Biffy Clyro – Stars And Shites (Guitar Tab)

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Tabbed by Martin Gill Should be pretty much perfect. Sounds really nice fingerpicked... STANDARD TUNING (eadgbe) Intro: (Thanks 57 varieties) "I'd like to be, a soldier of war..."
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1st Verse: The picking patterns are quite hard to tab but I'll try my best, the notes are all here you may have to mess around with them a bit tough. "I'd like to be a soldier of war..."
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Break:
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Do this bit twice then the verse again... Chorus: I'll call this the chorus... The last part of the chorus can just be played as 8 on the bottom string but I've tabbed a little variation that can be heard. "Now the stars don't shine and the birds don't sing anymore... It's not the same..."
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Play that twice then... Bridge:
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Play that twice then... Outro: Played till the end of the song, the hardest part of the song but the nicest sounding... "These are small victories"
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The very end: Thanks to Coathangers for clearing this up -
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Mart...