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Superstar Tab

Send "Superstar" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

From: paul.nazaroff@canrem.com (Paul Nazaroff)

"Superstar" by the Carpenters (as covered by Sonic Youth)
=========================================================
  (found on the "If I Were A Carpenter" tribute album)

Transcribed by James Nazaroff (jamie.nazaroff@projectx.com)



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|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|



Fm       D#
 Long ago
       C#          C
And oh so far away
          A#m           C#
I fell in love with you
           C
Before the second show


Fm           D#
Your guitar,
          C#                 C
It sounds so sweet and clear
               A#m          C#
But you're not really there
              C
It's just the radio




C#                     C           A#m      G#
Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby?
C#                       C             A#m   G#
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby.
C#          C     A#m      G#
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby,
  A#m         Fm
I love you, I really do.

   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|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|


Fm         D#
Loneliness
          C#         C
Is such a sad affair
          A#m          C#
And I can hardly wait
           C
To be with you again

Fm          D#
What to say,
            C#          C
To make you come again?
             A#        C#
Come back to me again,
              C
And play your sad guitar


C#                     C           A#m      G#

Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby?
C#                       C             A#m   G#
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby.
C#          C     A#m      G#
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby,
  A#m         C#
I love you, I really do.

C#                     C           A#m      G#
Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby?
C#                       C             A#m   G#
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby.
C#          C     A#m      G#
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby,
  A#m         Fm
I love you, I really do.




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...

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Superstar Tab

Send "Superstar" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Derek Average	#1 by Derek Mayfield at Jun 18, 1987 at 1:46 AM EST
	This song is a cover, so I don't think that it's specificaly about anyone in the band.

No Picture ♥brian Lead Player	#2 by ♥brian♥ ******** at Aug 5, 1987 at 6:34 PM EST
	This song is a cover by the Carpenters. If you watch the video, it's all about Karen Carpenter. Thurston and Kim have some weird obsession with her life. Which is understandable. Her story is amazingly poignant.

No Picture nick Professional	#3 by nick Sutliff at May 3, 1989 at 4:36 AM EST
	does anybody know who this song is about?

No Picture Matt Rhythm Player	#4 by Matt at Mar 17, 1994 at 3:44 PM EST
	My god, this cover is so eerie. I love it so much though.