Superstar Tab

SUPERSTAR
 
As recorded by Carpenters
(From the 1971 Album CARPENTERS)
 
Words and Music by Leon Russell, Bonnie Bramlett & Delaney Bramlett
Arranged by Carpenters
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Louis Shelton - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Horns'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=80
  Fm                Fm/Eb
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
   Q.    E  Q  Q      Q.   E   Q      Q
|--1-----1--1--1--|---1----1---1------1----|
|--1-----1--1--1--|---1----1---1------1----|
|--1-----1--1--1--|---1----1---1------1----|
|--3-----3--3--3--|---1----1---1------1----|
|--3-----3--3--3--|------------------------|
|--1-----1--1--1--|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II (Horns arr. for Gtr.)
|  Q.    E  H        +H       +E   E  E  E
|-15----13--------|---------------15-13-15-|
|----------13-----|-(13)-----(13)----------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
 
 
  Db                   Ab/C
   Q.        E Q  Q     Q.        E Q  Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--6---------6-6--6--|--1---------1-1--1---|
|--6---------6-6--6--|--1---------1-1--1---|
|--6---------6-6--6--|--1---------1-1--1---|
|--4---------4-4--4--|--3---------3-3--3---|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  E   E  H.            E   E  H.
|-16--15-13----------|-13------------------|
|--------------------|-----16--------------|
|--------------------|--------13-----------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  Bb9                  Eb/Db Db
    W                   H     H
|--------------------|--3----------|
|---6----------------|--4-----6----|
|---5----------------|--3-----6----|
|---6----------------|--------6----|
|---5----------------|--4-----4----|
|--------------------|-------------|
|
|  +H     E  E  E  E    H     H
|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|
|-(13)---------12-13-|-15----13----|
|-----------15-------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|
 
 
  Fm/C  Cm7     Fm
   H     H       Q.   E Q  Q      Q.   E Q  Q
|--1-----3----|--1----1-1--1--|---1----1-1--1---||
|--1-----4----|--1----1-1--1--|---1----1-1--1---||
|--1-----3----|--1----1-1--1--|---1----1-1--1---||
|--3-----5----|--3----3-3--3--|---3----3-3--3---||
|--3-----3----|--3----3-3--3--|---3----3-3--3---||
|-------------|--1----1-1--1--|---1----1-1--1---||
|
|  H     H       W               +W
|-------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-15----13----|-15------------|-(15)------------||
|-------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-------------|---------------|-----------------||
 
 
 1st & 2nd Verses
  $
  Fm             Fm/Eb          Db             Ab/C
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|-1----1-1--1--|-1----1-1--1--|--------------|---------------|
|-1----1-1--1--|-1----1-1--1--|-6----6-6--6--|-1----1-1--1---|
|-1----1-1--1--|-1----1-1--1--|-6----6-6--6--|-1----1-1--1---|
|-3----3-3--3--|-1----1-1--1--|-6----6-6--6--|-1----1-1--1---|
|-3----3-3--3--|--------------|-4----4-4--4--|-3----3-3--3---|
|-1----1-1--1--|--------------|--------------|---------------|
 
 
  Bb9            Db             Cm
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|-3----3-3--3--|-3----3-3--3---|
|-6----6-6--6--|-6----6-6--6--|-4----4-4--4--|-4----4-4--4---|
|-5----5-5--5--|-6----6-6--6--|-5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5---|
|-6----6-6--6--|-6----6-6--6--|-5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5---|
|-5----5-5--5--|-4----4-4--4--|-3----3-3--3--|-3----3-3--3---|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
 
 
  Fm             Fm/Eb          Db             Ab/C
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|-1----1-1--1--|-1----1-1--1--|--------------|---------------|
|-1----1-1--1--|-1----1-1--1--|-6----6-6--6--|-1----1-1--1---|
|-1----1-1--1--|-1----1-1--1--|-6----6-6--6--|-1----1-1--1---|
|-3----3-3--3--|-1----1-1--1--|-6----6-6--6--|-1----1-1--1---|
|-3----3-3--3--|--------------|-4----4-4--4--|-3----3-3--3---|
|-1----1-1--1--|--------------|--------------|---------------|
 
 
                                     To Coda
  Bb9            Db             Cm
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|-3----3-3--3--|-3----3-3--3---||
|-6----6-6--6--|-6----6-6--6--|-4----4-4--4--|-4----4-4--4---||
|-5----5-5--5--|-6----6-6--6--|-5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5---||
|-6----6-6--6--|-6----6-6--6--|-5----5-5--5--|-5----5-5--5---||
|-5----5-5--5--|-4----4-4--4--|-3----3-3--3--|-3----3-3--3---||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  faster Q=88
  Db       Ab/C  Bbm     Ab                       Db       Ab/C  Bbm
  Q  E S S E S S E S S   Q  E S S +S  S E E S S   Q  E S S E S S E S S
|----------------1-1-x-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------1-1-x--|
|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-2-2-x-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-2-2-x--|
|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x--|
|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x-|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x--|
|-4--4-4-x-3-3-x-1-1-x-|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-4--4-4-x-3-3-x-1-1-x--|
|----------------------|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------|
 
