Out Among The Stars

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Chords used: E A D G B e +-----------+ A/E 0 0 2 2 2 0 Am 0 1 2 2 0 x B x 2 4 4 4 2 B7 x 2 1 2 0 2 D/A x 0 0 2 3 2 Eb 3 4 3 5 6 x E 0 2 2 1 0 0 E/C# 4 5 4 6 7 x E7 0 2 0 1 0 0 F#m 2 4 4 2 2 2 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 +-----------+

Guitar intro: (tabbed for the love of tabbing) e|--14h16-16--16-16----16--14---12-12h14---12\--7-9---| B|----------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| Intro: E A/E E B7 E A/E F#m E B7 E A/E E Verse 1: N.C. E A/E It's midnight at a liquor store in Texas N.C. E B7 Beneath the neon, close up has just begun. N.C. E A/E F#m When a boy walks in the door and points a pistol N.C. E B7 E He can't find a job with man but he has found a gun Verse 2: N.C. E A/E Well he pulls it off, no trace of confrontation N.C. E B7 He let the old man run out in the street. N.C. E A/E F#m But he knows soon they come, guns blazing N.C. E B7 E And all ready he can feel that great relief. Chorus: E D/A A/E Oh how many travelers get weary E B7 Bearing both their burdens and their scars E D/A A/E Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining N.C. E B7 E and fly like eagles out among the stars. Verse 3: N.C. E A/E He pictures the arrival of their consternation N.C. E B7 Sees that old familiar anger in their tears N.C. E A/E F#m He knows as they pull their guns and shoot this loser N.C. E B7 E A/E They'll be aiming at the demon in their eyes. Chorus: E D/A A/E Oh how many travelers get weary E B7 Bearing both their burdens and their scars E D/A A/E Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining N.C. E B7 E A/E E And fly like eagles out among the stars Verse 4: N.C. E A/E The evening news it carries all the details N.C. E B7 As he dies in every living room in town N.C. E E7 A/E F#m And in a home a bottle is thrown in anger N.C. E B7 E And his father cries "We'll never live this down." Chorus: E D/A A/E Oh how many travelers get weary E B7 Bearing both their burdens and their scars E D/A A/E Don't you think they'd love to stop complaining N.C. E B7 E A/E and fly like eagles out among the stars and Outro: E B7 fly like eagles out among N.C. B Eb E/C# A/E Am E the stars. ************************************ | h Hammer-on | \ Slide down ************************************