Black Star
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|---------------------|---|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-%-|---------------------|-------------|
|-7-6-5-----------2---|---|-7-6-5-----------5---|---5-8---7---|
|-------7-6-0-3-5-0---|---|-------7-6-0-3-5-3---|---3-6---5---|
|--------------------------------------------|---|
|--------------------------------------------|---|
|------------------5-------------------------|---|
|----------------4---4-----------------------|-%-|
|-2-----2-2----5-------2-----2-2-----2---2-2-|---|
|-0-----0-0------------0-----0-0-----0---0-0-|---|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------8-----------|
|----------------7---7---------|
|-5-----5-5----8-------5-----5-|
|-3-----3-3------------3-----3-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------s--------------------|----------s--------------------|
|---------9\7-------------------|---------9\7----h-h---h-p------|
|-2---2-2-7\5----h-h---h-h------|-2---2-2-7\5---0-2-5-0-1-0-----|
|-0---0-0-------5-6-7-3-4-5-3---|-0---0-0-------------------3---|
|--------------------------------|---|---|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---|---|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---|---|---------------------------------|
|---------7---9--------12-11-----|-%-|-%-|-----------5-----5-7-----7-9-----|
|---------5---7--------10--9-----|---|---|-5-7-----7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
|-0---0-0----------0-0-------0-0-|---|---|-3-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
|--------------------------------|---|---|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---|---|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---|---|---------------------------------|
|---gtr.1-4---5---------9--7-----|-%-|-%-|-----------5-----5-7-----7-9-----|
|---gtr.2-5---7--------10--9-----|---|---|-5-7-----7-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-|
|-0---0-0----------0-0-------0-0-|---|---|-3-5-5-5-5-----------------------|
Guitar solo:
|---------------------------------p----/full\-p---|
|---h--p-------------/full------17-15-17---(17)15-|
|-11-12-11----14----14----------------------------|
|----------14-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
p p h p
|-------------------------------17-15-14-15-14----|
|---h--p-------------/full---------------------15-|
|-11-12-11----14----14----------------------------|
|----------14-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
a.h.
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---h--p-------------/full-------17\--------------|
|-11-12-11----14----14----------------------------|
|----------14-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---s-----------s-----------s-----------s---------|
|-12-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-12-14-14-14-14-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--/full-------/full-------/\-------/full---------|
|-15----------15----------15-12----15-------------|
|-------------------------------14----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
h p h p h p
|-12-15-12----12-17-12----12-15-12----12----------|
|----------15----------15----------15-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
h p
|121512----12-------------------------------------|
|-------15----15-12-------------------------------|
|-------------------14-13-12----------------------|
|----------------------------14-13-12-------------|
|-------------------------------------14-13-12----|
|----------------------------------------------15-|
/full p
|-------------------------------------15------1512|
|-------------------------------12-15-------------|
|-------------------------12-14-------------------|
|----------------12-13-14-------------------------|
|-------12-13-14----------------------------------|
|-12-15-------------------------------------------|
|--/full-------
|-15-----------
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How to play Black Star
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.