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Mystery of Being

The Yardbirds
Tab

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Yardbirds

Mystery of Being

off of Birdland

tabbed by Robert Balicki

Notes: The 1st solo is actually 15 measures, and I didn't tab

out the 2nd solo.

Theme

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------4-----------------------------------------------|
|-7---7-7-----7--5--4--5-----------------------------------|
|-7---7-7--------------------------------------------------|
|-5---5-5--------------------------------------------------|

1 2 3 4

Verse x3

|---------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------------|
|--------------------:|------------------------------------|
|-7---7-7------------:|---5---5-5--------------------------|
|-7---7-7-------------|---5---5-5--------------------------|
|-5---5-5-------------|---3---3-3--------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

**********************

2nd guitar

Verse, Chorus, Theme * parts

|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------4-------------|----------5-4---45-7-------------|
|-7---7-7---7--5--45--7--|--5---5-5-----7------------------|
|-7---7-7----------------|--5---5-5------------------------|
|-5---5-5----------------|--3---3-3------------------------|

Chorus

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7-7--------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7-7-----------------5---5-5--------------------------|
|-5---5-5-----------------5---5-5--------------------------|
|-------------------------3---3-3--------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7-7-----------------5---5-5--------------------------|
|-7---7-7-----------------5---5-5--------------------------|
|-5---5-5-----------------3---3-3--------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

**********************

Solo 1

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-6-5---5-------------5-----5---8-----65------------------------|
|-------7-----------------7---------------7-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|---------------------------------------------------------5-------|
|-5-6-5---5-------------5-----5---8-----65--------------6-----8---|
|-------7-----------------7---------------7-----------7-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|---------------------------------------------------------5-------|
|-5-----------------5-5-------------5-------------------6-----8---|
|-----------------------7-----7---------7-----------7-------------|
|-------------------------7---------------7-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----------------5-5-------------5-----------------------------|
|-----------------------7-----7---------7-------------------------|
|-------------------------7---------------7-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Order:

Ah! Intro (no guitar)

Theme x4

Verse x2

Theme x2

Verse x2

Chorus x2

Theme x4 1:20

Solo 1 (2nd guitar does verse/theme) 1:32

Theme only guitar 2 x4 2:00

Theme x4

Verse x2

Chorus x2

Theme x4

Outro solo over theme (not tabbed)

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Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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