Starhammer
Tuning 3 semitones down C#-F#-B-E-G#-c#
Main riff (Mellotron plays same thing one octave higher)
4/4
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|-4----------------|-----11/12\7------9-7-2--|
|------5-/12-------|-------------------------| X3
|-2----------------|-----9 /10\5------7-5-0--|
|------3-/10-------|-0-0----------0-0--------|
P.M. P.M.
fourth time:
4/4
|------------------------||
|----------------x--12\--||
|-4--------------x--12\--||
|------5-/12-----x--12\--||
|-2----------------------||
|------3-/10-------------||
Pre-verse riff
4/4
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------||
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-|-----x-----------|-x-x--------7(tr9)--||
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-|-----x---2-------|-x-x-7(tr9)---------|| x2
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|--------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|--------------------||
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------------||
First Verse
4/4 5/4 4/4 5/4
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x---2-------|-x-x--------0(tr2)--0(tr2)|
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|-----0(tr2)---------------|
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------------------|
4/4 5/4 4/4 5/4
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x---2-------|-x-x----------------------|
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|--------------------------|
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|-----4(tr5)-5(tr6)--6(tr7)|
4/4 5/4 4/4 5/4
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x---2-------|-x-x--------0(tr2)--0(tr2)|
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|-----0(tr2)---------------|
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------------------|
4/4 5/4 4/4 (WATCH ME...)
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|--------------------------||
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|--------------------------||
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x---2-------|--------------------------||
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|--------------------------||
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------------------||
The part after "Watch me..." is the same as the Pre-verse riff
Second Verse
4/4 5/4 4/4 5/4
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x---2-------|-x-x--------0(tr2)--0(tr2)|
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|-----0(tr2)---------------|
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------------------|
4/4 5/4 4/4 5/4
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x---2-------|-x-x----------------------|
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|--------------------------|
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|-----4(tr5)-5(tr6)--6(tr7)|
4/4 5/4 4/4 5/4
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x---2-------|-x-x--------0(tr2)--0(tr2)|
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|-----0(tr2)---------------|
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------------------|
4/4 5/4 4/4
|-----------------|-------------------------------|----------------------||
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|--------------|----------------------||
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|--------------|----------------------||
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|--------------|----------------------||
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|--------------|----------------------||
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0-5--0-6-0-|-7--------------------||
Main Riff again
"What would you do..."
4/4
|--------------|---------------|-------------|---------------||
|--------------|---------------|-------------|---------------||
|-0-0--------0-|-----------0---|-0-----------|---------------||
|-2-2--------2-|-----------2---|-2-----------|---------------|| x6 then start impro
|--------------|---------------|-------------|---------------||
|--------------|---------------|-------------|---------------||
End of the impro
(Mellotron plays same thing one octave higher BUT playng octaves instead of 5ths)
9/8 9/8 free time slowing down 4/4
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|-x-x-------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|-x-x-------7(tr9)||
|--4--3--2----------|-5--4--3--2--------|-6-5-4-3-2-------|--------------|-x-x-7(tr9)------||
|--2--1--0--6-5-4-3-|-3--2--1--0--6-5-4-|-4-3-2-1-0-6-5-4-|-3\-----------|-----------------||
|-----------4-3-2-1-|-------------4-3-2-|-----------4-3-2-|-1\-----------|-----------------||
Last verse:
4/4
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------|
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-|-----x---2-------|-x-x--------0(tr2)--|
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|--------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|-----0(tr2)---------|
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------------|
4/4 5/4
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-|-----x---2-------|-x-x----------------------|
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|--------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|--------------------------|
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|-----4(tr5)-5(tr6)--6(tr7)|
4/4 5/4 4/4 5/4
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-x-x----------------------|
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x---2-------|-x-x--------0(tr2)--0(tr2)|
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|-----0(tr2)---------------|
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|--------------------------|
4/4 5/4 4/4 4/4
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------|------------||
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-----------|------------||
|-----x-----------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x-----------|-----------|------------||
|-----x---2-------|-x-x-0 /12-12-12|-----x---2-------|-----------|------------||
|-2-2-----0---2-2-|----------------|-2-2-----0---2-2-|-----------|------------||
|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|----------------|-0-0---0---3-0-0-|-----------|------------||
Main riff
Ending similar to the end of the impro.
I didn't tab all the solo section since it is heavily improvised.
I also didn't tab the beginning quiet part, which is, by the way, the same thing played
in "Into the Gyre" from TDDU [I wonder if anybody else has noticed that the songs are
called "Starhammer (feat.The Electric Psalmon) and "Into the Gyre (feat. The Acoustic
Psalmon)" because they contain the same guitar part!]
I'll write a bass tab too and post a GP5 file with drums guitars bass and Mellotron as
soon as my PC recovers.
In the pre verse riff there are actually 2 guitars that play similar things, I just
tabbed the parts Snah plays live(he modifies some parts anyway, listen to live recording to understand
which ones). Last time I saw them they played the song with standard tuning
I hope you'll enjoy this tab of this great song, I'll write the tabs for the other songs from HMF too
(except "Close your eyes") and maybe something from Child of the Future and the last 3 albums.
If you have any question please feel free to ask: [email protected]
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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