Vein Of Stars Acoustic Guitar Tabs by Flaming Lips

Artist: The Flaming Lips
Song: Vein of Stars
Album: At War with the Mystics
Transcribed by Daniel Paul
Tuning: Open F6 (F, A, D, F, C, C)

			      (Tabbed for acoustic guitar)
                                based on F Major scale

INTRO:

C|--2-----2------2------2------5------------5----------|
C|-(0)----------(0)-----------(0)-----0----(0)----0----|
F|-----5-----5-------5-----5-------4-----------4-------|
D|---------------------------------------3-----------3-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
F|--5------------5-------------0------------0----------|

VERSE:
    Bb6                F6
    // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\  // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\
C|--5------------------0----------------|
C|--5------------------0----------------|
F|--5------------------0----------------|
D|--5------------------0----------------|
A|--5------------------0----------------|
F|--5------------------0----------------|

BRIDGE I: keep strumming
    Gm                            Dm
    //  /\/\  /\    /\/\/\        // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\
C|-----------------(10)-17-17--12-12-----------|-h14--|
C|------------5-5---10---------12-12-----------|------|
F|--5---9-9---5-------------------0------------|------|
D|--5---5----(5)------------------0------------|------|
A|-(5)-(5)------------------------0------------|------|
F|--5-5-----5-----5---------------0------------|------|

VERSE:
    Bb6                F6
    // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\  // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\
C|--5------------------5/9---(10-9)--\5-|
C|--5------------------0----------------|
F|--5------------------0----------------|
D|--5------------------0----------------|
A|--5------------------0----------------|
F|--5------------------0----------------|

INTERLUDE:
    A                   Dm
    / /  \ \  \ \  \\ /  // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\
C|--1-1--2-2--4-4--5--7--0---------|
C|--1-1--2-2--4-4--5--7--9---------|
F|------------2-2--0--0--0---------|
D|--2-2--2-2--2-2--0--0--7---------|
A|--0----0----0----------8---------|
F|-----------------------9---------|

    A                        Dm
    /  /  /  /   /  /\  /    // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\
F|---------------------------0---|
C|---------------------------0---|
F|-(0)---(0)-------(0)-(0)---0---|
D|--2----(2)-----2--3---5----7---|
A|--4--4--5--5---4--0---0----8---|
F|--4--4--4--4--(4)----------9---|

    A                   Dm         A
    / /  / /  / /  /  \  /  \  /   /  \   /
C|--1-1--2-2--4-4--5--7--9-10--9---7--9---7------|
C|--1-1--2-2--4-4--5--7--9-10--9---7--9---7------|
F|------------2-2--0--0--0-(0)(0)--7-(7)-(7)-----|
D|--2-2--2-2--2-2--0--0--0-(0)(0)--7-(7)-(7)-----|
A|--0----0----0----------8---------7-------------|
F|-----------------------9--------(0)------------|

SOLO:
   Bb             Dm    F             Bb     piano         F6
   // /\           /    // /\/\       // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\    // /\/\ /\/\/\/\
C|-2---------------0-x--0----------x--0--------------------2-----------|
C|-0----10-9-7-5-5-0-x--0---7/9--9-x--5-10--9--7--5-5------0--7-9p7-0--|
F|-5---------------9-x--4----------x--5---------------9-7--4-----------|
D|-0---------------7-x--3----------x--0--------------------0------(2x)-|
A|-X---------------8-x--0----------x--x--------------------0-----------|
F|-5---------------9-x--0----------x--5--------------------0-----------|

UTERO:
    Gm                          Dm/F
    / /  / /  / / / /  /  /  /   // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\
C|-------------------------------2---|
C|-------------------------------0---|
F|--------------------5-5-7/9----0---|
D|-(5)---------5-5---(5)---------0---|
A|--5----5-5--(5)----(5)---------0---|
F|--5-5-(5)--5(5)--5-------------0---|

    Gm                  Dm
    // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\   // /\/\ /\ /\/\/\
C|--7-------------------2---|
C|--7-------------------2---|
F|--5-------------------0---|
D|--5-------------------0---|
A|--5-------------------0---|
F|--5-------------------0---|















CHRONOLOGY:

INTRO:

VERSE I:   F6    Bb6

    Bb6                F6       Bb6
Who knows, maybe there isn't, a vein of stars calling

       F6       Bb6        F6              Bb6
out my name. No glow from above our heads, nothing there

                         F6
to send you down on your knees.

Gm           Dm      Gm       Dm
Mmmmmmmmmm...

VERSE II:

       Bb6                      F6     Bb6
Twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, off in the future

                      F6               Bb6
maybe there ain't no heaven. It's just you and me and maybe

             F6                 Bb6
it's just as well. And if there ain't no heaven, maybe

               F6
there ain't no hell.

INTERLUDE:

A   Dm

A   Dm

A   Dm

A   Dm   A

SOLO:  Bb   F    Bb6    F6

VERSE III:

    Bb6                F6       Bb6
Who knows, maybe there isn't, a vein of stars calling

       F6         Bb6               F6      Bb6
out my name. Who knows, maybe there isn't a vein of stars

               F6
calling out my name

UTERO:

    Gm   Dm    Gm   Dm    Gm   Dm    Gm   Dm
Who knows? Who knows? Who knows? Who knows?

               Gm  Dm    Gm   Dm    Gm   Dm Gm             Dm
Calling out my name, who knows? Who knows?  Calling out my name

END: Dm/F6

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