Our Lady Peace - The Birdman Chords & Tabs

Bob Morgano 

Feel free to E-mail me with all comments and criticisms at:    =
 morgano@ici.net

Our Lady Peace
"Birdman"
>From the Album "Naveed" (Sony Music Entertainment)
(Music by Mike Turner, Raine Maida, Chris Eacrett, Arnold Lanni)
(Words by Raine Maida)
(c 1994 Sony Music Publishing/Under Zenith Publishing/Seacret
Publishing/Catchit Songs/
 Lanni Songs)

Transcribed by: Bob Morgano (morgano@ici.net)

Time:4/4

Tuning: 6-Eb 5-Ab 4-Db 3-Gb 2-Bb 1-Eb

Riff: #1  (Let Ring)
    ___________     ___________       ___________     ___________
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--|--|--14_(14)--|---|--14---|---|--|
|-14----------14_(14)-----14_(14)-|-17----------16_(16)-----16_(16)-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

    1      2       3       4         1       2       3       4
    ___________     ___________       ___________     ___________
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |    
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--| 
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|--14---|---|---|--14---|--14--|--|--14---|---|---|--14---|---|--|
|-12------12--14_(14)-----14------|-12------12--14_(14)-----14_(14)-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
          =20
    1      2       3       4         1       2       3       4


Riff: 2                       Riff: 3  (Let Ring)

                                    ____      _______      ____            
     |                             |    |    |    |__|    |    |     |   
|----|-------------------|    |----|----|----|----|--|----|----|-----|----|
|----|-------------------|    |----|----|----|---15p14----|----|----17~v--|
|----|-------------------|    |----|----|----|-----------14----|----------|
|----2-------------------|    |----|----|----|----------------14----------|
|----2-------------------|    |----|----|----|----------------------------|
|----0-------------------|    |----0___(0)__(0)---------------------------|

     1    2    3    4              1         2            3          4

Riff: 4A (Let All Notes Ring Except:*)
*
    ___________    ___________       ___________     ___________         
   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |        
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|
|--|---9__(9)--|--|---9__(9)--9--|--|---9__(9)--|---|---9---|---|--|
|--9-----------9_(9)-------------|-12----------11_(11)-----11---|--|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|--|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------0--|

   1       2      3       4         1       2       3       4   


Riff: 4B (Let All Notes Ring Except:*)
*                                                                      
    ___________    ___________       ___________    ___________         
   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |        
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|--|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--|--|---9---|---|--|---9---|---|--|
|--7-------7---9_(9)------9---7__|_(7)------7---9_(9)------9---|--|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|--|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------0--|

   1       2      3       4         1       2      3       4 
                                        
Riff: 5A
    ___      ___                        ____     ___        ______
   |   |    |   |   |      |       |   |    |   |   |      |   |__|      
|--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--|
|--|---|----|---|---|------|----|--|---|----|---|---|------|---|--|--|
|-16_(16)_(16)_16-(16)___(16)---|-19_(19)_(19)-18_(18)___(18)-14-14--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-14_(14)_(14)_14-(14)___(14)---|-17_(17)_(19)-16_(16)___(16)-12-12--|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|

   1        2       3      4       1   2        3          4    
     
Riff: 5B
    ___      _____                   ____      _____
   |   |    |     |   |      |      |    |    |   __|    |      |
|--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--|
|--|---|----|-----|---|------|---|--|----|----|-----|----|------|--|
|-14_(14)_(14)/s/16_(16)___(16)--|-14__(14)_(14)/s/16__(16)___(16)-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-12_(12)_(12)/s/14_(16)___(14)--|-12__(12)_(14)/s/14__(14)___(14)-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|

   1        2         3      4      1         2          3      4

Riff: 6                                    

                                                                           
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---|
|---5________(5)---------|---4___(4)----3___(3)---|
|---3________(3)---------|---2___(2)----1___(1)---|

    1    2    3    4         1    2     3    4

Riff: 7A

          
    ________    ______                  ____            
   |__|__|__|  |   |__|  |   |\  |\    |  __|  |\  |\  |\  |\
|--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|\--|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|--|--|--|--|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--|
|--9--9--9--9--9---X--X--9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--|
|--7--7--7--7--7---X--X--9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--|
|------------------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/o/our_lady_peace/the_birdman_tab.html ]
   1           2         3     4       1       2     3   4            
                                                  
