------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIVERS, VEINS, AND ROOTS - Mimicking Birds ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: iluvvsmp2 E-mail: bregan1992@gmail.com Tuning: standard - EADGBe Acoustic Guitar: the chords tend to be a little palm-muted during the vocals D F#m C Em Cadd9 e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| B|--7--| B|-10--| B|--5--| B|--8--| B|--3--| G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--| D|--7--| D|-11--| D|--5--| D|--9--| D|--5--| A|--5--| A|--9--| A|--3--| A|--7--| A|--3--| E|--5--| E|--9--| E|--3--| E|--7--| E|--3--| Electric Guitar: Verse 5: just play one downstroke per chord, slightly arpeggiated D F#m C Em e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| B|--7--| B|-10--| B|--5--| B|--8--| G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--| G|--x--| D|--7--| D|-11--| D|--5--| D|--9--| A|--5--| A|--9--| A|--3--| A|--7--| E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| Verses 4 & 6: they're just power chords D F#m C Em e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| e|-----| B|-----| B|-----| B|-----| B|-----| G|--7--| G|-11--| G|--5--| G|--9--| D|--7--| D|-11--| D|--5--| D|--9--| A|--5--| A|--9--| A|--3--| A|--7--| E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| Intro D - F#m - C - D D - F#m - C - Em D - F#m - C - D D - F#m - C - Cadd9 - C D F#m C D all my friends are vultures in a way D F#m C Em when i'm not dead they fly away D F#m C D circling around some other still living prey D F#m C D waiting for them to crawl so they can eat their face D F#m C D and in the salty underground everywhere D F#m C Em there's more roots than i can bear D F#m C D growing down and around some bastard's preserved mastodon's hair D F#m C D and sure the archaeologists knew that their souls were still there too Solo Chords: same as intro Solo Guitar: e|--------------------------------------------| B|--5h7p5-7---7///12---10\--5--/10-8-7-----5--| G|----------------11-------------------9-7----| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------| B|----5h7---7///12---10---5--5/8-8------------| G|--7-----------10---------------7------------| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------| B|--5h7p5-7---7///12---10---5---10-8-7-5---5--| G|----------------11--------5------------7----| D|--------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|----5h7--------------------------------------------------| G|--7-------7---9---7---5---------------------------5-4-2--| D|--------------7------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| D F#m C D and all these species' secrets left in the slate D F#m C Em ?nu?fay?vee?uh?wayd? so spawn the industrial age D F#m C D but all our basic concepts basically say that it's D F#m C D all relatively arranged in such familiar ways C D such familiar ways x3 C in such... D ...familiar ways D F#m C D the new someday soon run away from me D F#m C Em draw one more scar hard on my heart D F#m C D the flesh is much stronger where it's been torn once D F#m like an arc weld holds - C D holds... things together 'till they're apart D F#m C D and all my friends are vultures in a way D F#m C Em when i'm not alive they are over and away D F#m C D fluttering around this carcass just casually eating my brains D F#m C D no feathers on their heads, no flesh left on my face D F#m C D and in the shifty underground everywhere D F#m C Em there's a few more roots than i can really bear D F#m C D and on the surface the lights wide open where D F#m the water runs to C D like the roots... do D F#m C D and i knew someday the ruin might be built by me D F#m C Em just one more stone stacked ridiculously high D F#m C D the solid is much weaker where it's been worn some by the D F#m weather's lows - C D low... pressure zones End Solo: e|------------------------------------------------| B|--7-5h7p5-7---7/12-12\10-10\--5--/10-8-7-----5--| G|-------------------11---------5----------9-7----| D|--------------------9---------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------| B|----5h7--7--/12-10-10\\5--5/8-8-----------------| G|--7----------11---------------7-----------------| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------| B|----5h7p5-7---7///12\10-10\5--5/10-8--7/5---5---| G|--7---------------11-------0--------------7-----| D|------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|----5h7------------------------------------------------------| G|--7-------7---9--7-7----5-------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-4\2---| D|--------------7-------5-----------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************