Stars tab by Hum

Hum - 'Stars'
               from the album 'You'd Prefer an Astronaut'

    Dropped-D tuning (detune low E string to D)

    note: this ain't exact; Hum has two guitars, so I've left
          out some stuff, and the rest is my highly subjective
          listening..I haven't included exact number of chord
          strokes, when to hit distortion, etc...use this as
          a starting point and listen to the song for the rest)


          (intro)
 ---------------------------------------------------2----
 ---------------------------------------------------3----
 ---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--2----
 ---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--0----
 ---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--0----
 ---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--0----

          (verse)
 --------------------------------       or if you   -----
 --------------------------------       prefer,     -----
 ------11--11--11--11--11--21----       play that   --9--
 ------0---0---0---0---0---0-----       last chord  --0--
 ------9---9---9---9---9---19----          as...    --0--
 ------0---0---0---0---0---0-----                   -----
  (the fretted strings on the first repeated
   chord are bent..listen to the disc..)

          (chorus 1)
 --------------------------------------------------
 --------------------------------------------------
 ---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-
 ---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-
 ---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-
 ---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-

          (chorus 2)
 --------------------
 --------------------
 --------------------
 --0--0--0--2--4--0--
 --0--0--0--2--4--0--
 --0--0--0--2--4--0--
   (repeat this 4x)


           (chorus 3)
 ----------------------------      -------------------------
 ----------------------------      ----------------------22-
 --11--11--11--11--11--21----      --11--11--11--11--11--21-
 --0---0---0---0---0---0-----      --0---0---0---0---0---0--
 --9---9---9---9---9---19----      --9---9---9---9---9---19-
 --0---0---0---0---0---0-----      --0---0---0---0---0---0--
    (play this three times............then play this once...

   bend those fretted notes on all but that last chord as in verse)


            (cool riff)
 ---------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------
 ---0-----------------2-----------2-----2--4--
 0-----0-----0-----2-----2-----2-----2--------
 ---------0-----2-----------2-----------------
     (played with palm muting)

   (this riff ain't 100% accurate but sorta close)


 *************** how it all goes together....********************

 (intro chords)

 she thinks she missed the ...

 (big crunchy open D, then verse chords)

 shes not at work shes ...

 (chorus 1 chords)

 i thought she'd be there ...

 (chorus 2 chords)

 (chorus 1 chords)

 she thinks she missed the ...

 (chorus 3 chords)

 (verse chords)

 i found her out back sitting ...

 (chorus 1 chords)

 i thought she'd be ...

 (chorus 2 chords)

 (chorus 1 chords)

 she thinks she missed the ...

 (chorus 3 chords)

 (then hit a single open D chord and let it ring)

 (cool riff)

 (chorus 3 chords)

 (chorus 1 chords)

 i thought she'd be ...

 (chorus 2 chords)

 (chorus 1 chords)

 she thinks she missed the ...

 (chorus 3 chords)


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