E|----------------------------------------------------|
               THEM - Mimicking Birds
E|----------------------------------------------------| 

Tuning: Standard

Listen for the accents and the staccatos.  Throughout the verses the first 
and third accents are played staccato as indicated by the dots in the intro.


Intro: 

E|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-0-----------------------|

         .                       .
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7---------7-------------3---------3-------|
G|-------7---------7-----0-------4---------4-----4-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|/7---------7-------7p0---3---------3-------3p0---|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

         .                       .
E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3---------3-------------3---------3---0---|
G|-------4---------4-----4-------4---------4-----0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------2-------2p0---2---------2-------2-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Verse:

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------7---------7-------------3---------3-------|
G|-------7---------7-----0-------4---------4-----4-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------7-------7p0---3---------3-------3p0---|
E|-0-----------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3---------3-------------3---------3---0---|
G|-------4---------4-----4-------4---------4-----0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------2-------2p0---2---------2-------2-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Sometimes in the last bar of the verse there is a slight variation;
the ghost note indicates that it's optional:

E|------------------------------(5)--------5-------|
B|-------3---------3-------------3---------3---0---|
G|-------4---------4-----4-------4---------4-----0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-2---------2-------2p0---2---------2-------2-----|
E|-------------------------------------------------|


Chorus:

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------0-------------------7---------7-------|
D|-------4---------4-----------5-----5-------5-----|
A|-----2-------------2\----3-------------------0---|
E|-0-----------------------------------------------|

                   .
E|-----------------0-------------------------------|
B|-----------------------0-----------------0-------|
G|-----------0-----------------------8-------------|
D|-------9-------------9---------9---9-------9\----|
A|-----9-----------------------9-------------------|
E|-7-----------------7-----7-----------------------|


Ending:

This chord shape (maj7) will be very useful for this part.
The number here indicates the finger being used to fret the 
string, not what fret is being fretted. Index finger is 1, 
pinky is 4.

E|-----|
B|--4--|
G|--2--|
D|--3--|
A|--1--|
E|--1--|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------4-----------------------8-------------|
D|-------5---------5-------------9---------9-------|
A|-----5-------------5/--------9-------------9\----|
E|-3-----------------------7-----------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------5/---------12\----|
G|-----------4-------------------4/---------11\----|
D|-------5---------5-------------------------------|
A|-----5-------------5---------3----------10-------|
E|-3-----------------------3----------10-----------|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----------10----\9---9---9/10--x---10----10------|
G|-----------9----\8---8---8/9---x---9-----9-------|
D|------10-----------------------------------------|
A|-----8-------------------------------------------|
E|-8-----------------7---7-7/8---x---8-------x-----|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5-------------------------------------|
G|-----------4-----4-----0-----------4-------------|
D|-------5-------------x---------5---------5-----5-|
A|-----3-----------------------5-------------5-----|
E|-3-----------------3-----3-----------------------|

e|E|----------------------------------------------------|---|
B|E|----------------------------------------------------|---|
G|-----------4-----------------------4-------------------|
D|-------5---------5-----5-------5---------5-----5-------|
A|-----5-------------5---------5-------------5-----------|
E|-3-----------------------3-----------------------3-----|


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| .  staccato
|()  ghost note
| x  Mute note/slap