Morningstar

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Song

"MORNINGSTAR" by AFI

from the album "The Art of Drowning"

tabbed by Isaac Hayward

Hey, I looked at all of the other tabs on Ultimate guitar and I didn't find

one that was quite the way I played it. I hope you can hear the bass in the

soft choruses, it just plucks notes for every bar. Also, I hope you can hear

that in the verses, that the C# chord is not a 5th chord, but rather a C#m

chord without a G# (5th). The same goes with the B chord in the verses (it

is a B with a major 3rd on top of it). Why am I boring you with this? Have

fun playing this great song. I hope you can read it OK, it looks like a bit

of a mess to me.

I suggest using some sort of guitar to play this song, but thats just my

opinion.

============================================================================

Intro/Verse:

============================================================================

e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
A:|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-0-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

PM.....................................................................

=====================================

| 1. |

e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o|
E:|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-0-|

PM.....................................................................

(prechorus riff)

=====================================

| 2.

e:|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---2-----4-----6-|-----------6-6-6-|
A:|-4---4-4---4-4---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|

============================================================================

Chorus

============================================================================

Another guitar comes in here. I think its a bass guitar, you can hear it

plucking mellow, sustained notes at the start of every chord change.

F#m B C#m

Am I a star beneath the stairs?

E A

Am I a ghost upon the stage?

Am I your anything?

Guitar (strum each chord 4 times every bar):

F#m B C#m E A B

|e:|--2--|--2--|--4--|--7--|--5--|--7--|
|B:|--2--|--4--|--5--|--9--|--5--|--7--|
|G:|--2--|--4--|--6--|--9--|--6--|--8--|
|D:|--4--|--4--|--6--|--9--|--7--|--9--|
|A:|--4--|--2--|--4--|--7--|--7--|--9--|
|E:|--2--|-----|-----|-----|--5--|--7--|

|Bass: (Let ring)

|G:|-----|--4--|--6--|--9--|-----|-----|
|D:|-----|-----|-----|-----|--7--|--9--|
|A:|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|E:|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

Chorus fill:

NB: Jade plays this fill after the first time through the chorus, the second time...

I hope you understand that! He plays this after the second verse's first chorus

(the chorus is played twice after the second verse)

e:|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B:|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G:|-------------------|-14-14-13-13-11-11-|-13----------------|
D:|-11-11-11-13-13-13-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11----------------|
A:|-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-------------------|-------------------|
E:|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

Chorus end:

e:|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
A:|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|

PM...............

============================================================================

Bridge

============================================================================

sorry about the 11's running together -- they are all 11's, don't worry about

that. And yes, it annoys me too.

e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-11111111111111--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E:|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

PM......................................................................

e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A:|-11111111111111--|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|
E:|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

PM......................................................................

e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D:|-1111111111111111|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A:|-1111111111111111|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E:|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

PM......................................................................

e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------\-|
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------\-|
G:|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-6---------------|---------------\-|
D:|-1111111111111111|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|-7---------------|---------------\-|
A:|-1111111111111111|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|-7---------------|---------------\-|
E:|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-|-5---------------|---------------\-|

PM......................................................................

============================================================================

Last Chorus

============================================================================

NB: The drums come in and then the guitar slides down. Notice that Jade

waits a second before he slams that first beautiful E major chord down.

E B C#m

e:|\0-------0-------|-7-------7-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:|\0-------0-------|-7-------7-------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|\1-------1-------|-8-------8-------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
D:|\2-------2-------|-9-------9-------|-1111111111111111|-1111111111111111|
A:|\2-------2-------|-9-------9-------|-1111111111111111|-1111111111111111|
E:|\0-------0-------|-7-------7-------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|

F#m B C#m E

e:|--2-------2-------|-7-------7-------|-9-------9-------|-12------12------|
B:|o-2-------2-------|-7-------7-------|-9-------9-------|-12------12------|
G:|--4-------4-------|-8-------8-------|-9-------9-------|-13------13------|
D:|--4-------4-------|-9-------9-------|-11------11------|-14------14------|
A:|o-2-------2-------|-9-------9-------|-11------11------|-12------12------|
E:|--2-------2-------|-7-------7-------|-9-------9-------|-12------12------|

=========================================================

| 1. |

A B C#m

e:|-5-------5-------|-7-------7-------|-----------------|------------------|
B:|-5-------5-------|-7-------7-------|-----------------|-----------------o|
G:|-6-------6-------|-8-------8-------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
D:|-7-------7-------|-9-------9-------|-1111111111111111|-1111111111111111-|
A:|-7-------7-------|-9-------9-------|-1111111111111111|-1111111111111111o|
E:|-5-------5-------|-7-------7-------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|

==========================================================================

| 2.

e:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
B:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

G:|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~/6~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||

D:|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~/6~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||

A:|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~/4~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||

E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

Hope you enjoy it.

Here is the structure if you're too lazy to work it out:

Intro

Verse

Chorus

Verse

Chorus

Bridge

Last Chorus

If you have any questions, please email me at piscus_ignavus@yahoo.com.au

P.S I have perfect pitch so WROK ON (those who do) ! And this tab took me ages

to write. I'm pretty sure its accurate.

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.

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