One Wing - basic tab

[leeortz]

Capo 7th

 

Intro:

 

Bm D

 

Verse:

 

Bm D x2

G Em D G

 

 

Bm D

We belonged to a bird

Bm D

Who cast his shadow on this world

G Em

You were a blessing and I was a curse

Em D G

I did my best not to make things worse, for you

Bm D

It isn't true

Bm D

I always knew this would be our fate

G Em

This is what happens when we separate

Em D G

This is what happens to all dead weight, eventually

Bm D

We may as well be made of stone

Bm D

We can't be formed

 

G Em

One Wing will never fly

D

Neither yours nor mine

G

I fear we can only wave goodbye

 

 

(at some point it changes to this...I think)

 

Em G

One wing will never ever fly

D

Neither yours nor mine

G

I fear we can only wave goodbye

 

One wing will never ever fly dear

Nether yours nor mine

I fear we can only wave goodbye

 

 

 

Any help would be, well, helpful...thanks! Hope this is a starting point.

[leeortz]

Capo 7th

 

Intro:

 

Bm D

 

Verse:

 

Bm D x2

G Em D G

 

 

Bm D

We belonged to a bird

Bm D

Who cast his shadow on this world

G Em

You were a blessing and I was a curse

Em D G

I did my best not to make things worse, for you

Bm D

It isn't true

Bm D

I always knew this would be our fate

G Em

This is what happens when we separate

Em D G

This is what happens to all dead weight, eventually

Bm D

We may as well be made of stone

Bm D

We can't be formed

 

G Em

One Wing will never fly

D

Neither yours nor mine

G

I fear we can only wave goodbye

 

 

(at some point it changes to this...I think)

 

Em G

One wing will never ever fly

D

Neither yours nor mine

G

I fear we can only wave goodbye

 

One wing will never ever fly dear

Nether yours nor mine

I fear we can only wave goodbye

 

 

 

Any help would be, well, helpful...thanks! Hope this is a starting point.

 

 

I couldn't really separate the chords well, but if you listen to the song you can catch the changes.

[anthony]

I couldn't really separate the chords well, but if you listen to the song you can catch the changes.

Try putting it in "code" tags.

[Gobias Industries]

It's probably easier to play this capo 2, just FYI. If need be I can put something up, but if I don't have to...

[leeortz]

with the Capo on the 2nd fret, which I agree, is easier the chords are:

 

Verse

 

Em G X2

C Am

G C

 

Chorus:

 

C Am G C

[leeortz]

I saw the capo on the 7th fret here:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsjCzx89uvM...feature=related

 

Thanks!

[Gobias Industries]

I saw the capo on the 7th fret here:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsjCzx89uvM...feature=related

 

Thanks!

 

I see a capo five, and the chord formations I described above, but that's just me...

[H to the ickle]

If you're playing Capo 3, the little slide/fill between stanzas is something like

 

 

G]-2/-4/-2p-0

D]-----------2

 

 

Which would of course harmonize with a higher bit if playing with though guitars, but on its own it sounds pretty good.

[leeortz]

I see a capo five, and the chord formations I described above, but that's just me...

 

 

You're right!

 

Thanks!

[smc2411]

So it is played Capo 5 using the Em G C Am?

[Gobias Industries]

So it is played Capo 5 using the Em G C Am?

 

Old live version is capo 5 with those chord formations (though I play Cmaj7 instead of C), but on the record, if you've heard it, it's capo 2.

[bkriner]

Old live version is capo 5 with those chord formations (though I play Cmaj7 instead of C), but on the record, if you've heard it, it's capo 2.

 

*I've edited this since the original post to include suggestions by others*

 

So then the Capo 2 version would be something like:

 

Em G* x2

Em               G*
We belonged to a bird
Em                          G*
Who cast his shadow on this world
Cmaj7                   Am
You were a blessing and I was a curse
Am                    G                 Cma7*
I did my best not to make things worse, for you
Em       G*
It isn't true
Em                              G*
I always knew this would be our fate
Cma7                         Am
This is what happens when we separate
Am                      G                     Cma7*
This is what happens to all dead weight, eventually
Em                        G*
We may as well be made of stone
Em          G
We can't be formed

Cmaj7                     Am
One Wing will never ever fly
                 G
Neither yours nor mine
                       Cmaj7*
I fear we can only wave goodbye

Em G* x2
Cmaj7

Cmaj7                    Am
One Wing will never ever fly
                 G       
Neither yours nor mine
D

Cmaj7                    Am
One Wing will never ever fly dear
                 G
Neither yours nor mine
                       Cmaj7
I fear we can only wave goodbye

Asus2               Am
One Wing will never fly dear
                 G
Neither yours nor mine
                       Cmaj7*     
I fear we can only wave goodbye

end on Em

The little fill after each chord where you see an asterisk * goes like:

G]-2/-h4/-p2-0

Edited June 10, 2009 by bkriner

[bkriner]

If you're playing Capo 3, the little slide/fill between stanzas is something like

 

 

G]-2/-4/-2p-0

D]-----------2

 

 

Which would of course harmonize with a higher bit if playing with though guitars, but on its own it sounds pretty good.

