Alice Cooper - My Stars guitar tab
My Stars
by Alice Cooper and Bob Ezrin (and possibly Dick Wagner)
School's Out, 1972
Tabbed by Steven A. Kohm
With thanks to an anonymous source for the lyrics
and Jeff Gower for getting the ball rolling with his chords
Tab Key:
/ slide up; h hammer on, p pull off; b bend up; rb release bend; (tr) trill
A5 D5 F5 Bb5
A5 D5 F5 Bb5
E |---------------------------15b17-----12h15p12h-(tr)-------------|
B |-------15b17rb-13-----------------------------------------------|
G |--12h14----------14------12-------------------------------------|
D |14------------------12h14---------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A5 D5 F5 Bb5
E |--------------------------------------15b17rb-1215-12h15p12(tr)-|
B |1515b17-13h1513h1513h1513-----------13--------------------------|
G |-------------------------14-----1214----------------------------|
D |----------------------------1214--------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A5 D5 F5 Bb5
E |-----------------------------------------------------15b17-17b19|
B |15b17rb-131513---15b17rb-13--15b17rb-131513(17rb15)13-----------|
G |--------------14-----------14-----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E C D F
E My Stars C So far D No one's callin me F home
E Space Brain C Vagabond D Livin on my F own
Fill 1 (play 3 times with words below)
E |-12------------------------------------------------------------/15-12-|
B |---15-13-15-13-12-13-12----12-----------------------------------------|
G |------------------------14----14-12---12------------------/16---------|
D |-----------------------------------15---14-------------------14-------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come all ye faithful you know all you people should come to me
I'll make your arms work and I'll make your legs work, I'll make you see
La da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da dum
Solo 1 (this solo may not be quite accurate!)
E |--15------15-----15-----------------15----15----15--15b17-------------|
B |-17rb15b17rb15b17rb15-131513--13-15b17-15b17-15b17--------17p15p13----|
G |----------------------------14----------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Whoa, yeah!!!
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-15b17-15h16p15-13h15p13--------------------------15b17-1513-------13-|
G |------------------------141214----12-/14--12-14~~~---------- 141214---|
D |------------------------------1214------14----------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
<---some variant of this--->
<-- continues to be played->
<---under the next part---->
E |-15b17-15b17-15b17-151512151215b17-1512------1215b17rb1512------1215b17|
B |---------------------------------------13--13-------------13--13-------|
G |-----------------------------------------14-----------------14---------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am C D Am C F
Well I swear by the air, I'll be made to breathe
Am C D Am C F
You'll pay very dear, for this banishing deed
Am C D Am C F
The power alone, stored in my little hand
Am C F Am C F
Could melt the Eiffel tower, turn the Sphinx into sand
Fill 2 (repeat 2 times)
E |-15b17-15b17rb15-12-14-14-12--13-13-12--17b19-------------------------|
B |----------------------------15--------15------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Whoa!
E Oh no C thar she blows D spreading crazy F news
E all night C cannonball D loves to light the F fuse
Fill 1 played 3 times
And everyone blows up, and nobody grows up to fill Dad's shoes
But that doesn't matter cuz no little boys really wanted to
La da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da dum
Solo 2
E |----------12--12---------------------------------------------15b1712--|
B |-15b17-15b17rb15-13--13-------13~~-----13~~------15b17-131513-------13|
G |-------------------14-----1214-----1214------1214---------------------|
D |-----------------------/14------/14-------/14-------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Unintelligible yell???
E |-----12-15b17rb15-12------12-15b17re15 12------12-15b17rb15-12------12|
B |---13---------------13--13---------------13--13---------------13--13--|
G |-14-------------------14-------------------14-------------------14----|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-15b17rb15-12------12-15b17re15 12------12-15b17rb15-12------12-15b17-|
B |-------------13--13---------------13--13---------------13--13---------|
G |---------------14-------------------14-------------------14-----------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-12h15p12-(tr)--|
B |----------------|
G |----------------|
D |----------------|
A |----------------|
E |----------------|
Am C D Am C F
I stared at the squall line, I stared at the fault line
Am C D Am C F
I see a funnel black there, I think I see a crack there
Am C D Am C F
Landscapes alive, and it's moving at my feet
Am C D Am C F
All I need's a Holocaust, to make my day complete
A5 D5 F5 Bb5
A5 D5 F5 Bb5
A5 D5 F5 Bb5
Play this riff about 27 times, use full barres or power chords
E |-/5--5--5--5--5--3-/5--|
B |-/5--5--5--5--5--3-/5--|
G |-/6--6--6--6--6--4-/6--|
D |-/7--7--7--7--7--5-/7--|
A |-/7--7--7--7--7--5-/7--|
E |-/5--5--5--5--5--3-/5--|
After the eighth and eleventh time Alice says something like this:
