Agalloch - Birch Black Chords & Tabs

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			     Birch Black - Agalloch
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Tabbed by: Jeff Cameron
Email: jcameron99@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Intro, solo steel-string acoustic

e|---0-----0-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---3/5-5---5\3-0--0-----0--------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------2/4-4---4\2-0--0-----0-----0-----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------2/4-4—--4/5-5-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------12+ --------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------12+ --------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------12+ --------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3h5-2-------3-3-3-3h5-2--------------------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0-0---0-------0-0-0-0---0--------------------------------------------|

e|---0-----0-------0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------|
B|---3/5-5—--5\3-0-1-1-1-0--0-0-0-0---0--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------2-2-2-2/4-0--------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------12+ --------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------12+ --------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------12+ --------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3h5-2-------3-3-3-3h5-2--------------------------------------------|
E|--0-0-0-0---0-------0-0-0-0---0--------------------------------------------|

Verse (I’m leaving out the background pick scrapes and slides)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/agalloch/birch_black_tab.html ]
Guitar 1, steel-string acoustic
e|---0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0----Strum this Em chord throughout the section-------------------------|
D|---2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2, electric distortion
(This part sounds like it is played an octave lower than I tab it here. I think this is 
done with a –1 octave whammy pedal or a drop-D tuned guitar)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5-4h5--0-0-0-2~~~----5-4-2-0h2-0-0-0-2~~~----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus

Guitar 1, steel-string acoustic, strum each chord 4 beats
e|---0--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---2--0----Alternate between these chords, but there may be others---------|
D|---2--2----in the part which are more difficult to hear--------------------|
A|---0--2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---0--0--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2, electric, fast picking, repeat
e|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-15-12-12-15-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------For this part just pick E quickly and at the right times------------|
D|-------hit the G-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Just repeat those parts and you’re golden, enjoy!

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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