Jethro Tull - Secret Language Of Birds guitar tab
Ian Anderson: Secret Language of Birds
Chords: Håkan Mattsson
Capo on 1st fret
Look below for footnotes *, ** and ***
Intro: D C D A G* A, G* A (repeat)
A G* A A---G---A**
This sparkling wine is all but empty
C D Bm G A
too late for trains and no taxis.
A G* A A---G---A**
I know the feeling, seems all too contrived
C D Bm A D
there was no master plan, but the fact is
D C
you must stay with me
C D (G*) A A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds
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A G* A A---G---A**
Attend to the dawn about to be breaking
C D Bm G A
on a Rousseau garden with monkeys in hiding
A G* A A---G---A**
The truth of the matter (yet to be spoken)
C D Bm A D
in words on which everything, everything's riding
D C
now stay with me
C D (G*) A A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds
D C
now stay with me
C D (G*) A A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds
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E D D---A---E
Circled by swallows
E D D---A---E
in a world for the weary,
F#m D D---A---G
Chorded by warblers
G G?*** intro
wicked and eloqueent trilling.
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A G* A A---G---A**
Lie in the stillness, window cracked open,
C D Bm G A
extended moments, (h)ours for the taking.
A G* A A---G---A**
Careless hair on the pillow, a bold brush-stroke,
C D Bm A D
painted first with a chorus, a chorus in waiting.
D C
stay with me
C D (G*) A A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds
D C
yeah stay with me
C D (G*) A A G* A, A G* A
and learn the secret language of birds
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Footnotes:
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* : I play this G with all strings open (just let go of the A chord, play some of the
middle strings)
** : these A---G---A chords are played as:
A G A
--5-5-5------3-3-3-------------
--5-5-5------3-3-3------2-2-2--
--6-6-6------4-4-4------2-2-2--
--7-7-7------5-5-5------2-2-2--
--X-X-X------X-X-X-------------
--X-X-X------X-X-X------X-X-X--
i.e. the first A and G are as F chords at pos. 5 and 3
*** : this G? chord sounds something like
-3- ( -3- )
-2- ( --- )
--- (normal G: --- )
--- ( --- )
-X- ( -2- )
-3- ( -3- )
