Big Country - 1000 Stars Tab

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Big Country - 1000 Stars

                  Album - The Crossing

Guitars 'double up'on this track. The tab pretty much covers
Stuart Adamson's(Guitar 1) & Bruce Watson's(Guitar 2)parts - you'll have to choose
which one you want to be.....unless of course you're a freak with
two pairs of hands and a doubleneck guitar! The song is in C.

h - hammer on
p - pull off
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - vibrato
PM- palm mute

INTRO/VERSE 1 - [Riff 1 x 4]Guitar 2

  E      15     12      15     12         12     8      12     8    
  B  13     13      13      13    13  10     10     10      10   10 
  G                                                                 
  D                                                                 
  A                                                                 
  E                                                                 

[Riff 2]Guitar 1 + [Riff 1 x 1]Guitar 2

  E  20         20     20  20b22  17h20p17 17~~~     17     15       
  B     20~~~~     20                            17     17    17 17\
  G                                                                 
  D                                                                 
  A                                                                 
  E                                                                 

CHORUS
                                 [let ring]

  E                                                          
  B                               13                         
  G                               14                         
  D                               15                         
  A                                                          
  E                                                          
  The luck of a 1000 stars can't get me out of this

  [let ring]                     <====x 4====>[strum chord repeatedly]

  E                               8           
  B  13                           8           
  G  14                           10          
  D  15                           10          
  A                               8           
  E                               8           
  The luck of a 1000 stars.......losing...

[Riff 3 x 2]Guitar 1 + [Riff 1 x 2]Guitar 2

  E      20     17      20     17         17     15      17     15    
  B  20     20      20      20    20  17     17      17      17    17/
  G                                                                   
  D                                                                   
  A                                                                   
  E                                                                   

[Riff 4]*played alongside [Riff 1 & 3]2nd time

  E                                                     
  B     17p15 15\13 13\ 10~~~~    10  12/13              
  G                                        12  9~~~~    
  D                                                     
  A                                                     
  E                                                     

2ND VERSE - [Riff 5 x 6]Guitar 2

  E                                        
  B                                        
  G   12 9    12 9    12   12 9    12 9    
  D        10      10           10      10 
  A                                        
  E                                        


  E                               
  B                               
  G                               
  D   5 2   5 2   5   5 2   5 2   
  A       3     3         3     3 
  E                               

CHORUS
SOLO - [Riff 6]Guitar 1
  <=========x 2===========>
  [PM..................................................]

  E                                                      
  B     20 20 17    17 17                                
  G  17          17       17  17                         
  D                              19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 
  A                                                      
  E                                                      

                               *[Riff 6]Guitar 2 starts                               <========x 2========>

  E                                                  
  B     20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  20  17     20 17    
  G  17                                 17        17 
  D                                                  
  A                                                  
  E                                                  


  E                                                   
  B                                                   
  G                       17                          
  D  19 19 19 19 19 19 19     17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 
  A                                                   
  E                                                   

  *now repeat the last 4 bars played replacing the fourth bar
   with this one

  E                          
  B                          
  G  19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 
  D                          
  A                          
  E                          

[Riff 6 x 2]Guitar 2
  <========x 2========>

  E  20         20                                
  B      20 17     20 17                          
  G                       14 14 14 14 14 14 14 17 
  D                                               
  A                                               
  E                                               

  *play this bar 1st time   *play this bar 2nd time

  E                                                   
  B                           15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 
  G                                                   
  D  17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17                          
  A                                                   
  E                                                   

3RD VERSE - (Riff 5 x 6)Guitar 1 & Guitar 2
CHORUS
OUTRO - [Riff 1 repeatedly]Guitar 2
        [Riff 3 x 2]then [Riff 4 x 2]Guitar 1...then....

  E  20 17h20p17                    15h17 15                       
  B              20  17         17           17  17/18 17 15 17    
  G                                                             17 
  D                                                                
  A                                                                
  E                                                                


  E  20 17h20p17                    15h17 15                 20/22 20 
  B              20  17         17           17  17/18 17 15          
  G                                                                   
  D                                                                   
  A                                                                   
  E
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