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Deadstar reading 2002 Guitar Tablature
Song: Deadstar (as played at Reading 2002)
Artist: Muse
Tabber: Indigo River aka Tom Hansell

This version canes up both the studio version and the Hullabaloo version, 
specially the opening!

Tuning: Drop D

h - hammer on 
p - pull off 
b - bend string up a half step
^ - bend string up a quarter step
r - release bend
/ - slide up
 - slide down
v - vibrato 
t - tap (with middle finger of strumming hand)
x - palm mute


Intro Part 1 - With heavy distortion

E------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
B-10----------10---------|-10-10-10-12^----12-10-12|-10----------10---------|
G-10----------10---------|-10-10-10-12^----12-10-12|-10----------10---------|
D----12-12-12----12-12-12|-------------------------|----12-12-12----12-12-12|
A------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
D------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|


E------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
B-10-10-10---------------|-10----------10---------|-10-10-10-12^----12-10-12|
G-10-10-10---------------|-10----------10---------|-10-10-10-12^----12-10-12|
D-------------------10-11|----12-12-12----12-12-12|-------------------------|
A----------12-12-12------|------------------------|-------------------------|
D------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|


E-------------------|-------------------|
B-------------------|-------------------|
G-------------------|-------------------|
D-------------------|-------------------|
A-------------------|-------------------|
D-12-0-0---12-0-0---|-12-0-5-6-7-0-10-11|




Intro Part 2

E----------------|-------------------|
B----------------|-------------------|
G----------------|-------------------|
D----------------|-------------------|  x4
A-12-0-0---12-0-0|-12-0-5-6-7-0-10-11|
D-12-0-0---12-0-0|-12-0-5-6-7-0-10-11|


E----------------|-------------------|
B-12^------------|-------------------|
G-12^------------|-------------------|
D----------------|-------------------| x4
A----------------|-12-0-5-6-7-0-10-11|
D----------12-0-0|-12-0-5-6-7-0-10-11|




Verse - Ok, I've discoverd what he's doing here, its just delay set in time with the notes to give the effect of each note being played twice.


E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B-6-------6------|-6-------6------|-6-------6------|-6-------6------|
G---7---7---7---7|---6---6---6---6|---5---5---5---5|---4---4---4---4|
D-----7-------7--|-----7-------7--|-----7-------7--|-----6-------6--|
A----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

				                   (This bar changes
						   the 2nd time. Strike
						   behind the headstock).	
E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B-5-------5------|-3-------3------|-3-------3------|-3-------3---3--|---x-x-x-x-x-x--|
G---3---3---3---3|---2---2---2---2|---2---2---2---2|---2---2---2-2--|---x-x-x-x-x-x--|
D-----5-------5--|-----4-------4--|-----3-------3--|-----4-------4--|---x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B-6-------6------|-8-------8------|-8-------8------|-8-------8------|
G---7---7---7---7|---7---7---7---8|---7---7---7---7|---7---7---7---7|
D-----7-------7--|-----8-------8--|-----9-------9--|-----8-------8--|
A----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
							
						   (This bar changes  *Harmonic between
						   the 2nd time also)  2nd and 3rd fret
E----------------|----------------|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|----------------|
B-8-------8------|-7-------7------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|----------------|
G---6---6---6---6|---5---5---5---5|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|----------------|
D-----8-------8--|-----7-------7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|----------------|
A----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|---2-2-2-2-2-2--|
								        *

Chorus - Strum each note 8 times per bar.

E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B11--------------|11--------------|-6--------------|-5--------------|
G10--------------|10--------------|-5--------------|-5--------------|
D-8--------------|-8--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
A-8--------------|-8--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
D-8--------------|-8--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|


E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G-6--------------|-6--------------|-7--------------|-7--------------|
D-7--------------|-7--------------|-8--------------|-8--------------|
A-7--------------|-7--------------|-8--------------|-8--------------|
D-7--------------|-7--------------|-8--------------|-8--------------|


E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B-6--------------|-5--------------|----------------|----------------|
G-5--------------|-5--------------|-6--------------|-6--------------|
D-3--------------|-3--------------|-7--------------|-7--------------|
A-3--------------|-3--------------|-7--------------|-7--------------|
D-3--------------|-3--------------|-7--------------|-7--------------|




Bridge

E----------------|-------------------|
B----------------|-------------------|
G----------------|-------------------|
D----------------|-------------------|  x4
A-12-0-0---12-0-0|-12-0-5-6-7-0-10-11|
D-12-0-0---12-0-0|-12-0-5-6-7-0-10-11|




Solo - *Put whammy pedal up 1 octave

D-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12|-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12-0-12|
            *________		*________	     *________ 		 *________		


D-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13|-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13-0-13|
	    *________		*________	     *________		 *________


D-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14|-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14-0-14|
	    *________		*________	     *________		 *________


D-15^------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|




Outro	

E------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
B-10----------10---------|-10-10-10-12^----12-10-12|-10----------10---------|
G-10----------10---------|-10-10-10-12^----12-10-12|-10----------10---------|
D----12-12-12----12-12-12|-------------------------|----12-12-12----12-12-12|
A------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
D------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|


E------------------------|
B-10-10-10---------------|
G-10-10-10---------------|x3  He plays this riff once solo then twice over the
D-------------------10-11|    bass.
A----------12-12-12------|
D------------------------|


E----------------|-------------------||
B----------------|-------------------||
G----------------|-------------------||
D----------------|-------------------|| x2
A-12-0-0---12-0-0|-12-0-5-6-7-0-10-11||
D-12-0-0---12-0-0|-12-0-5-6-7-0-10-11||


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