Superstar - Sonic Youth
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From: paul.nazaroff@canrem.com (Paul Nazaroff)

"Superstar" by the Carpenters (as covered by Sonic Youth)
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(found on the "If I Were A Carpenter" tribute album)

Transcribed by James Nazaroff (jamie.nazaroff@projectx.com)



Noise, feedback, then:

Fm D#
e|-15-----------13----------------|---------------15----13----15---|
B|--------------------13----------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

C# C
e|-16-----15-----13---------------|-13----11-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------9------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A#m NC----------------------------

e|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------6------8------9------|-11-------------9---------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

NC----------------------------------------------------------------| Fm
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-6-------------4----------------|-1--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|



Fm D#
Long ago
C# C
And oh so far away
A#m C#
I fell in love with you
C
Before the second show


Fm D#
Your guitar,
C# C
It sounds so sweet and clear
A#m C#
But you're not really there
C
It's just the radio




C# C A#m G#
Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby?
C# C A#m G#
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby.
C# C A#m G#
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby,
A#m Fm
I love you, I really do.

Fm D#
e|-15-----------13----------------|---------------15----13----15---|
B|--------------------13----------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

C# C
e|-16-----15-----13---------------|-13----11-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------9------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

A#m NC-------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----------6------8------9------|-11-------------9-----------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

NC----------------------------------------------------------------| Fm
e|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-6-------------4----------------|-1--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|


Fm D#
Loneliness
C# C
Is such a sad affair
A#m C#
And I can hardly wait
C
To be with you again

Fm D#
What to say,
C# C
To make you come again?
A# C#
Come back to me again,
C
And play your sad guitar


C# C A#m G#

Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby?
C# C A#m G#
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby.
C# C A#m G#
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby,
A#m C#
I love you, I really do.

C# C A#m G#
Don't you remember you told me you loved me baby?
C# C A#m G#
You said you'd be coming back this way again baby.
C# C A#m G#
Baby, baby, baby, baby, oh baby,
A#m Fm
I love you, I really do.



Ok, I play this song with a capo on the first fret and use the chords
Em, D, C, B and Am in the verses and C, B, Am, G, and Em in the
choruses. This seems to sound pretty close, but I think that Thurston
Moore tunes his guitars flat (Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb).

Anyways, this was close enough for me...

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Song info
Superstar
Sonic Youth
2001
  • Rock
  • Indie Rock
  • Pop Rock
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