Superstar Tab

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From: paul.nazaroff@canrem.com (Paul Nazaroff)

"Superstar" by the Carpenters (as covered by Sonic Youth)
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  (found on the "If I Were A Carpenter" tribute album)

Transcribed by James Nazaroff (jamie.nazaroff@projectx.com)



Noise, feedback, then:

   Fm                               D# 
e|-15-----------13----------------|---------------15----13----15---|
B|--------------------13----------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

   C#                                  C        
e|-16-----15-----13---------------|-13----11-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------9------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

   A#m                              NC----------------------------

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------6------8------9------|-11-------------9---------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonic_youth/superstar_tab.html ]
   NC----------------------------   Fm 
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-6-------------4----------------|-1------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



   Fm                               D# 
e|-15-----------13----------------|---------------15----13----15---|
B|--------------------13----------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

   C#                                  C        
e|-16-----15-----13---------------|-13----11-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------9------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

   A#m                              NC----------------------------
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------6------8------9------|-11-------------9---------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

   NC----------------------------   Fm 
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-6-------------4----------------|-1------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

 

Ok, I play this song with a capo on the first fret and use the chords 
Em, D, C, B and Am in the verses and C, B, Am, G, and Em in the 
choruses. This seems to sound pretty close, but I think that Thurston 
Moore tunes his guitars flat (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb).

Anyways, this was close enough for me...





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