Mockingbird Cifras

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                    MOCKINGBIRD - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
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Tabbed by: jvwald
 
This tab is based on this YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPVAbU_xTK8
 
C#m 9(11)(11)999
E 0(11)99xx *often played with a hammer up from 9 to 11 on the 5th string.
Asus2 577600 or x02200
G#m7 464444
C#m II x46654
E II 022100
Bm 799777
E III 0799xx
 
A note on the intro: once the riff moves up to the 9th fret, it's difficult to tab out
exactly what is being played plus in the live versions he usually improvises this part.
Either way, I tabbed out what I hear the first time through. After that, it sounds like
he has his index finger on 099xxx and he's hammering on with his ring finger on the 11th
fret of either the 4th or 5th strings in whatever way sounds good.
 
riff 1*
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-------------------9--------9-9-9--|  x4
D|--2-2-------9------9-9h(11)-9-9-9--|
A|--2-4-5-7~--9h(11)-9-9------9-9-9--|
E|--0-0-------0--------0-------------|
 
C#m
Mockingbirds sing
                  E        Asus2
Sing me what the Lord was singing
        G#m7            C#m II
On the day He made the water
                   Asus2   E II
The color of the blues
C#m
Sing me that song
                  E       Asus2
Sing me till the heavens rising
        G#m7            C#m II
On the day He made the water
                 Asus2   E II
The color of my baby's eyes
 
riff 2
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2--|
A|--2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2h4-4-4--|
E|--0---0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0--|
 
riff 2
Love her in the way you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
E II
But the way I'm loving her
 
riff 3
e|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|--1-2-4/6--|
D|--2-4-6----|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
 
riff 3           Bm
It must not be enough
            Asus2    E II
'Cause the way she cries
                 Bm
It only tears me up,
        Asus2           E II
I feel dead inside and dying
                C#m   Asus2
And if you give up
 
riff 4
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|-----------9-7--|
D|--9------9-9-7--|
A|--9h(11)-9-7-5--|
E|--0------0------|
 
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
 
C#m
The rivers they run
                     E       Asus2
They run until they get too tired
            G#m7           C#m II
Until they run behind the houses
                      Asus2   E II
And they become the creek
 
C#m
When I was a child
                  E               Asus2
I ran until the creek became the river
         G#m7           C#m II
When it turned into the ocean
                   Asus2      E II
I wondered why he made it so deep
 
riff 2
Love her in the way you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
E II
But the way I'm loving her
 
riff 3           Bm
It must not be enough
            Asus2    E II
'Cause the way she cries
                 Bm
It only tears me up,
        Asus2           E II
I feel dead inside and dying
              Bm
It won't be enough
             Asus2           E II
It's in the way that she's crying
                 Bm
It only tears me up,
        Asus2           E II
I feel dead inside and dying
            C#m   Asus2
If you give up
 
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
 
riff 4   E III  x4
 
riff 2
Love her in the way you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
riff 2
Love her in the ways you want to be loved
E II
Sometimes it ain't enough, sometimes it ain't enough
 
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
riff 4                 E III
Don't give up on love
 
 
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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
 
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