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Swan swan hummingbird R.E.M
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REM - Swan Swan Hummingbird
This is the tablature and chords for REMs Swan Swan Humming Bird. I
got the words and chords from Scott A. Yanoff
(yanoff@csd4.csd.uwm.edu). I have included my tablature for what
goes on behind the singing. I hope it is satisfactory, being my
first tablature.
The Rhythm guitar is played on a 12 - string while the other part is
played on a regular 6 - string.
This song is in 6/8 time. In the intro, Peter plays an Am chord. On
beat four, he lifts up his finger on the second fret of the D string
then hammers it right back on. Its an old trick but one of my
favorites. He also does it on the Dm chord when it's played for a
whole 6 beats - except of course, he lifts his finger off of the G
string.
Am Dm G
Swan swan hummingbird
Am Dm
Hurrah we are all free now
Am Dm G
What noisy cats are we
Am Dm
Girl and dog he bore his cross
Am Dm G Am
A long low time ago people talk to me
Em F
Johnny Reb what's the price of pans
Em F
Forty a piece or three for one dollar
Em F
Hey captain don't you want to buy
Em C G
Some bone chains and toothpicks
{same as first verse}
Night weaves her hair chains
Years you wouldn't bring back sing
Wooden beams and dove tails sweep
I struck that picture ninety times
I walked that path a hundred ninety
Long low time ago people talk to me
G Bm
A pistol hot cup of rhyme
C D
The whiskey is water the water is wine
G Bm C C/B
Marching feet Johnny Reb what's the price of heroes
Six and one half dozen the other
Tell that to the captain's mother
Hey captain don't you want to buy
Some bone chains and toothpicks
Night weaves her hair chains
Swan swan hummingbird
Hurrah we are all free now
What noisy cats are we
Long low time ago people talk to me
A pistol hot cup of rhyme
{end on Am}
The whiskey is water the water is wine
Here's what goes on in the background:
#1:
Swan Swan...
Am Dm G Am Dm
(D)--------0-2-|-0---|-----|-------0-2-|-0-|
(A)-0-2-3------|---0-|-----|-0-2-3-----|---| Back over
(E)------------|-----|-3---|-----------|---|
#2:
Johnny rep...
Em F Em F
(A)-2---0-2-|-3-0---|-2---0-2-|-3-|
(E)---3-----|-----1-|---3-----|---|
When switching from #1 to #2 or #3 do this
...some bones, chains...
Em F Em Am
(A)-2---0-2-|-3--|-2---|-0-2-3-|
(E)---3-----|----|-----|-------| ... 1st time
| G D C D
This on (G)-----|-0-0-0-----|---------|---------|---------|
A Pistol... (D)---0-|-------4-2-|-4-2-0-0-|---------|-0-0-2-4-|
(#3) (A)-----|-----------|---------|-3-3-2-3-|---------|
|2nd time
|D Em
(D) |-0-0-0-|Six...
(A) |-------|
I hope that you can make sense out of this mess. Well figuring it
out should be interesting.
Enjoy,
Michael.
PS. Thanks for keeping this up James!
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