 

I think you're right on this except for the D string...I think the fill is all on the G string and then straight into the next chord. I'm finding this slide tough with the Capo on 2...while playing acoustic the sound is dying by the time I get to the 4th fret and head back to the 2nd. Any pointers or do I just need new strings and/or an electric guitar?

[Gobias Industries]

On the choruses, you've flipped the Cmaj7 and the Ams. Also, the last chorus is actually different, in that instead of Cmaj7 leading it off, it plays an A chord, so it looks like

 

A                        Am
One wing will never ever fly, dear

 

and the rest of it looks fine. I theoretically have some sort of way of playing the bridges but I know they're not really right. I suppose when finals are done I can look into it

 

I think you're right on this except for the D string...I think the fill is all on the G string and then straight into the next chord. I'm finding this slide tough with the Capo on 2...while playing acoustic the sound is dying by the time I get to the 4th fret and head back to the 2nd. Any pointers or do I just need new strings and/or an electric guitar?

 

I wouldn't bother trying to 2s4s2, I just do 2h4p2, it's much simpler, and the gist of it is there.

[bkriner]

On the choruses, you've flipped the Cmaj7 and the Ams. Also, the last chorus is actually different, in that instead of Cmaj7 leading it off, it plays an A chord, so it looks like

 

A                        Am
One wing will never ever fly, dear

 

and the rest of it looks fine. I theoretically have some sort of way of playing the bridges but I know they're not really right. I suppose when finals are done I can look into it

 

 

 

I wouldn't bother trying to 2s4s2, I just do 2h4p2, it's much simpler, and the gist of it is there.

 

 

I agree that the hammer/pull is easier than the slide...good call. I'll take another whack at the chords with the changes you suggest.

[H to the ickle]

Yeah, the hammer/pull is easier to do and sounds just about right, I just like how smooth it sounds sliding.

[Gobias Industries]

Looking through again, another thing:

 

 

Cmaj7 Am

One Wing will never ever fly

G

Neither yours nor mine

Cmaj7 should be D

 

And while Asus2 sounds fine too, I do prefer the A straight to it. A7 also sounds fine in that slot too, but in general my hunch is that the major third should be voiced.

[bkriner]

Looking through again, another thing:

 

 

Cmaj7 Am

One Wing will never ever fly

G

Neither yours nor mine

Cmaj7 should be D

 

And while Asus2 sounds fine too, I do prefer the A straight to it. A7 also sounds fine in that slot too, but in general my hunch is that the major third should be voiced.

 

So you would replace all Cmaj7 in the chorus with D?

[Gobias Industries]

So you would replace all Cmaj7 in the chorus with D?

 

Nope, just in that one instance on the first chorus through after the bridge. Probably should have been clearer, but oh wells.

[os83]

Nope, just in that one instance on the first chorus through after the bridge. Probably should have been clearer, but oh wells.

 

 

Anyone got an idea of the chords in the middle section and outro? If not I'm gonna work on it but I don't wanna waste my time if it's already figured out.

[mfwahl]

Anyone got an idea of the chords in the middle section and outro? If not I'm gonna work on it but I don't wanna waste my time if it's already figured out.

I haven't got voicings that sound exactly right yet but the underlying chords sound like this to me (all relative to capo, of course):

 

Em Em(maj7) Em7 A7 Cmaj7 Am7 Em Em(maj7) Em7 A7

 

The outro is the same but shorter:

 

Em Em(maj7) Em7 A7

 

I forget the last chord but I'm assuming it ends on Em?

[bkriner]

That sounds pretty good to me. You're right about ending on Em.

 

I haven't got voicings that sound exactly right yet but the underlying chords sound like this to me (all relative to capo, of course):

 

Em Em(maj7) Em7 A7 Cmaj7 Am7 Em Em(maj7) Em7 A7

 

The outro is the same but shorter:

 

Em Em(maj7) Em7 A7

 

I forget the last chord but I'm assuming it ends on Em?

[Gobias Industries]

Give me a couple hours and I'll nail something better down (listening to Dino Jr.'s Farm right now), but off the top of my head:

 

Em - B7 - Bb - A(7), then D - Cmaj7 - B7 - A7 for the first one back into the chorus section.

 

The outro does the Em - B7 - Bb - A7 into an E to end.