------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Disco Biscuits - Spacebirdmatingcall (live) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuning: E Standard This song is in A Mixolydian. Barber usually starts off jamming around an A octave with some other notes in the scale. At Camp Bisco VII 7-18-08 it goes something like this... e|--------------------------------------| B|------10---8-10-----------10---8-10---| G|----------------9-------------------9-| D|-7--7--------------7-777--------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| Make sure to palm mute the low A note and give a light palm mute on all the higher notes. After a short intro jam around those notes there will be a transition into the verse that alternates Amaj and Gmaj A G A G A e|-5---3---5---3---5--| B|-5---3---5---3---5--| G|-6---4---6---4---6--| D|-7---5---7---5---7--| A|-7---5---7---5---7--| E|--------------------| Here are the arpeggios for the verse; feel free to play with the voicings of the chords but the ones I give are the closest I could get to what Barber plays. Make sure to slightly rake the notes on the first downstrum of each chord. A D e|--5------5------5------5----|--5------5------5------5----| B|5--5---5--5---5--5---5--5---|7--7---7--7---7--7---7--7---| G|6---6--6---6--6---6--6---6--|7---7--7---7--7---7--7---7--| D|7------7------7------7------|7------7------7------7------| A|7------7------7------7------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------| C D e|--8------8------8------8----|--5------5------5------5----| B|8--8---8--8---8--8---8--8---|7--7---7--7---7--7---7--7---| G|9---9--9---8--9---9--9---9--|7---7--7---7--7---7--7---7--| D|10-----10-----10-----10-----|7------7------7------7------| A|----------------------------|----------------------------| E|----------------------------|----------------------------| At the end of the chord progression do the Amaj Gmaj riff again and go back to the verse A G A G A e|-5---3---5---3---5--| B|-5---3---5---3---5--| G|-6---4---6---4---6--| D|-7---5---7---5---7--| A|-7---5---7---5---7--| E|--------------------| After a verse or two will be Magner's little keyboard lead. Keep the same chord progression as the verse, but do more strumming than arpeggios. After that Magner usually has a little breakdown and Barber takes a backseat until the verse arpeggios come back in again. After this verse Barber has his epic face melting Spacebirdmatingcall lead riff Quick slide Stacatto to 12 these notes e|-----9h10-|10/12~--10-12-10-12-9~---------9h10-|10/12~--10-12----10-----------10-12-| B|8h10------|--------------------------8h10------|--------------10----12~----12-------| G|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| D|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| A|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| E|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------| e|14~--12--14~--12-14----14---|-----------------------------------------------| B|-------15-----------15------|17~---15h17p15-17~----------17p15--15--17~-----| G|-------------------------14-|----------------------14h16------16------------| D|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------| Barber usually plays that twice before they start kicking out a jam in the same key. It usually starts off around the first riff I listed and goes from there. Happy jamming hope you have fun playing the song!