"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)
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)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mcdonald_and_giles/birdman_crd.html ]
| 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 Ab6/3 Ddim ([ch]Bm/D[/ch] #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 :||(repeated lots of times), C ||
