My Stars

Words and music by Alice Cooper and Bob Ezrin
From the album School's Out (1972)
Transcribed by Steven A. Kohm
With thanks to an anonymous source for the lyrics and Jeff Gower for getting the ball rolling with his chords

Tab Key:
/ slide up; h hammer on, p pull off; b bend up; rb release bend; (tr) trill


    	    A5       D5         F5       Bb5


  	    A5	     D5         F5       Bb5
E |---------------------------15b17-----12h15p12h-(tr)-------------|
B |-------15b17rb-13-----------------------------------------------|
G |--12h14----------14------12-------------------------------------|
D |14------------------12h14---------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|

      A5                     D5              F5       Bb5
E |--------------------------------------15b17rb-1215-12h15p12(tr)-|
B |1515b17-13h1513h1513h1513-----------13--------------------------|
G |-------------------------14-----1214----------------------------|
D |----------------------------1214--------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|

      A5         D5            F5                      Bb5
E |-----------------------------------------------------15b17-17b19|
B |15b17rb-131513---15b17rb-13--15b17rb-131513(17rb15)13-----------|
G |--------------14-----------14-----------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------|

  E 		C		D			F
  E My Stars	C So far	D No one's callin me  	F home
  E Space Brain C Vagabond	D Livin on my 		F own


  Fill 1 (play 3 times with words below)
E |-12------------------------------------------------------------/15-12-|
B |---15-13-15-13-12-13-12----12-----------------------------------------|
G |------------------------14----14-12---12------------------/16---------|
D |-----------------------------------15---14-------------------14-------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Come all ye faithful you know all you people should come to me
  I'll make your arms work and I'll make your legs work, I'll make you see
  La da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da dum

   Solo 1 (this solo may not be quite accurate!)
E |--15------15-----15-----------------15----15----15--15b17-------------|
B |-17rb15b17rb15b17rb15-131513--13-15b17-15b17-15b17--------17p15p13----|
G |----------------------------14----------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
     Whoa, yeah!!!


E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-15b17-15h16p15-13h15p13--------------------------15b17-1513-------13-|
G |------------------------141214----12-/14--12-14~~~---------- 141214---|
D |------------------------------1214------14----------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                          <---some variant of this--->
                                          <-- continues to be played->
					  <---under the next part---->
E |-15b17-15b17-15b17-151512151215b17-1512------1215b17rb1512------1215b17|
B |---------------------------------------13--13-------------13--13-------|
G |-----------------------------------------14-----------------14---------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

        Am      C      D     Am      C        F
   Well I swear by the air, I'll be made to breathe
        Am     C    D     Am        C        F
   You'll pay very dear, for this banishing deed
        Am  C   D     Am         C        F
   The power alone, stored in my little hand
        Am         C       F     Am      C           F
   Could melt the Eiffel tower, turn the Sphinx into sand

   Fill 2 (repeat 2 times)
E |-15b17-15b17rb15-12-14-14-12--13-13-12--17b19-------------------------|
B |----------------------------15--------15------------------------------|
G |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Whoa!


  E Oh no	C thar she blows D spreading crazy 	F news
  E all night	C cannonball	 D loves to light the  	F fuse


  Fill 1 played 3 times

   And everyone blows up, and nobody grows up to fill Dad's shoes
   But that doesn't matter cuz no little boys really wanted to
   La da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da da, da da dum

   Solo 2
E |----------12--12---------------------------------------------15b1712--|
B |-15b17-15b17rb15-13--13-------13~~-----13~~------15b17-131513-------13|
G |-------------------14-----1214-----1214------1214---------------------|
D |-----------------------/14------/14-------/14-------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
   Unintelligible yell???

E |-----12-15b17rb15-12------12-15b17re15 12------12-15b17rb15-12------12|
B |---13---------------13--13---------------13--13---------------13--13--|
G |-14-------------------14-------------------14-------------------14----|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E |-15b17rb15-12------12-15b17re15 12------12-15b17rb15-12------12-15b17-|
B |-------------13--13---------------13--13---------------13--13---------|
G |---------------14-------------------14-------------------14-----------|
D |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E |-12h15p12-(tr)--|
B |----------------|
G |----------------|
D |----------------|
A |----------------|
E |----------------|

   Am              C       D       Am          C       F
   I stared at the squall line, I stared at the fault line

   Am              C       D       Am          C       F
   I see a funnel black there, I think I see a crack there

   Am       C     D     Am      C          F
   Landscapes alive, and it's moving at my feet

   Am       C      D          Am         C      F
   All I need's a Holocaust, to make my day complete

   A5		D5		F5		Bb5
   A5		D5		F5		Bb5
   A5		D5		F5		Bb5


  Play this riff about 27 times, use full barres or power chords
E |-/5--5--5--5--5--3-/5--|
B |-/5--5--5--5--5--3-/5--|
G |-/6--6--6--6--6--4-/6--|
D |-/7--7--7--7--7--5-/7--|
A |-/7--7--7--7--7--5-/7--|
E |-/5--5--5--5--5--3-/5--|

  After the eighth and eleventh time Alice says something like this: