Stars And Shites Chords & Tabs
Stars and Shites
Biffy Clyro
Tabbed by Martin Gill
Should be pretty much perfect.
Sounds really nice fingerpicked...
STANDARD TUNING (eadgbe)
Intro:
(Thanks 57 varieties)
"I'd like to be, a soldier of war..."
--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-|
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14--14--11--11--10--10--12--12---| Just repeat until the main part starts
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1st Verse:
The picking patterns are quite hard to tab but I'll try my best,
the notes are all here you may have to mess around with them a bit tough.
"I'd like to be a soldier of war..."
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--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
----0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0---------0-----0-----|
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7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7----2-----2-----2---3-----3----3---|
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Break:
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--0-----0-----5-----7-----5-----|
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
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7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-|
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--0-----0-----8-----10----8------|
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
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10----10----10----10----10----10-|
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--8-----8-----8-----10----8------|
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
10----10----10----10----10----10-|
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--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
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7-----7-----7---5-----5-----5---|
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Do this bit twice then the verse again...
Chorus:
I'll call this the chorus... The last part of the chorus can just be
played as 8 on the bottom string but I've tabbed a little variation that can be heard.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/biffy_clyro/stars_and_shites_tab.html ]
"Now the stars don't shine and the birds don't sing anymore... It's not the same..."
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--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
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10----10----10--10----10----10--|
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--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
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9-----9-----9---9-----9-----9---|
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--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
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7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---|
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--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
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------10--------------10--------|
8-----------8---8-----------8---|
Play that twice then...
Bridge:
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--0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
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7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---|
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Play that twice then...
Outro:
Played till the end of the song, the hardest part of the song but the nicest sounding...
"These are small victories"
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--7-----7-----7-----8-----10----|
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
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7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-|
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--7-----7-----7-----8-----10----|
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
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5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
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--------------10----8-----7-----|
--10----8-----------------------|
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---| You may find it easier if you get
--------------------------------| that bottom 8 With your thumb.
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8-----8-----8-----8-----8-----8-|
The very end:
Thanks to Coathangers for clearing this up -
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b]-10--8-8--7-7--8-8-|
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a]-------------------|
e]-8---8-8--8-8--8-8-|
Mart...
