Uriah Heep - Bird Of Prey Chords & Tabs

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BIRD OF PREY (Bassline)
As recorded by Uriah Heep
(From the 1971 Album SALISBURY)




 Words and Music by Box/Byron/Newton

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'


   Intro
    Q=200
   4/4
    Gtr I
    E E E E E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
||o-----------------|-1----3----1--|-----------------|-6-----5------o||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----6-----5---o||
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||


    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q   Q   Q    W          W
||--------------|---------------|----------|-------||
||o-------------|---------------|----------|------o||
||o-3--5--6--5--|-8--6--11--10--|----------|------o||
||--------------|---------------|----------|-------||


    E E E E E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------||
||o-----------------|-1----3----1--|-----------------|-6-----5-----o||
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----6-----5--o||
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------||


   Verse
    $
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   Q  E Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    4x
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-1----3----1--|-----------------|-6-----5------o||
|-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|----3----3----|-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|----6-----5---o||
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||


  Q  E Q  E Q    E Q  E Q  Q    Q  E Q  E  Q     E  Q   E  Q   Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-3--3-4--4-5--|-5-6--6-7--7--|-8--8-9--9-10--|-10-11--11-12--12---|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------------|


   Lead
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||
|-----------------|------------------||

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/uriah_heep/bird_of_prey_btab.html ]
    Q  H.        Q   E  Q   E  Q    Q  H.
||-------------|------------------|------------|
||o------------|-1------3------1--|------------|
||o-3----------|----(3)----(3)----|-3----------|
||-------------|------------------|------------|


 1.                  2.
                             D.S.
  Q   Q   Q   Q       Q   Q   Q   Q
|------------------||------------------|
|-6-------5-------o||-6-------5--------|
|----(6)-----(5)--o||----(6)-----(5)---|
|------------------||------------------|


 Interlude
  E=200
  Wx2            E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------||------------------|------------------||
|------------||o-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-o||
|------------||o-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----o||
|------------||------------------|------------------||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|----------------|
||o-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.
|-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|-----------------|------------------||
|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-------------1-0-|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


 Outro
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|-----------------|
|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.
|-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-------------1-0-|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*|




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths