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Shooting Star

Bad Company
Tab
★4.8(64)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

e|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
B|-14h15-14--------------|-----------------7-----|-14h15-14---------------|
G|-14----14-x-9----9-x-x-|-7---7-------------7---|-14----14-x-x-9----9----|
D|-14h16----x-9h11-9-x-x-|-7h9-7--------7--------|-14h16-14-x-x-9h11-9----|
A|-----------------------|-------10-7h9--------9-|------------------------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|

Verse

e|------------------------||-------------------------|-2--2--2-2-|
B|------------------7-----||-2--2--2--2--------------|-3--3--3-3-|
G|-7---7----------7---7---||-2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--|-2--2--2-2-|
D|-7h9-7--------7---------||-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|-0--0--0-0-|
A|-------10-7h9---------7-||-0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--|-----------|
E|------------------------||-------------------------|-----------|
e|--------------------|-----------------------|
B|-2--2--2--2---------|-----------------------|
G|-2--2--2--2---------|-7---9-------7s=9-9----|
D|-2--2--2--2---------|-7---9---9---7s=9-9----|
A|-0--0--0--0---------|-5---7---7---5s=7-7----|
E|--------------------|-----0------------0----|
e|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2----|
B|-2-2-2-2---------|-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2---------|-3-3-3-3----|
G|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2----|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0----|
A|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|---------|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-|------------|
E|-----------------|---------|-----------------|------------|

Chorus

e|-------------------|-----------|---------------|
B|-------------------|-----------|---------------|
G|-7---9-------7s9-8-|-7-----7---|-------7s=9----|
D|-7---9---9---7s9-9-|-7-----7---|-7-----7s=9----|
A|-5---7---7---5s7-7-|-5-----5---|-7-----5s=7----|
E|-----0-----------0-|-5-----5---|-5-------------|
e|--------------|---------------|---------------|
B|--------------|---------------|---------------|
G|--------------|---------------|-7--------7----|
D|-9----9---7---|-9----9---9s=7-|-7--------7----|
A|-7----7---5---|-7----7---7s=5-|-5--------5----|
E|-0------------|-0-------------|-5--------5----|
e|-------------|-----------|--------0---|---------|
B|-------------|-----------|-3----------|-7-------|
G|-------------|-----------|-2----------|-9---7S9-|
D|-7-----------|-----------|-0----------|-9---7S9-|
A|-7-----7s=5--|-5---------|-0----------|-7---5S7-|
E|-5-----5s=3--|-3---------|------------|-----5---|

Verse

e|--------||
B|--------||
G|--------||
D|--------||
A|--------||
E|--------||

Solo

~~~~~ ~~

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17b19--17b19--17b19----17b19r=17-14---------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------14----16-14------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------16----16-------16----16----------14-x-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------14-------14h16------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|-14----16b18--16b18--16b18r|
D|----16---------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

~~ ~~~~~~

e|--------------------------------------------17b19--17b19r===17--|
B|-----------------------------------------14---------------------|
G|-16-14-16----14-16p14--------------8s=15------------------------|
D|----------16-----------16---16s=8-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

~~

e|-14--------14-14h17p14----14--14--14s=9s14----12---------14--------14---------14---------14--|
B|----17b19--------------17------------------9------17b19-----17b19------17b19------17b19------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-14s12-12--------12--------------16b17-||----------||-----|
B|----------15b17------15b17--15\--------||----------||-----|
G|---------------------------------------||----------||-----|
D|---------------------------------------||----------||-----|
A|---------------------------------------||----------||-----|
E|---------------------------------------||----------||-----|

Outro Lead

~~

e|----------------------|
B|-17-17b19---17---17\--|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|

~~ ~~ ~~

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------17----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-16b18------16b18r=16b18r=16---16\-----14----14-16b18--14-16--------------|
D|-----------------------------------/16----16-----------------16-14--14h16-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14s12-11h12-11-12-12p11-12p11----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------12--12h14p12-11--11h12-12-12p11-12p11-11-12p11-----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------12--12h14-14-14-14-14-|

~~ ~~

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------14-14--16b18r==16p14-16----14-16b18r16p14--------------------------14-16b18r=16p14-16----|
D|------/16-------------------------16----------------16p14---14h16---14-14h16--------------------16-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-14s5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~ ~~ ~~

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---17b19--17b19----17b19--17b19r17----------17------17--------------------------------------------------|
G|14-----------------------------------16b18-----16b18--16b18-16b18--16-16\-----14-16b18-14-16----14-16b18|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------/16----------------16---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~ ~~~~~~

e|---------------------------16b17r=====16\------------17---------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------17----17--------17--------17----------|
G|-16-14-16----------------------------------16b18-----------16b18-----16b18-----16b18----|
D|----------16-14--14s7s19----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~

e|---------------------------------------------------17--------------------------17----|
B|-------------------------------------------17b19------17b19--17b19-----17b19---------|
G|-16---------14-16b18--14-16----------------------------------------------------------|
D|------14h16-----------------14-16--14\-4px-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~ ~~

e|--------------------------------------------------17-------------------------------------------------|
B|-17b19--17-----------17--17--------------------17----17----------------------------------------------|
G|------------0-16b18---------16b18--16---16b18-----------16b18r=16-------14-16b18r=16p14-16-------14--|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------14-16--------------------14-16-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~

e|----------------------------------12------12-12h14-12---------12-12-12--------12----|
B|-------------------------------------------------------15b17-----------15b17--------|
G|-14---------------4p2---4p2-0-/13-----/13-------------------------------------------|
D|------16--14--14\-----4-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Begin Fade

~~

e|-12h14--14s12-12\-|----------|
B|------------------|-15p14----|
G|------------------|----------|
D|------------------|----------|
A|------------------|----------|
E|------------------|----------|

************************************

| x Dead note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| r Release

| b Bend

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| s Legato Slide

| = Hold

************************************

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