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BIRD OF PREY
As recorded by Uriah Heep
(From the 1971 Album SALISBURY)
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 Eb5 D5 F5 Ab5
W W W W W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-/13----|
|-/14--------|-/12--------|-/10--------|-/14--------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
G5 Bb5 Ab5 G5 Eb5
W W W W W
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-/12--------|-/15--------|-/13--------|-/12--------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|-/12----|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|--------|
F5 Eb5 D5 F5 Ab5
Q H. Q H. Q H. Q H. Q H.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-/13--13-----|
|-/14--14-------|-/12--12-------|-/10--10-------|-/14--14-------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
G5 Bb5 Ab5 G5 Eb5
Q H. Q H. Q H. Q H. Q H.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-/12--12-------|-/15--15-------|-/13--13-------|-/12--12-------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-/12--12-----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
C5 Eb5 F5 Eb5 C5
PM PM
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 G5 Ab5 G5
PM PM PM 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
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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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