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                  RIVERS, VEINS, AND ROOTS - Mimicking Birds
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Tabbed by: iluvvsmp2

Tuning: standard - EADGBe


Acoustic Guitar: the chords tend to be a little palm-muted during the vocals

    D         F#m         C         Em        Cadd9
E|-----| e|-----|   e|-----|   e|-----|   e|-----|
B|--7--| B|-10--|   B|--5--|   B|--8--|   B|--3--|
G|--x--| G|--x--|   G|--x--|   G|--x--|   G|--x--|
D|--7--| D|-11--|   D|--5--|   D|--9--|   D|--5--|
A|--5--| A|--9--|   A|--3--|   A|--7--|   A|--3--|
E|--5--| E|--9--|   E|--3--|   E|--7--|   E|--3--|


Electric Guitar: 
  Verse 5: just play one downstroke per chord, slightly arpeggiated

    D         F#m         C         Em  
E|-----| e|-----|   e|-----|   e|-----|
B|--7--| B|-10--|   B|--5--|   B|--8--|
G|--x--| G|--x--|   G|--x--|   G|--x--|
D|--7--| D|-11--|   D|--5--|   D|--9--|
A|--5--| A|--9--|   A|--3--|   A|--7--|
E|-----| E|-----|   E|-----|   E|-----|

  Verses 4 & 6: they're just power chords

    D         F#m         C         Em     
E|-----| e|-----|   e|-----|   e|-----|
B|-----| B|-----|   B|-----|   B|-----|
G|--7--| G|-11--|   G|--5--|   G|--9--|
D|--7--| D|-11--|   D|--5--|   D|--9--|
A|--5--| A|--9--|   A|--3--|   A|--7--|
E|-----| E|-----|   E|-----|   E|-----|



Intro
D - F#m - C - D

D - F#m - C - Em

D - F#m - C - D

D - F#m - C - Cadd9 - C



D      F#m         C        D  
all my friends are vultures in a way

D            F#m       C   Em
when i'm not dead they fly away

D        F#m         C           D
circling around some other still living prey

D                   F#m       C                 D
waiting for them to crawl so they can eat their face



D          F#m   C           D 
and in the salty underground everywhere

D            F#m        C     Em
there's more roots than i can bear

D       F#m                  C                   D
growing down and around some bastard's preserved mastodon's hair

D                           F#m             C                      D
and sure the archaeologists knew that their souls were still there too



Solo Chords: same as intro

Solo Guitar:
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--5h7p5-7---7///12---10\--5--/10-8-7-----5--|
G|----------------11-------------------9-7----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7---7///12---10---5--5/8-8------------|
G|--7-----------10---------------7------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--5h7p5-7---7///12---10---5---10-8-7-5---5--|
G|----------------11--------5------------7----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7--------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-------7---9---7---5---------------------------5-4-2--|
D|--------------7------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|



D             F#m      C            D
and all these species' secrets left in the slate

D             F#m       C                    Em
?nu?fay?vee?uh?wayd? so spawn the industrial age

D           F#m   C        D
but all our basic concepts basically say that it's

D              F#m         C             D
all relatively arranged in such familiar ways

C             D
such familiar ways  x3

C
in such...

D
...familiar ways



D           F#m      C        D
the new someday soon run away from me

D        F#m       C          Em
draw one more scar hard on my heart

D                 F#m      C               D
the flesh is much stronger where it's been torn once

D                F#m
like an arc weld holds -

C                                      D
holds... things together 'till they're apart



D          F#m         C        D
and all my friends are vultures in a way

D            F#m        C            Em
when i'm not alive they are over and away

D          F#m         C            D
fluttering around this carcass just casually eating my brains

D                    F#m       C                D
no feathers on their heads, no flesh left on my face



D          F#m    C           D
and in the shifty underground everywhere

D                  F#m        C            Em
there's a few more roots than i can really bear

D          F#m         C           D
and on the surface the lights wide open where

D              F#m 
the water runs to 

C                 D
like the roots... do



D              F#m          C              D
and i knew someday the ruin might be built by me

D             F#m           C            Em
just one more stone stacked ridiculously high

D                 F#m    C               D
the solid is much weaker where it's been worn some by the

D         F#m
weather's lows -

C      D
low... pressure zones



End Solo:

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|--7-5h7p5-7---7/12-12\10-10\--5--/10-8-7-----5--|
G|-------------------11---------5----------9-7----|
D|--------------------9---------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7--7--/12-10-10\\5--5/8-8-----------------|
G|--7----------11---------------7-----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7p5-7---7///12\10-10\5--5/10-8--7/5---5---|
G|--7---------------11-------0--------------7-----|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5h7------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-------7---9--7-7----5-------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-4\2---|
D|--------------7-------5-----------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend