Three Little Birds (Bob Marley) Guitar Lesson with TAB

Three Little Birds Guitar Lesson + TAB
In this guitar lesson, you find TAB that incorporates a bass line with the chords so you can play this tune on just one acoustic guitar!


Three Little Birds | TAB


To make the chords for Three Little Birds work you need to incorporate a bass line. But it doesn’t have to be the original bass line and it doesn’t have to be complicated.

Here’s what I think works for the chorus.

Three Little Birds TAB, chorus.

In bars 1 and 2, you can see how it is alternated down to the low E on beat 4. You could, I suppose, write A A/E in each bar to make this more clear…

For the D, I didn’t like alternating it, but I did like using a C-shaped D chord better than an open-position D.

Here’s what I think works for the verse.

Three Little Birds TAB, verse.

We now go to the low E straight away for the A chord. I don’t think writing A/E as a chord makes complete sense, it feels strange. For the next chord, I’ve used E/B to E.

The last two bars of line one are again A/E, then D, without alternating the bass.

On line two we vary it. To make it feel more “jammed”, the E goes only to one low bass, and the final A is played as the chorus.

Start with playing as the TAB shows, then see if you can find your variations.



Three Little Birds TAB | Related Pages


Three Little Birds | Chords + Lyrics

Three Little Birds chords lesson.

You can learn to play Three Little Birds by Bob Marley using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.

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Don’t worry, about a thing, ’cause every little thing is gonna be alright…


Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

When you can play Three Little Birds' chords, try these five tunes from the songbook.


Bob Marley tunes

Bob Marley wrote Three Little Birds.

Bob Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and activist. Few artists have had such widespread recognition.

As the most widely known performer of reggae music, Bob Marley is also regarded by many as a prophet of the Rastafarian religion.


Bob Marley on the web

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About me | Dan Lundholm

Dan Lundholm wrote this guitar lesson and TAB for Three Little Birds.

This guitar lesson by Dan Lundholm features TAB and covers Three Little Birds. Discover more about him and learn guitar with Spytunes.

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