Riff: 7B
    ____                      ____
   |  __|  |\  |\  |\  |\    |  __|  |\  |\  |\  |\                         
|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|--|----|--|---|---|---|--|
|--9----9--9---|---|---|--|--7----7--7---|---|---|--|
|--9----9--9---9---8---7--|--7----7--7---5---6---7--|
|--7----7--7---9---8---7--|--5----5--5---5---6---7--|
|--------------7---6---5--|--------------3---4---5--|

   1       2     3   4       1       2     3   4


Riff: 8 (Note: The time signature on this one riff is 6/4)=20

     |--------------------Slightly Muted--------------------|    
     ______________      ______________      ______________
    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | 
|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|---|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|----|---|
|---9----9----9----7----7----7---10---10---10---12---12---12---|
|---7----7----7----5----5----5----8----8----8---10---10---10---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

    1         2         3         4         5         6

Riff: 9 (Guitar Solo)
    ________     ________________        _________     _________
   |  |  |  |   |   |  |         |      |   |  |  |   |   |  |  |
|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|---------|--|---|---|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|
|-12-12-12-12_(12)-12-12--------12__|_(12)-12-12-12_(12)-12-12-12--|
|-12-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-(11)/h\12__|_(12)-12-12-11_(11)-11-11-11--|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------|

   1     2      3      4                1      2      3      4
    ________     __________       ____________     __________
   |  |  |  |   |    |  |  |     |   |   |    |   |   |  |   |
|--|--|--|--|---|----|--|--|--|--|---|---|----|---|---|--|---|--|
|-12-12-12-12_(12)--12-12-12--|-12_(12)-12----|---|--14-14_(14)-|
|-12-12-12-11_(11)--11-11-11--|-12_(12)-12/s/14_(14)-14-14_(14)-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|

   1     2      3       4        1       2        3      4
       _____       _____________        ______     ___       _____________
      |  |  |     |   |    |    |      |   |__|   |   |     |   |    |    |
|-----|--|--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|---|
|----12-12--|-----|---|----|----|---|--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|---|
|----12-12-11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|

   1     2        3        4           1          2         3        4
    ______     ___       _____________        ______     ___   
   |   |__|   |   |     |   |    |    |      |   |__|   |   |   |     |
|--|---|--|---|---|-----|---|----|----|---|--|---|--|---|---|---|-----|--|
|--|--12-12--12---|-----|---|----|----|---|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--|
|-12--12-12--12--11~v_(11)-11~v-11~v-11~v-|-12--12-12--12--12--14----10--|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------|

   1          2         3        4           1          2       3     4
=20
Arrangement:

Intro/First Verse:

| Riff 1 |=20
Hopelessly, a man starts to feed your day
| Riff 1 |
Once was there, you never looked back
| Riff 1 |
How do you think those words might just fade away?
| Riff 1 |
He's harmless enough so you let him in and now you'll pay

?

| Riff 2 | (slight feedback)|
I can't see him but he's stuck in my thoughts

?=20

| Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Ooh Yeaheeee!

Second Verse:

| Riff 4A | Riff 4B |
How does it feel when you can't concentrate? I just stare
| Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
All of your daydreams are a seesaw for him to play on
| Riff 5A | Riff 5B |
Now do you feel when he calls your name? You plug your ears but, it's not
the same
| Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Yeah, do you know when he pulls you back?  Oh, he pulls you back, back, back

Pre Chorus:

| Riff 6 |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on...

Chorus:

| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, but I just can't trust him tonight...

Main Riff:

| Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |

Third Verse:

| Riff 4A | Riff 4B |
How do you forget a stranger that plagues your days...=20
| Riff 4A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
We arm ourselves when there's nothing to fear right? Wrong...
| Riff 5A | Riff 5B |
Now do you feel when it comes to pass? There's something there but, It's not
quite right...
| Riff 5A | Riff 3 | Riff 3 |
Yeah, do you know? Does it make you mad?  Oh, it makes you mad, mad, mad...

Pre Chorus:

| Riff 6 |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on...

Chorus:

| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, Nobody's right, but I can't trust him tonight...

Bridge:

| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him, I feel him close...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him, I feel him hide...

Solo:

| Riff 9 |
How do we find out...=20
=20
Chorus:

| Riff 7A | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, but I can't trust him tonight...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, the BIRDMAN wouldn't lie...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Nobody's wrong, nobody's right, people I know you people...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, and on and
on...
| Riff 7B | Riff 7B |
Get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on, get it on...

Outro:

| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him close, I feel him...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him close, I feel him hide...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 |
I feel him hide, yeah, yeah, yeah...
| Riff 8 | Riff 8 | Riff 8 | (ends very loosely)