Sovay Tab by Andrew Bird


Sovay
    As recorded by Andrew Bird on the album The Mysterious Production of Eggs

Transcribed by Cameron Brydon (brydon5@hotmail.com)

Andrew Bird is an amazing singer/songwriter out of Chicago.  He is a one-man orchestra,
playing multiple instruments during each song, looping samples of each to build songs.

He is amazing live, putting on his entire show with just one person, Kevin O'Donnel, who
plays drums and keyboards simultaneously.  

Watch Andrew Bird live on www.fabchannel.com or on www.andrewbird.net, or go to
http://www.archive.org/audio/etreelisting-browse.php to download live audio.

Standard Tuning

Figure 1: 1st 1/2 of intro/verse riff

E---------------------------|---------------------------|
B---------------------------|---------------------------|
G------0-----0--------------|---------------------------|
D----2-----2-------0-----0--|-----2-----0------2-----0--|
A--3-----3-------2-----2----|---3-----3------3-----3----|
E--------------3-----3------|-1-----1------1-----1------|

Figure 2: 2nd 1/2 of intro riff
E---------------------------|---------------------------|
B------1---1--1--0----------|---------------------------|
G------0---0--0----0--------|-------------------0--0----|
D----2--------------------0-|-----2-------0-----2--0----|
A--3-----3--------------2---|---3-------3-------3--3----|
E----------------3----3-----|-1-------1-------1---------|

Play Figure 1 through all verses


Bridge
E-------------------
B-------------------
G-------------------
D-------------------
A-------------------
E--5--5--8--7--8--10

Chorus Chords
  Am  E  F#m variant  G#m variant    F
E--0--0------------------------------1---
B--1--0------------------------------1----
G--2--1--2------------4--------------2-----
D--2--2--X------------X--------------3-----
A--0--2--X------------X--------------3-----
E-----0--2------------4--------------1-----

Am    E    F#mV  G#mV   Am   E
   So-vay,    So-vay,     So-vay
F
All along the day

Verse 2 w/Figure 1



Verse 3 w/ Figure 1


Outro
Am-E-F#mV-G#mV (X2)
Am-E-Am

Sovay, Sovay, Sovay



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