 
  Ab                       Db       Ab/C  Bbm     Ab
  Q  E S S +S  S E E S S   Q  E S S E S S E S S   Q  E S S +S  S E E S S
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------1-1-x-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-2-2-x-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x-|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-4--4-4-x-3-3-x-1-1-x-|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4--|
 
 
                  ritardandQ=8068
  Gb              Dbmaj7      Fm
  Q.   E +H       W            Q.    E  Q  Q
|-2----2-(2)----|-4--------||--1-----1--1--1--|
|-2----2-(2)----|-6--------||--1-----1--1--1--|
|-3----3-(3)----|-5--------||--1-----1--1--1--|
|-4----4-(4)----|-6--------||--3-----3--3--3--|
|-4----4-(4)----|-4--------||--3-----3--3--3--|
|-2----2-(2)----|----------||--1-----1--1--1--|
|
| Gtr II
| W               W            Q.    E  H
|---------------|----------||-15----13--------|
|---------------|----------||----------13-----|
|---------------|----------||-----------------|
|---------------|----------||-----------------|
|---------------|----------||-----------------|
|---------------|----------||-----------------|
 
 
  Fm/Eb                    Db
    Q.   E   Q      Q       Q.        E Q  Q
|---1----1---1------1----|---------------------|
|---1----1---1------1----|--6---------6-6--6---|
|---1----1---1------1----|--6---------6-6--6---|
|---1----1---1------1----|--6---------6-6--6---|
|------------------------|--4---------4-4--4---|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|
|  +H       +E   E  E  E    E   E  H.
|---------------15-13-15-|-16--15-13-----------|
|-(13)-----(13)----------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  Ab/C                 Bb9                  Eb/Db Db
   Q.        E Q  Q      W                   H     H
|--------------------|--------------------|--3----------|
|--1---------1-1--1--|---6----------------|--4-----6----|
|--1---------1-1--1--|---5----------------|--3-----6----|
|--1---------1-1--1--|---6----------------|--------6----|
|--3---------3-3--3--|---5----------------|--4-----4----|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|
|  E   E  H.            +H     E  E  E  E    H     H
|-13-----------------|--------------------|-------------|
|-----16-------------|--------------------|-------------|
|--------13----------|-(13)---------12-13-|-15----13----|
|--------------------|-----------15-------|-------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------|
 
 
                                  D.S. al Coda
  Fm/C          Fm
   H     H       Q.   E Q  Q      Q.   E Q  Q
|--1-----3----|--1----1-1--1--|---1----1-1--1--||
|--1-----4----|--1----1-1--1--|---1----1-1--1--||
|--1-----3----|--1----1-1--1--|---1----1-1--1--||
|--3-----5----|--3----3-3--3--|---3----3-3--3--||
|--3-----3----|--3----3-3--3--|---3----3-3--3--||
|-------------|--1----1-1--1--|---1----1-1--1--||
|
|  H     H       W               +W
|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-15----13----|-15------------|-(15)-----------||
|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-------------|---------------|----------------||
 
 
                  Out-Chorus
               Q=88
  &
  Cm               Db       Ab/C  Bbm
  Q.   E Q  Q      Q  E S S E S S E S S
|-3----3-3--3--||-----------------1-1-x-|
|-4----4-4--4--||o-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-2-2-x-|
|-5----5-5--5--||--6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x-|
|-5----5-5--5--||--6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x-|
|-3----3-3--3--||o-4--4-4-x-3-3-x-1-1-x-|
|--------------||-----------------------|
 
 
  Ab                       Db       Ab/C  Bbm
  Q  E S S +S  S E E S S   Q  E S S E S S E S S
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------1-1-x--|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-2-2-x--|
|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x--|
|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x--|
|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-4--4-4-x-3-3-x-1-1-x--|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------------|
 
 
  Ab                       Db       Ab/C  Bbm     Ab
  Q  E S S +S  S E E S S   Q  E S S E S S E S S   Q  E S S +S  S E E S S
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------1-1-x-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-2-2-x-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-x-1-1-x-3-3-x-|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6-|-4--4-4-x-3-3-x-1-1-x-|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-4--|
 
 
                 1.
  Gb              Ab              Ab
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       E E E E E E E S S
|-2----2-(2)----|-4----4-(4)----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-x--||
|-2----2-(2)----|-4----4-(4)----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-x-o||
|-3----3-(3)----|-5----5-(5)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-x--||
|-4----4-(4)----|-6----6-(6)----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-x--||
|-4----4-(4)----|-6----6-(6)----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-x-o||
|-2----2-(2)----|-4----4-(4)----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-x--||
 
 
  2.                      H.=H
  Dbmaj7                  Cm7
  W          +W           W
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-3----*|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-4----*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-3----*|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-5----*|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-3----*|
|----------|------------|------*|
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X