• Song:

    Birthday Boys

  • Artist:

    Oysterhead

  • Album:

    The Grand Pecking Order

This is an uber song, by knowing this song, you are worthy of learning it on the guitar.

E--------|
C-0---0--|
G---0----|x8 (you can hit an Eb on the C string every once in awhile)
C--0---0-|
G--------|
C-0--0---|

E------------------------------------------|(5)   ()-pitch harmonics
C-3p0----0--3p0-2---3p0----0---------------|(5)
G-----0h3--------0-0----0h3----------------|(5)
C----0----0----0--2----0----0-0------------|x2
G---------------0--------------3p2p0-------|
C-0-----0---0-------0-----0---------3p0----|

verse
E-3-1-0--0------1-3------------------------|
C--0-0-0--0-4bp0-0-4p0----0--3p0-----0-----|
G----------------------0h2-------0h3-------|
C-0-0-0-0---0---0-0---0----0----0------0x2-|
G------------------------------------------|
C------------------0-----0---0-----0-------|

E---------------------0-1--------------------------|(5)
C-0h2-2-----0h2-2---2----2--3p0----0---------------|(5)
G--------------------0-0--0-----0h3----------------|(5)
C-----2-----2--------------2---0----0-0------------|x2
G-0------0------0-0-0-0----------------3p2p0-------|
C---------------------------0-----0---------3p0----|

Repeat verse

End off second verse with

E---------------------0-1-3--|
C-0h2-2-----0h2-2---2--------|
G--------------------0-0-0-0-|
C-----2-----2----------------|
G-0------0--------0-0-0-0-0--|
C----------------------------|

Chorus

E-5--7--8-------------3--5--6----------------------------------------|
C--5--5--5-7--7--7--7--3--3--3-5--5--5--5-5---7-8-9-----9--9-----9---|
G---5--5----0--0--0--0--3--3---------------6---6-6--10---10--10---10-|
C-5--5--5--0-0---0-0--3--3--3---2--2--2--2---------------------------|
G------------------------------3-3---3-3--6-6-6-6-10--10---10--10----|
C--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Do this again

E---------------------0-1-3--|
C-0h2-2-----0h2-2---2--------|
G--------------------0-0-0-0-|
C-----2-----2----------------|
G-0------0--------0-0-0-0-0--|
C----------------------------|

And then do the chorus again

Then do this

E-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
C--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
G---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7---|
C-7-----5-----4-----------7-----5-----4-----------7-----5-----4-----------|
G-------------------7-----------------------7-----------------------7-----|
C-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----|
C--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7---|
G---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
C-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
G---------------------------|
C---------------------------|

Now in that span of 7's somewhere, Tres Anastasio puts a capo on his guitar on the 7th 
easy? No... seemingly possible? No... But the rest of the song is just exactly what I 
tabbed, but capoed on the seventh fret and if you don't get it then just email me at
toejam10@hotmail.com


good luck!
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