Uriah Heep - Bird of Prey

      
 
 BIRD OF PREY (Bassline)
 As recorded by Uriah Heep
 (From the 1971 Album SALISBURY)
 
 
 Words and Music by Box/Byron/Newton
 
 
 Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
 
 Intro
 Q=200
 4/4   
  Gtr I
 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-----------------|-1----3----1--|-----------------|-6-----5------o||
 ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----6-----5---o||
 ||------------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
 

 
 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W W

 ||--------------|---------------|----------|-------||
 ||o-------------|---------------|----------|------o||
 ||o-3--5--6--5--|-8--6--11--10--|----------|------o||
 ||--------------|---------------|----------|-------||
 

 
 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-----------------|-1----3----1--|-----------------|-6-----5-----o||
 ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----3----3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----6-----5--o||
 ||------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------||
 

 
 Verse
 $
 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-|
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 

 
 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

 |-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
 |-----------------|-1----3----1--|-----------------|-6-----5------o||
 |-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|----3----3----|-1-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-|----6-----5---o||
 |-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------||
 

 
 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
 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-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 

 
 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 
                                 

 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 

 
 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 
                 

 |-----------------|------------------||
 |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------o||
 |-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||
 |-----------------|------------------||
 

 
 ( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/u/uriah_heep/bird_of_prey_btab.html )
 Q H. Q E Q E Q Q H.

 ||-------------|------------------|------------|
 ||o------------|-1------3------1--|------------|
 ||o-3----------|----(3)----(3)----|-3----------|
 ||-------------|------------------|------------|
 

 
 1. 2.
 D.S.
 Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

 |------------------||------------------|
 |-6-------5-------o||-6-------5--------|
 |----(6)-----(5)--o||----(6)-----(5)---|
 |------------------||------------------|
 

 
 Interlude
 E=200
 Wx2 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

 |------------||------------------|------------------||
 |------------||o-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-o||
 |------------||o-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----o||
 |------------||------------------|------------------||
 

 
 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 Q.

 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
 ||o-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|----------------|
 ||o-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3------|
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
 

 
 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 Q.

 |-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|-----------------|------------------||
 |-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-------------1-0-|-----------------o||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-3-3-1-2-3-------o||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
 

 
 Outro
 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 Q.

 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-------------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-------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 

 
 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 Q.

 |-------------1-0-|-------------1-0-|-----------------|-----------------*|
 |-3-3-1-2-3-3-----|-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