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"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)
<Intro>
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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| NC---------------------------- Fm e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| B|-6-------------4----------------|-1------------------------------| G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| <Verse> Fm D# Long ago C# C And oh so ... A#m C# I fell in ... C Before the ... Fm D# Your guitar, C# C It sounds so sweet ... A#m C# But you're not ... C It's just the ... <Chorus> C# C A#m G# Don't you remember you ... C# C A#m G# You said you'd be ... C# C A#m G# Baby, baby, baby, ba..., A#m Fm I love you, I ... 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|--------------------------------|--------------------------------| <Verse> Fm D# Loneliness C# C Is such a ... A#m C# And I can ... C To be with ... Fm D# What to say, C# C To make you ... A# C# Come back to ... C And play yo.... <Chorus> C# C A#m G# Don't you remember you told .... C# C A#m G# You said you'd be coming ... C# C A#m G# Baby, baby, baby... A#m C# I love you, I ... C# C A#m G# Don't you remember you told me ... C# C A#m G# You said you'd be coming ... C# C A#m G# Baby, baby, baby, ..., A#m Fm I love you, I ... <more noise, feedback> <end> 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... ... It's your world you can change it. ___ Mountain Reader II - #Demo 001
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