Secret Star Chords

Guided By Voices : Secret Start (from Earthquake Glue)

Tab by DouG

Riff 1:

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|--0---0---0--0--0-----0---0---0--0--0-----|

|--5---5---5--5--5--0--7---7---7--7--7--0--|

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Riff 2:

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|--0---0---0--0--0-----0---0---0--0--0-----|

|--2---2---2--2--2--0--7---7---7--7--7--0--|

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Riff 3:

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|--0---0---0--0--0-----(2x)---0---0---0--0--0-----(2x)--|

|--X---X---X--X--X------------X---X---X--X--X-----------|

|--2---2---2--2--2--0---------3---3---3--3--3--0--------|

Here’s the song:

Riff 1 (1x)

Then play D, A

Gtr1 plays Riff 1, Gtr2 plays Riff 2, followed by D, A (3x)

Gtr1 plays Riff 1, Gtr2 plays Riff 2 followed by D (1x)

Riff 3 (2x)

Then the verse:

Riff 3 (2x)

Met a man of energy, suppose it doesn’t work?

Gtr1 plays Riff 1, Gtr 2 plays Riff 2

Lantern man

D A

Find an inoperative halo

Gtr1 plays Riff 1, Gtr 2 plays Riff 2

Tossed inside a field

D A

In a crystal ball

Gtr1 plays Riff 1, Gtr 2 plays Riff 2

Was he ostracized?

D A

Injured or a castaway

Gtr1 plays Riff 1, Gtr2 plays Riff 2

In a playhouse

D A

With hoops and hairpins

Riff 3 (2x)

Then the bass plays a G for a while

(“thank you, m’boy!”)

then:

G D C (2x)

G D C

Grow alone

G D C

Have to know your conjurer

G D

A spinster kept checking for a

Em D C

Special clock remover

G D C

But now we’re out of time

G D C

Secret star of heavenly bundles

G D Em

Firmly confirmed yesterday

G C G D G D C (4x)

Send no more joy

No more light

No more danger

G C G D G D C

It will always come

G C G D G D C (3x)

It will always come

C G D

To wish for you to fall

C G D

To wish for you to burn

C G D

To wish for your return

C G D (many times, fade out)