Mazzy Star – Five String Serenade (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

Very simple song, but very cool none the less. It consists of four basic chords plucked out.
Pluck the chords for the verse thusly
    G           Am7      C
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
b|--------------------------|-------------1-----------|
g|-----------0--------0-----|-------0--------0-----0--| (extra bar of C last time before chorus)
D|--------0--------2--------|----2--------------2-----|
A|-----2--------0--------3--|(3)-------3--------------|
E|-0h3----------------------|-------------------------|

First three lines of Chorus
   C                         D
e|-------------------------|-------------2-----------|
b|-------------1-----------|-------3--------3-----0--|
g|-------0--------0-----0--|----2--------------2-----|
D|----2--------------2-----|-0--------0--------------|
A|-3--------3--------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Last line of Chorus
   C                         D
e|-------------------------|-------------2h3p2----------|-------------2h3p2----------|
b|-------------1-----------|-------3-----------------3--|-------3--------------3-----|
g|-------0--------0-----0--|----2-----------------2-----|----2--------------------0--|
D|----2--------------2-----|-0--------0--------0--------|-0--------0--------0--------|
A|-3--------3--------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Then back to verse Song order is [Verse] [Verse] [Chorus] [Verse] [Chorus] [Verse] [End] [Verse] G Am7 C This is my five string serenade G Am7 C Beneath the water I (we) play (verse 4) G Am7 C And while (though) I'm playing for you (verse 4) G Am7 C It could (might) be raining there too (verse 3+4) [Chorus] C D And on my easel I drew C D While I was thinking of you C D And on the roof of my head C D In came my five string serenade [Ending] G C G (strum) This is my five string serenade ************************************ | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | (3) Hold note across bar line ************************************