Verve

Verve - Star Sail guitar tab

m: "Barefoot, Thomas W"

Artist: Verve

Song: Star Sail

Album: A Storm In Heaven

Transcriber: T. Barefoot

The tracks on A Storm In Heaven don't lend themselves well

to transcription. But maybe that's one reason why I think

this disc so great.

Here are some fragments from Star Sail:

Intro

E---0---

B---2---

G---2--- Chord comes in with a quick volume swell,

D---2--- maybe using an envelope generator

A---0---

E---0---

Riff 1.

(with echo)

E-------|----------------------------------------------------

B-------|-5-5-----5-5-----5-5----5/7---\\2---2-2-----2-2------

G-----0-|-----0-0-----0-0---- 0-0 --------------4-4-----4-4--

D-------|----------------------------------------------------

A-- 0---|---------------------------------0------------------

E-------|----------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

E-------------------|--------->

B---2-2-----2---/5--|-5-5----->

G-------4-4---0-----|-----0-0-> repeat

D-------------------|--------->

A-----------------0-|--------->

E-------------------|--------->

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Riff 2.

(with chorus effect)

E-----------0------------------------------12----------------

B------------0------------------------------12---------------

G-------------6---------------0--------------9---------------

D--------------7-----4-----4-----4------------9-----4-----4--

A----0-----(0)----------5-----------0-----(0)----------5-----

E------------------------------------------------------------

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

E----------------0------------------------------12-----|

B-----------------0------------------------------12----|

G---0--------------6---------------0--------------9----|

D------4------------7-----4-----4-----4------------9---|

A---------0-----(0)----------5-----------0-----(0)-----|

E------------------------------------------------------|

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

"Solo"

These few notes are pure genius. The way the sound evolves

here is just incredible. A semi-hollow body guitar like a

Gibson ES series seems critical for reproducing this.

after "....crying out are you there?"

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------

E--/10---------------------\\5------------\\3-3-3-3-3-3-3/5---

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

D-----------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------

E------------------/10---------------------/12---------/14--

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

D----------------------------------------

A----------------------------------------

E---/15---\\5--------------------\\3/5-----

^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

Lyrics:

Hello it's me, it's me

Calling out "I can't see you!"

Hello it's me crying out, crying out

"Are you there?"

Hello it's me, it's me

I want to touch you

It's me throwing stones from the stars

On your mixed up world

Been circling 'round for 20 years

And in that time I've seen all the fires and all the liars

I've been calling home for 20 years

And in that time I heard the screams rebound to me

While you were making history

I could see the fire

And I'll throw the fire back down

Additions/corrections to this file welcomed

- send to tbarefoot@yahoo.com

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