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Our Lady Peace
"Starseed"
From the album: "Naveed" (Sony Music Entertainment)
(Music by Michael Turner, Raine Maida, Chris Eacrett and Arnold Lanni)
(Words by Raine Maida)
(c 1994 Sony Tunes/Under Zenith Publishing/Seacret Publishing/
Catchit Songs/Lanni Tunes)
Original transcription by: Kerry O'Brien
Updated, Simplified and Corrected by: Bob Morgano (morgano@ici.net)
Added By Mikhailo
Tuning Used: 6-Db 5-Ab 4-Db 3-Gb 2-Bb 1-Db
Opening Riff (Acoustic Guitar)/Riff #1:
___________ ___ ___ _____________ ___
| | | | | | | _| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|---|------|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|---|------|
|---|--17---|--14_(14)--|--14---|---|--16--16/b(16)-14_(14)--|--14sl---|
|---0-------0-----------0-------0---|-------------------------0---0------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
___________ ___ ___ _____________ ___ ___
| | | | | | | _| | | | | | | | _|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|---0---|---|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|-------|---|
|---|--17---|--14_(14)--|--14---|---|--16--16/b(16)-14_(14)--|-------7---|
|---0-------0-----------0-------0---|-------------------------0-------0---|
|---0-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
_____ ___ ___ ___ _____________ ___ __
|_| | | | | | | _| | | | | | | | _|
|---|-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---|-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|---7-7--17---|--14_(14)-14--14---|---|--16--16/b(16)-14_(14)--|--14---|---|
|---0-0---0---0-----------0---0---0---|---0---0____(0)--0__(0)--|---0---0---|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------0-----------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
___________ ___ ___ _____ ___ _____
| | | | | | | _| |_| | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-|---|---|---|---|-----|----|------|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-|---|---|---|---|-----|----|------|
|---|--17---|--14_(14)--|--14---|---|---|-|--16--16--16--16/b(16)--14sl---|
|---|---0---|---0__(0)--|---0---0---|---0-0---0---0---0---0----------0------|
|---0---0---0-----------0-----------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| end of Riff #1
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 2
___ _ (fades out) (w/bassline) _______
| | _| |_| | | | |
|---|---|---|---|-|---|---|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---|---|---|
|---|---|---3---3-3---3___|__(3)----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---|---|---|
|---2---2-------2-2---2___|__(2)----|---------|---------|---------|-----------|---|---|---|
|---0---0-------0-0---0___|__(0)----|---------|---------|---------|-----------0---0---0---|
|---0---0-------0-0---0___|__(0)----|---------|---------|---------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 3
___________ ___ ______ _____________ ___
| | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|---|----|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|---|----|
|--17---|---|--14_(14)-14--14--16-16---|--16--16/b(16)-14_(14)--|--14----|
|---0---0---0---0__(0)--0---0---0--0---|---0---0____(0)--0__(0)--|---0----|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------0--------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
___________ ___ ______ _____________ ___
| | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|---0----|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|--------|
|--17---|---|--14_(14)-14--14--16-16---|--16--16/b(16)-14_(14)--|--------|
|---0---0---0---0__(0)--0---0---0--0---|---0---0____(0)--0__(0)--|--------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------0--------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
___________ ___ ______ _____________ ___
| | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|---0----|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|-----|---|---|---|--------|
|---|--17---|--14_(14)--|--14--16-16---|--16--16/b(16)-14_(14)-14--------|
|---0---0---0---0__(0)--|---0---0--0---|---0---0____(0)--0__(0)--0--------|
|-----------------------0--------------|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
___________ ___ ______ ___________ ___
| | | | | | | |__| | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---|---|-----|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|--|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---|---|-----|
|--14--17---|--14_(14)-14--14--16-16---|--16--16--16--16/b(16)-14--14sl--|
|---0---0---0---0__(0)--0---0---0--0---|---0---0---0---0____(0)--0---0-----|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 4
________ ________ ________ ________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|
|---|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|
|---|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|---|---|--|--|--|--5--5--5--|---|
|---5--5--5--5_(5)-5--5--|---|---3--3--3--|--5--5--5--|---|
|---5--5--5--5_(5)-5--5--|---|---3--3--3--|--3--3--3--0---|
|---5--5--5--5_(5)-5--5--0---|---3--3--3--0---------------|
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Riff: 5
_____ _____ ________ _____ _____ _ _____ _____ _______
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |___| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|-|-|-|-|--|-|-|-|-|-|-|----|-|--|-|-|-|-|-|-|---|---|-|--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|---|-|-|-|-|---
|-|-|-|-|--|-|-|-|-|-|-|----|-|--|-|-|-|-|-|-|---|---|-|--|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|---|-|-|-|-|---
|-|-5-|-2_(2)|-2-|-|-4-4/b(4)2_(2)|-2-|-|-5-5/p2/p
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tim Rhythm Player |
#1 by tim cronin at Dec 3, 1974 at 1:09 AM EST |
| Great song! the remix on the armageddon soundtrack is even better... | |
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Kyle Average |
#2 by Kyle Landers at Aug 10, 1980 at 10:05 AM EST |
| I heard it was about a friend of Raine's who into this trans-channeling thing, which is like your spirit leaving your body and travelling all over and communicating and meeting up with other spirits. It's also based on the book Starseed by Ken Carey, mentioned above. | |
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josh Average |
#3 by josh meador at Mar 22, 1993 at 1:16 AM EST |
| They sang this at the concert that I went to last night, as the finale. It was...amazing. Very interesting that it's about what you're all speaking of. Thanks for informing! | |
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jga Average |
#4 by jga qup at Feb 8, 2002 at 4:46 AM EST |
| what does that even mean lead singers take on religion?????? ANYWAYS this is a great song and YES it is a NIFTY guitar riff isnt it HEHE | |
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David Average |
#5 by David Turner at Oct 1, 2003 at 1:16 AM EST |
| Its about a book called starseed, i haven't read it but it's supposed to be pretty good | |
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adam Average |
#6 by adam humphreys at Jul 30, 2005 at 4:01 AM EST |
| by the way, the lyrics here are incorrect, I submitted a correction long ago, oh well | |
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Francis Average |
#7 by Francis Delongchamp at Sep 14, 2005 at 7:17 PM EST |
| lead singers take on religion | |
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Håvard Average |
#8 by Håvard Banne at Aug 24, 2007 at 3:40 AM EST |
| this is one of the greatest songs ever by olp...it may be old but it shall never lose its touch...it is awesome...the meaning however...I know not? | |