Plasticities

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                             “Plasticities” - Andrew Bird
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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
A|--5--5--5--5--5-----5--5--5--5-
E|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--

E|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|--7-----7--7--7--7--7-------------------------| 
A|-5-----8--8--8--8--8--------------------------| 
E|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---
A|---5--8----8-----5--8---------8-
E|-6-------------6----------------

E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|----------------------------------
D|-----------2----------------------
A|--------3----3--------------------
E|---1--5---------------------------

Continues after the ad

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--
A|--------------------------------
E|--6----------1------------------

E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|----------------------------------
D|5-----5--7-7--7-8-7-5-------------
A|----8-------------------8---------
E|----------------------------------


Post-Chorus
E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|-------------------------------
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
E|--6p5-6p5--6-5-3-1----8-8-8-10-

E|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------| 
A|--------8-------------------------------------| 
E|12--------------------------------------------| 


Post Chorus (second post-chorus, end with this fill)
E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|-------------------------------
D|---------------------------8---
A|----------------8--10-12----12-
E|--8-8-8-10-12------------------

E|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------| 
A|10-8------------------------------------------| 
E|------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-------------
A|----------------------------7-8-
E|--6----------1---------8--------

E|----------------------------------
B|----------------------------------
G|----------------------------------
D|---7---8-7------------------------
A|10---------10--8-7----------------
E|---------------------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
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