Inventor's Dream (O.U.A.T)", "The Workshop",
"Wish-Bone Ascension", "Birdman Flies!", "Wings In The Sunset",
"Birdman - The Reflection"] (I. McDonald / P. Sinfield)
[Introduction]
Vocal chords:
-2--2--4--3--3-----------6--4--2--2--2--5--4--|
-5--5--5--5--5-----------5--5--5--2--4--5--5--|
-4--4--4--4--4-----5--4--2--4--4--2--2--4--4--|
----------------2-----------------2--2--2-----|
-0--------------------------2--2--------------|
----4--0--3--0-----------0-----------------0--|
Improv on E
["The Inventor's Dream (O.U.A.T)"]
A E A E A E A E
A E A E A E F# B E A
Long ago in Warnerstone, a man he dreamed a singular scheme,
A E A E A E A C Fmaj7
Had no wish to join the fish, but inside I'd love to fly.
A E A E A E F# B E A
Sat in bed and scratched his head, so absurd to fly like a bird,
A E A E A E A C Fmaj7
Time flew past until at last, late one night he saw the light.
A E A E A E F# B E A
Careful hands threw up the plans, shapes and things like cu-ri-ous wings,
A E A E A E F# B E A
Hieroglyphics most prolifics, numbered chalks with all of the pops,
F# B E A
Now the work starts ...
["The Workshop"]
A G A G A G A G
(2x)
A G A G A G A G
Toiled through days on stretched and strained, umpteen screws and nails too
A G A G A G A G
(2x)
A G A G A G A G
Harness leathers and rainbow feathers, hinges and joints that led him up far
A G A G A G A G
(2x)
A7 A7 A7 A7 D7 D7 A7 A7 E7 D7 A7 E7
sax solo: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(add elec guitar 2nd time, add sawing wood 3rd time, bass riff changes
4th time)
A A A A D D G G Bb F D D
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
["Wishbone Ascension"]
G Bb F D
With the golden throne beside, he saw that all the work was done,
G Bb F D
His face aglow, ran up the road, to wish that it would hold him still.
G Bb F Dsus4 D
Cast his eyes on distant skies, and slowly moved his arms,
A7 F D
Slowly up, then slowly down,
A7 F D Dsus4
Faster up, then faster down,
A7
Faster up, then faster down,
F D Dsus4 D5 Ddim Bm
--1-------2-----------3--------4---------5----6------7--------8-------|
--1-------3-----------3--------3---------3----7------7--------7-------|
--2-------2-----------2--------2---------2----7------7--------7-------|
--3-------0-----------0--------0---------0----0------0--------0-------|
--3-------------------------------------------------------------------|
--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Till at last with a swishing sound, he very gently left the ground;
Dm B7 C7 C#7 D7 G
---------9--------10--------11---12-----13---14--3--------|
---------7--------10--------10---11-----12---13--0--------|
---------7--------11--------11---12-----13---14--0--------|
---------0--------0---------0----0------0----0---0--------|
-------------------------------------------------2--------|
-------------------------------------------------3--------|
With a swishing sound, he very gently left the ground.
[Instrumental: "Birdman Flies!"]
Do the whole thing 8x in 3/4:
Gm (4x) Bb (4x) F (4x)
||-------------||-------------||-------------||
||---------3---||------3------||---------1---||
||*-----3-----*||*--3--------*||*-----2-----*||
||*--5--------*||*--------3--*||*--3--------*||
||-------------||-------------||-------------||
||-------------||-------------||-------------||
Then (in 4/4):
(4x) Bm/G# (= G#dim7)
||----------------||
||----------------||
||*--------------*||
||*--------3--5--*||
||---1--3---------||
||----------------||
["Wings in the Sunset"]
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
Weary from his journey, Birdman set for homeward,
C Ab Abmaj7 Ab6 Ab6 Ddim Bm/D
/3 ( #6)
Gliding through the sunset, he very gently floated down,
G G/F G/D
Down to the ground.
["Birdman - The Reflection"]
Repeat 8x:
C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Ab Ddim G G
| | | | | | | | | |
["Birdman - Coda"]
C F C
||: | :||(repeated lots of times), ||
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