Bird of Prey Uriah Heep
As recorded by Uriah Heep
(From the 1971 Album SALISBURY)
Transcribed by Drimascus_God_Of_Thunder
Words and Music by Box/Byron/Newton
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Box'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Box 2'
Intro
Q=200
N.C.
[4/4] Gtr I
PM PM PM PM
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-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------o|| ||------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|| ||------------------|-1----3----1--|-----------------|-6-----5-------|| ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----6-----5---o|| ||------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
N.C.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W W
||--------------|---------------|----------|-------|| ||o-------------|---------------|----------|------o|| ||--------------|---------------|----------|-------|| ||--------------|---------------|----------|-------|| ||o-3--5--6--5--|-8--6--11--10--|----------|------o|| ||--------------|---------------|----------|-------||
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W W
||--------------|---------------|----------|-------|| ||o-------------|---------------|----------|------o|| ||--------------|---------------|----------|-------|| ||--1--3--5--3--|-6--5--10---8--|----------|-------|| ||o-------------|---------------|----------|------o|| ||--------------|---------------|----------|-------||
N.C.
PM PM PM PM
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-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------o|| ||------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|| ||------------------|-1----3----1--|-----------------|-6-----5------|| ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----6-----5--o|| ||------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------||
Verse
$
[C5]
[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-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C5 N.C. C5 N.C.
PM PM PM PM
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
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|| |-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------o|| |-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|| |-----------------|-1----3----1--|-----------------|-6-----5-------|| |-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|----3----3----|-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|----6-----5---o|| |-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
N.C.
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
[F5] W [Eb5] W [D5] W [F5] W [Ab5] W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|-/13----| |-/14--------|-/12--------|-/10--------|-/14--------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
[G5] W [Bb5] W [Ab5] W [G5] W [Eb5] W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------| |-/12--------|-/15--------|-/13--------|-/12--------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|-/12----| |------------|------------|------------|------------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|--------| |------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
[F5] Q H. [Eb5] Q H. [D5] Q H. [F5] Q H. [Ab5] Q H.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-/13--13-----| |-/14--14-------|-/12--12-------|-/10--10-------|-/14--14-------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
[G5] Q H. [Bb5] Q H. [Ab5] Q H. [G5] Q H. [Eb5] Q H.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |-/12--12-------|-/15--15-------|-/13--13-------|-/12--12-------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-/12--12-----| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
[C5] [Eb5] PM [F5] PM[Eb5] [C5]
Q H. Q E Q E Q Q H.
||-------------|------------------|------------| ||o------------|------------------|------------| ||-------------|-3------5------3--|------------| ||--5----------|-1------3------1--|-5----------| ||o-3----------|----(3)----(3)----|-3----------| ||-------------|------------------|------------|
1. 2.
D.S.
[Ab5] PM [G5] PM [Ab5] PM [G5] PM
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------||------------------| |-----------------o||------------------| |-8-------7--------||-8-------7--------| |-6-------5--------||-6-------5--------| |----(6)-----(5)--o||----(6)-----(5)---| |------------------||------------------|
Interlude
E=200
[C5]W W
|----------|------------------| |----------|------------------| |----------|------------------| |----------|------------------| |----------|------------------| |----------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H. S S E
|----------|------------------| |----------|------------------| |----------|---------------12-| |----------|---------10-13----| |----------|------------------| |----------|------------------|
N.C.
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |----------------1-----0-|----------------1-----0-| |--3--3-1-2-3-3----------|--3--3-1-2-3-3----------| |------------------------|------------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~
| H. E E H. E E
|-15---------------------|------------------------| |---------------15b17r15-|------------------------| |------------------------|-12------------12b13r12-| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|
N.C.
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |----------------1-----0-|--------------1-0-| |--3--3-1-2-3-3----------|--3-3-1-2-3-3-----| |------------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~
| H. S S E W
|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |-10------------13-12-10-|------------------| |------------------------|-10---------------| |------------------------|------------------|
N.C.
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------| ||--------------1-0-|-------------1-0-| ||o-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----| ||------------------|-----------------|
|
| W W
||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------|
N.C. N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------------|-------------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------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Outro
N.C. N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------------o||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| |-------------1-0-|-----------------||-------------1-0-|-------------1-0--| |-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3------o||-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3------| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-------------1-0-| |-------------1-0-|----------------|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----| |-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
N.C. C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------*| |-------------1-0-|-----------------|----------------*| |-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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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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