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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of
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She's A Star - James
From the album, "Whiplash"
Words and music by James
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[Laboriously typed up by Mardi Gras(TNT)]
[Transcribed by TNT SHWE]
Notes:
The song requires one (rhythm) guitar playing the chords and one (lead)
guitar playing the lead parts. The bass plays the root (bass) notes in the
barre rhythm chords. The rhythm guitar requires switching to clean and
distortion... How much? Listen to the track and check! The lead guitar
requires some sort of wave effect with some reverb/echo and delay...
How much? Again, listen to the track and check! The lead guitar also needs
to be played slide style, so you should perhaps adjust the action on your
guitar. You will obviously also need some sort of bottleneck or you can
improvise with anything hollow and cylindrical that you can get your finger
into. The slide usually goes on your little "pinky" finger or if you're like
me, on your ring finger (that is, the next finger along from your little finger)
The important thing is that when playing slide guitar, you must play the note
right over the desired fret and not between frets as you'd normally do!
(By the way, for those of you who don't know... Frets are the parallel metal
strips situated along the fret-board that lie perpendicular to the strings).
The other thing is to dampen the strings with the remaining fingers, behind
the fret. After knowing the above, I'm sure you get the idea of the way the
song is played. I am being a little pedantic with the detail, but you don't
have to be. Play loose with an open attitude! I'm not going to say much
more about this song... It is just one of the coolest songs and if you have
not heard it already, go and get it!
Recommended Chord Positions:
G 32OO33 or 355433
Bm x24432
C x32O1O or x35553
D xxO232 or x57775
Am xO221O or 577555
Dsus2 xxO23O or x57755
Em O22OOO or x79987
A xO222O or 577655
The Bm sounds good, but I think I hear the bass playing F#, so if you want,
substitute the Bm in the transcription with F#/Bm 224432
There are two ways to play all the lead Figures:
Lead Figure 1(i):
E| 10~~~~~~ 12\ 7~~~~~~ 8\ 7 \ 5\ 3 3~~~ |
B| 3/ 5\ 3~~~~~~ |
G| |
D| |
A| |
E| |
Lead Fig 1(ii):
E| |
B| 3/ 15~~~~~~ 17\ 12~~~~~~ 13\ 12 \ 10\ 8 8~~~ 5\ 3~~~~~~ |
G| |
D| |
A| |
E| |
Lead Fig 2(i):
E| 10~~~~~~ 12\ 7~~~~~~ 8\ 7 \ 5\ 3 3~~~ /5~~~~~~ |
B| 3/ |
G| |
D| |
A| |
E| |
Lead Fig 2(ii):
E| |
B| 3/ 15~~~~~~ 17\ 12~~~~~~ 13\ 12 \ 10\ 8 8~~~ /10~~~~~~ |
G| |
D| |
A| |
E| |
Lead Fig 3(i):
E| 7~~~~~~ 5/ 7~~~~~~ 5/ 7~~~~~~ 5\ 3~~~~~~ /5~~~~~~ |
B| 3/ |
G| |
D| |
A| |
E| |
Lead Fig 3(ii):
E| |
B| 3/ 12~~~~~~ 10/ 12~~~~~~ 10/ 12~~~~~~ 10\ 8~~~~~~ /10~~~~~~ |
G| |
D| |
A| |
E| |
Lead Fig 4(i):
E| 10~~~~~~ 12\ 7~~~~~~ 8\ 7 \ 5\ 3 3~~~ |
B| 3/ 5\ 3 5\ 3~~~ |
G| |
D| |
A| |
E| |
Lead Fig 4(ii):
E| |
B| 3/ 15~~~~~~ 17\ 12~~~~~~ 13\ 12 \ 10\ 8 8~~~ 5\ 3 5\ 3~~~ |
G| |
D| |
A| |
E| |
Remember, you're playing side style, so you'll need to "slide" throughout
the song even when the transcription doesn't say so! The tab is only a rough
guide! I know there are more lead slide sections in the song, but they're
barely audible and they don't stray from the notes I've given you, so I guess
you can just improvise on these sections like I do!
Intro:
(Bass and keyboard) G Bm
(Rhythm, bass, keyboard) C D
(With Lead Fig 1) G Bm C D
(With Lead Fig 2) G Bm C D
Verse 1:
G Bm
Whenever she's feeling empty,
C D
Whenever she's feeling insecure,
G Bm
Whenever her face is frozen,
(Lead Fig 1)
C D G Bm C D
Unable to fake it anymore
Verse 2:
G Bm
Her shadow is always with her,
C D
Her shadow could always keep her small,
G Bm C
So frightened that he won't love her,
D
She builds up a wall
Pre Chorus 1:
Am C D Dsus2
Oh no, she knows where to hide in the dark,
Am C D
Oh no, she's nowhere to hide in the dark,
Chorus 1:
(Lead Fig 3)
G Bm C D
She's a star,
(Lead Fig 3)
G Bm C D
She's a star
Verse 3: (Same chords and rhythm as Verse 2)
She's been in disguise forever,
She's tried to disguise her stellar views,
Much brighter than all the static,
Now she's coming through
Pre Chorus 2: (Same chords and rhythm as Pre Chorus 1)
Oh no, she knows where to hide in the dark,
Oh no, she's nowhere to hide in the dark
Chorus 2: (Same chords, lead and rhythm as Chorus 1)
She's a star,
She's a star,
Bridge:
Em A
Don't tell her to turn down,
C D
Put on your shades if you can't see,
Em A
Don't tell her to turn down,
C D
Turn up the flame,
Chorus 3: (Same chords, lead and rhythm as Chorus 1)
She's a star,
She's a star
Verse 4:
(Lead Fig 4)
G
It's a long road,
Bm C D
It's a great cause,
(Lead Fig 2)
G
It's a long road,
Bm
It's a good call
Coda:
C
You got it,
D
You got it,
G
She's a star
Now you have to admit that was some cool music for a cool song huh :D
Take it easy... C-ya! =)
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