Bird - Billie Marten Chords
Chords: Cbadd9, Ebm7, Dbadd9, Gbadd6, Bbm, Cb, Gb, Db, Cb/Eb, Ebm
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Genre: indie, folk, pop
Hello! I've put the exact chords in as accurately as I could, so if you want
to change the voicing or
improvise or add parts, you've got it exactly. HOWEVER - in practical terms,
the vast majority* of the song
just has RH playing (top to bottom) Eb, Db and Gb, with the LH just playing
the
bass notes of the chords. Soif you just want to play it like it sounds on the
record and not fiddle around
with it at all, that's how to do it...
*(The exception being during the middle 8 and the first time round the chorus
that immediately follows it,
where the chords are simpler: play those in root position except the C/Eb
which you should voice with a Cb
at the top, falling to a Bb (at the top of the Eb chord) at the start of the
new line).
The rising Bb bass in brackets is optional - seems to be there in the live
version but not the studio
recording. But it's quite nice.
There's a good live version on youtube here: https://youtu.be/bw9bwitmtG0
which is extremely close to the
studio version, and you can see the pianist's fingers quite clearly for much
of it. Handy, right?
[Intro]
Cbadd9 Abm7add11 Ebm7 x2
[Verse 1]
Cbadd9 Abm7add11 Ebm7
She’s underwater again
Cbadd9 Abm7add11 Ebm7
Somebody’s daughter, a friend
Cbadd9 Abm7add11 Ebm7
In the night in the dark in the cold
Gbadd6/Bb Cbadd9 N.C.
As she walks far away
[Chorus]
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