Bones Of Birds Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays474

Bones Of Birds by Soundgarden is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A5, F5, C5 and Ab5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			


INTRO: 

E|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
D|------4-----0h4h6-6^7--6--4--|------4-----0h4h6-6^7--6----| 
A|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
D|-0--0------------------------|-0--0-----------------------| 

VERSE: 

|-------------------------|-----------------------| 
|-------------------------|-----------------------| 
|-------------------------|-----------------------| 
|------4----0h4h6-6^7--6--|------4----0h4h6-6^7---| 
|-------------------------|-----------------------| 
|-0--0--------------------|-4---------------------| 

PRE-CHORUS (?) 

|-------------------------|----------------------------| 
|-------------------------|----------------------------| 
|-------------------------|----------------------------| 
|-5---5---5--6--X-6---6/--|---------------6--X-6---6/--| 
|-7---7---7--3--X-3---3/--|-10---10---10--6--X-6---6/--| 
|-7---7---7--3--X-3---3/--|-10---10---10--6--X-6---6/--| 

CHORUS: 

  A5           F5        C5             Ab5 
|----------------------|------------------------| 
|----------------------|------------------------| 
|---------<7>----------|-----------------<7>----| 
|-----<7>------<10>*---|------------------------| 
|---<7>----------------|--<10>*-----------------| 
|-<7>------------------|------------------------| 

* Without distortion and effects, those harmonics will barely be audible. 

BRIDGE: 

|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
|------4-----0h4h6-6^7--6--4--|------4-----0h4h6-6^7--6----| 
|-----------------------------|----------------------------| 
|-0--0------------------------|-0--0-----------------------| 

||-------10---9-9\7-7\5-5/--|-9\----------------------------|| 
||--------------------------|------7------------------------|| 
||o-------7----6-6\4-4\2-2/-|-6\---------------------------o|| 
||o-------------------------|------4-------0h4h6-6^7--6----o|| 
||--------------------------|-------------------------------|| 
||--0-----------------------|-------------------------------|| 

SECOND PRE-CHORUS (the other guitar): 

|----------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|----------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|-------5^6-----------6^7----|---------8^10------------10^11----| 
|-0---0------0---------------|----------------------------------| 
|---------------3---3------3-|-10---10-------10--6---6--------6-| 

Not quite sure about the bends. 

DIFFERENT PART AFTER SECOND CHORUS (I don't now what to call it): 

|-------------------| 
|-------------------| 
|-2---2/---5--5--5--| 
|-3---3/---6--6--6--| 
|-------------------| 
|-3---3/---6--6--6--| 

END (with bass): 

|--------------------|--------------------| 
|--------------------|--------------------| 
|--------------------|--------------------| 
|--------------------|--------------------| 
|--------------------|--------------------| 
|-0--------0-2-0-4-2-|-0----------4-2-0-2-| 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante