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Star Sail

 Complimentary "Star Sail" Ringtone 

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