Bird of Prey Uriah Heep
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: http://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-------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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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
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| - 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
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