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Starchildren

Bruce Dickinson
Tab

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Song

BRUCE DICKINSON - Starchildren

From the Album ACCIDENT OF BIRTH

Copyright 1997 BMG

Tabbed Oct 2001

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Transcribed By: Nathan Conley

. - palm mute * - see comment

~ - vibrato x - percussion note

/ - slide up to \ - slide down to

h - hammer on p - pull off

b - bend b+r - bend and release

t - tremolo note ph - pinch harmonic

sh - semi harmonic

Tune to D

Intro Riff (x4)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5--------------5-4---------------------------------------|
|--2--5-4----3----2--5-4----3-2--0t1----------------------------------|
|--0--3-2-0-------0--3-2-0--------------------------------------------|

On 2nd and 4th repeat Gtr.2 plays this

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5--------------------------------------------------------|
|--2--5-4----3----2--5-4-----s7-6-4t5---------------------------------|
|--0--3-2-0-------0--3-2-0--------------------------------------------|

Main Verse Riff(x2)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---7s9------------------------------------7s9--7-7s9--12-11s7--7s9--7-7s9----------------|
|---5s7---------------------------------*--5s7--5-5s7--10--9s5--5s7--5-5s7----------------|
|--------00000000000000000000000000000000-----00-0---00--0----00---00-0---0-0-3-5-6-5-3-0-|

Bridge 1st & 3rd 2nd 4th

|-------------------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--9-7s5-7-5s4-5-4s2---------|
|--s9-9---7-9-10-10--9-7---s9-9-|--------------|--------------|----------------------------|
|--s9-9---7-9-10-10--9-7---s9-9-|--------------|----5----5----|--------------------3-2-0---|
|--s7-7---5-7--8--8--7-5---s7-7-|-0-2-3--0-2-3-|-00-3-00-3-00-|--------------------------3-|

pm [----]**

Chorus(x2) 1st & 3rd 2nd 4th

|-----------|------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------|------------|---------------|------------------|
|--2--------|-----5---5--|---------------|------------------|
|--2--5-3-5-|-----5---5--|---------------|------------------|
|--0------3-|-0-0-3-0-3--|-0-3-5-6-5-3-0-|-5b6r5-3-5-3-2----|

Repeat Verse x2

Repeat Bridge

Repeat Chorus x2

x2 x4

|------------------------------3------3--|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------3------3--|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------4------4--|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-3--5--7----3--5--7---10s9-5--5---5--5--|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-3--5--7----3--5--7---10s9-5--5---5--5--|-7-6-5-4-|---------------------------------------------------5-4t5-|
|-1--3--5----1--3--5----8s7-3--3---3--3--|-5-4-3-2-|-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-------|

Solo

Intro Riff(under solo)

Chorus x4

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-11-12-14-14---9-10-12-16-14------99999--99999s--------------------|
|-7--9-10-12-12---7--9-10-14-12------77777--77777s--------------------|
|--0--0--0-------0--0--0-0--------------------------------------------|

*Approximately, just go with the rhythm of the song and fill the measure

**Skip this the 4th repeat

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