Fly Famous Mockingbird
Fly Famous Mockingbird
Transcribed by Billy (harpua76@aol.com )
Font fixed/Modified by Kenji Julius Yamaguchi ( mjkenji@earthlink.net)
Song is either in 3/4 or 6/8
Intro. [Over "Colonel Forbin's Ascent" changes-- A C#m7 D D/C Bm7 E ]
H P H P H P
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-------2-------------2------------2------------------------------
G---2-4---4-2-----2-4---4-2----2-4---4-2------repeat till cue-----
D-2-----------2-------------2------------2------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
Theme 1
Lead in A Bm
E------|------------------------------------------
B------|--2-------------2---------2--3-2-------2--
G-2-4--|----4-2---2-4-----4-3---4--------4---4----
D------|--------2-------------4------------4------
A------|------------------------------------------
E------|------------------------------------------
E A
E-----------------2-0-----------------------------2-5-------------
B-3-2----3-2-1-0------3-2-3-5-4-5-2---------2-3-5-----------------
G-----4-----------------------------4-1-2-4------------repeat-----
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
2nd Time [part2]
Dm D C Dm
E-5---------------------------------------------------
B---6-3-------------------5-----------5--6---------6--
G-------4-------5-----4-5---7-5---5-7--------5-6-7----
D---------5-2-----5-7-----------7----------7----------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------
G F Em Dm
S/ S/ S/ S/
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-5--------------8------------6------------5------------3---------
G---7-6-5---------------------------------------------------------
D---------7-8--9----9-8-7-5-7----7-6-5-3-5----5-4-3-2-3-----------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
G
E--3-2-1-0--
B-----------
G----------- [Repeat part 2]
D-----------
A-----------
E-----------
Then
Cm7 F[7]
E--3---1--
B--4---1--
G--3---2--
D--5---3--
A--3---3--
E------1--
Chorus:
Bb Cm7 Dm Eb Dm7 Cm7 F
Fl---y, Famous Mockingbird Fl------y [Repeat]
[Repeat Theme 1 again]
Middle section
\S \S
E--24---------------22--------------------|--------
B-----------------------------------------|--------
G-----------------------------2-----repeat|--------
D------------2----------2-3-5---5---------|--------
A------2-3-5------------------------------|---[7]--
E-----------------------------------------|--------
Part B
E-------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------
G----4-5-4---------4-5-4------4-5-7-5-4----4-5-7-5-4----
D--7-------7-5---7-------7-5------------7------------7--
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
B-----5------------5--------------------------------------------
G-4-5---7-5-4--4-5---7-5-4--4-5-7-5-4----4-5-7-5-4------repeat--
D--------------------------------------7------------7-----------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
Then SOLO CHORDS:
Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 Am [Second time repeat Part B]
Then, LINE CLICHÏ:
Am Am[maj7] Am7 F followed by Em Emaj
Then this little natural harmonics section
E------------------------
B------------------------
G------------------------
D-----3------------3-----
A--5-----3---5--3-----3--
E------------------------
Followed by this chordal section which uses different degrees of Dynamics
B6 A6 E A6 E A6
B6 A6 A6 E A6 E
ûû.[repeat]
B6 B A6 A A6 E A6 E
E--7--7--5--5--5--4--5--4--
B--9--7--7--5--7--5--7--5--
G--8--8--6--6--6--4--6--4--
D--9--9--7--7--7--6--7--6--
A--------------------------
E--------------------------
Then the build-up back to the final chorus:
D E F
Bb Dm Eb Bb F
Fl---y, Famous Mockingbird Fl------y [Repeat]
And Finally the Outro [Over Chorus changes]
E-----------------------------------------------8-------------8-
B--8-------------10-----------8-11------8-10-11------8-10-11----
G---------7-8-10-------7-8-10------8-10-----------10------------
D----8-10-----------10------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------
E--10-------8-10-11-13-10-----------------------------------------
B-----10-11----------------11--10--8------------------------------
G-------------------------------------10--8--7----repeat till cue-
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
Note- The last time this riff is played, it is played at half-time.
The last time end on the starred note. [F] Page then hits that great
low Bb on the keys.
