------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Plasticities” - Andrew Bird ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Justin Weleski Email: jmw59@pitt.edu Tuning: Standard This is my favorite song off the new album, “Armchair Apocrypha”. Enjoy! Andrew Bird plays this song differently live, but all the notes are the same in this tab. Intro/Verse (slight palm-mute) (pick each note singly) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---7--7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7--7-----7--7--7--7--7-------------------------| A|--5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5--5-----8--8--8--8--8--------------------------| E|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--8--8--8--8--8--8------------------------| Verse (piano riff) (watch the timing, it is tricky at first) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------7--------------7-8-7--------------2---------------------------------| A|---5--8----8-----5--8---------8---------3----3-------------------------------| E|-6-------------6-------------------1--5--------------------------------------| Verse (when Andrew sings, “Chin, chin”, play this) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------10-7---------------------------------------------------------------| A|----5--8-------10-8----------------------------------------------------------| E|--6--------------------------------------------------------------------------| Pre-Chorus e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---5----8----5----8----------------------------------------------------------| A|---5----8----5----8----------------------------------------------------------| E|---3----6----3----6----------------------------------------------------------| Chorus e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----10--7-----10--7--5--10--7--5-----5--7-7--7-8-7-5------------------------| A|------------------------------------8-------------------8--------------------| E|--6----------1---------------------------------------------------------------| Post-Chorus e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------8-------------------------------------| E|--6p5-6p5--6-5-3-1----8-8-8-10-12--------------------------------------------| Post Chorus (second post-chorus, end with this fill) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------8-------------------------------------------------| A|----------------8--10-12----12-10-8------------------------------------------| E|--8-8-8-10-12------------------------12--------------------------------------| Bridge (part 1) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--6-----1-----8-----13--12---------------------------------------------------| Bridge (part 2) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----7--5------5--3----------------7---8-7-----------------------------------| A|----------------------------7-8-10---------10--8-7---------------------------| E|--6----------1---------8-----------------------------10----------------------| Bridge (riff at the very end) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--9h10----10p8--6--8h10------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| Go back to the verse after the bridge. | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note =============================================================