There's a lot of guitar layers and improvisation on the original recording; this is a fairly simplified version that gets across the main patterns and chords. Just mess about with hammer-ons, pull-offs and fingerpicking to get the vibe of the song. ____________________ INTRO / MAIN PATTERN D |---------------0-------------------0-----|---------------0-------------------------| A |-----------0h2------2---p0---------------|-----------0h2------2---p0---------------| F#|------0-----------------------0----------|------0-----------------------0----------| D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| A |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| D |-0---------------------------------------|-0---------------------------------0-----| D |---------------2---------4---------------|--------------------4--------------------| A |-----------2-----------------------2-----|------2------------------2---------------| F#|------2----------------------------------|-----------2------------------2----------| D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| A |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| D |-2------------------2---------2----------|-2-------------2-------------------2-----| D |---------------5-------------------5-----|-----------9-------9----7----------------| A |-----------5h7------7---p5---------------|-----------5-------5----5----------------| F#|------5-----------------------5----------|------5----------------------------5-----| D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| A |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| D |-5---------------------------------------|-5-------------5--------------5----------| D |---------------0-------------------0-----|-----------------------------------------| A |-----------0h2------2---p0---------------|--------0---------0---------0---------0--| F#|------0-----------------------0----------|-----0---------0---------0---------0-----| D |-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| A |-----------------------------------------|-4---------4---------4---------0---------| D |-0---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| ______ PART 1 Wait a couple of days, you know I will Ten thousand years, I'll be there still Drive a couple of nights, of course I will Ten thousand miles, I'll be there still ______ PART 2 Oh did you ever hear the owl of the sea Singing in a black pine tree When all the world's asleep About a bird he used to... / / / | Know... Oh..... / / / | Oh..... Oh..... End on ENJOY

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