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So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star Tab by Patti Smith

So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star tab by Patti Smith

Guitar Tab

Intro: (also by faint 2nd guitar with organ throughout verses)

e|-----------------------------------|
B|---3-----5---------3--------5------|
G|-----4------6--------4--------6----|
D|-5-----7------7--5-----5--7-----7--| 2x
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|


Verse 1:

   G     A
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-5-5-5-7--| 16x
A|-5-5-5-7--|
E|-3-3-3-5--|


Chorus:
   D                E                A                D
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------|


Verse 2:

e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-5-5-5-7--| 8x
A|-5-5-5-7--|
E|-3-3-3-5--|


Chorus:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------|


Bridge: (partial descending D Major scale)
         (with verse rhythm guitar 8x)

e|-10-10-10-10--9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7--10-10-10--7----------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------8-8-7-8--7-8-7-8-10--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 2x
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 3:

e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-5-5-5-7--| 8x
A|-5-5-5-7--|
E|-3-3-3-5--|


Chorus:

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------|


Solo: (2nd guitar: D Major scale, to A minor scale, to D Major scale 2nd octave riffing)
       (with verse rhythm guitar 20x)


Verse 4:

e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-5-5-5-7--| 42x
A|-5-5-5-7--|
E|-3-3-3-5--|


Outro:

   G  A
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-5--7--| x2
A|-5--7--|
E|-3--5--|

   C  D
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-5--7--|
D|-5--7--| x2
A|-3--5--|
E|-------|

e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|----------5-5-5-7--|
D|-5-5-5-7--5-5-5-7--| x4
A|-5-5-5-7--3-3-3-5--|
E|-3-3-3-5-----------|

e|----------------------------||
B|----------------------------||
G|----------------------------||
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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