== Alternate Transcription ==
from Ryan Thompson <trthomp1@woh.rr.com>
Legend
------
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = bend release
/ = slide up/down
<5> = natural harmonic
[5] = artifical harmonic
~ = vibrato
tr = trill
Above the numbers are the fingers you should use when fretting the notes
With 1 being pointer finger and 4 being your pinky
Repeat till you signal the rest of the band to begin the chord progression
1 1 3 1 3 1 1
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------2-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|---2-4---4-2-------------------------------------------------------------------
D|-2-----------2-----------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section (1) Repeat it Twice
1 3 1 3 2 3 3 1 2 1 3 3 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 4
E|----------------------------------2-0-------0-------------------0-2-5----------
B|------2---------2-3-2-------2-3-0-----3-2-3---4-3-2-0-----0-2-3----------------
G|--2-4---4-3---4-------4---4---------------------------1-2----------------------
D|------------4-----------4------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section (2)
The (1) means to keep you 1st finger anchored there till you have to
pull it off for the 1 on the (E) string.
2 3 2 2 (1) 3 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 3 2 1
E|------------------0-----------0-1---0-1-0--------------------------------------------
B|--------------0-1---3-1---1-3-----3-------3-2-1-------8---------6---------5---------3
G|--2-0-----0-2-----------2------------------------------------------------------------
D|------3-2---------------------------------------7-8-9---9-8-7-6---7-6-5-4---5-4-3-2--
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|3-1-0-----------0-----------0--0-1-0-------------------------------------------3-1-0-
B|------1-----0-1---3-1---1-3--3-------3-2-1------8---------6---------5--------3------1
G|--------0-2-----------2--------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------7-8-9---9-8-7-6---7-6-5-4---5-4-3-2--------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Then
Cm7 F[7]
E--3---1--
B--4---1--
G--3---2--
D--5---3--
A--3---3--
E------1--
Chorus:
Bb Cm7 Dm Eb Dm7 Cm7 F
Fl---y, Famous Mockingbird Fl------y [Repeat]
After the chorus you then repeat Section (1) and (2)
Then comes the stuff on the 24th fret. Every note is hit on a beat. This
is the beat you carry into the next section. Hopefully I can explain it
well enough.
Repeat Section (3) X2
E|-24-----------24------------
B|----------------------------
G|----------------------------
D|-----------------2-3-5/7--5-
A|----2-3-5/7-----------------
E|----------------------------
Below is the way I think of the part folowing Section (3). The notes in
( ) represent the ones that should be hit on the beat carried over from
the previous section. In other words, as you are tapping you foot to
each note in Section (3) with the last note being (5) on the D string,
the next tap of your foot should coincide to the (10) on the D string in
FORM 1 below. This same rhythm goes on for all the notes in ( ).
FORM 1 FORM 2
E|------------------------------- --------------------------------------
B|------------------------------- --------------------------------------
G|------------------------------- -------------(7)-------------(7)------
D|---7-9-(10)-9-7---7-9-(10)-9-7- ------7-9-10-----10-9-7-9-10-----10-9-
A|-7--------------7-------------- --------------------------------------
E|------------------------------- --------------------------------------
FORM 3
E|--------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------
G|----------7-(9)-7---------7-(9)-7-----
D|-----9-10---------10-9-10---------10--
A|--------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------
Below is an example of what the sequence (FORM 1,2,3,2,1,2) would look like
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------7-------------7-----------7-9-7-
D|---7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7-7-9-10---10-9-7-9-10---10-9-9-10-------
A|-7------------7---------------------------------------------------
E|------------------------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
B|-------------------------------
G|--------7-9-7-----------7------
D|10-9-10-------10-7-9-10---10-9-
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------7---------------------------------------7-------------7------
D|-7-9-10---10-9---7-9-10-9-7---7-9-10-9-7-7-9-10---10-9-7-9-10---10-9-
A|---------------7------------7----------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------
The pattern for the part following the 24th fret section, goes like this:
FORM 1,2,3,2,1,2,3 - then small improvised section.
Then: FORM 1,2,3,2,1,2 but only hit the first two notes in FORM 2