• Song:

    Starry Stairs

  • Artist:

    Okkervil River

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Capo on 2nd fret (or not)

This is typically how I play it finger-picked on a classical. You'll have to listen to 
the song to pick out the repetitions and variations.

***There's a simpler version of the verse and chorus posted after the solo, which will 
get you through the basics of the song much more quickly.***

Intro/Verse

e|-2---2--2-2----------------------2--------------------------------|
B|-3---3--3-3-0--------------------3---3---0------0---0h3--0--------|
G|-2---3--3-2-0---4---2---2-2-4--4-4-4-4-4-4---4--0---0----0--------|
D|-0---0--0-0-----4---4-4-4-4-4--4---4-4-2-2-2-2-----------------0--|
A|--------------2-2-2-2-4-4-4-2--0---0---0---0---2---2--------0h2---|
E|--------------2---2---2---2--------------------3---3--------------|

e|-------------------2---2--3-2------------------------|
B|-------------------3---3------3-2--3-2-3-2----0-h2---|
G|-------------------2---2--------2--2-2-2-2----0------|
D|--4---4-4-0---0--0---0----------2--4-2-4-2----0------|
A|2-2-2-2-2-2-2----0--------------0--0---0------2------|
E|0---0-----------------------------------------3------|

Chorus

e|---------------------------2-------------------------|
B|-2--x---3----2-2-x-2-------3----0-3------------------|
G|-2--x-2-2--x-0-0-x-2-------2--------4-2--------------|
D|-2--x-2-4--x-2-2-x-2---0-0-0-------------4--0--2h4p2-|
A|-0--x-0-0--x-0-0-x-0---0---0-------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------|
B|-2--3-2-3--0h2-------------------|
G|-2--2-2-2--0---------------------|
D|-2--4-2-4--0---------0-2/4\2-----|
A|-0--0-0-0--2---0-0h2---------2/5-|
E|-----------3---------------------|

Solo (My interpretation for playing solo acoustic. It closely mimics the timing in the 
original song)

e|-2---3--3/5-----------------2--3-2---------------------|
B|-3---3--3/5---2---3--3/5----3--3-3--2--3-2---0h3---0h3-|
G|-2------------2---2--2------2--2-2--2--2-2---0---------|
D|-0------------2-------------0-------2--2-2---0---------|
A|-0------------0---------------------0--------2---------|
E|---------------------------------------------3---------|

e|-3---0--2h3-0-2------0h2-------------------------|
B|-0------------3---3------3--2--3-2-3-2----0-h2---|
G|-0------------2-------------2--2-2-2-2----0------|
D|-2------------0-------------2--4-2-4-2----0------|
A|-2--------------------------0--0---0------2------|
E|-0----------------------------------------3------|


***And here's the simple version that has just the fingerings you'll progressively make. Easy.***

Verse

e|-2-2-2---------2-0---0---------------------|
B|-3-3-3---------3-0---3---------------------|
G|-2-3-2--4-2-4--4-4---0---------------------|
D|-0-0-0--4-4-4--4-2---0--4-4-4-0-4-0---0----|
A|--------2-4-2--0-0---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
E|--------2-2-2--------3---------------------|

e|-2-3-2-----------------|
B|-3-3-3--2-3-2-3-2--0h2-|
G|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--0---|
D|-0-0-0--2-4-2-4-2--0---|
A|--------0-0-0-0----2---|
E|-------------------3---|

Chorus

e|----------2-----------------------------|
B|-2-3-2-2--3-0-3-----------------2-3-2-3-|
G|-2-2-0-2--2-----4-2-------------2-2-2-2-|
D|-2-4-2-2--0---------4-0--2h4p2--2-4-2-4-|
A|-0-0-0-0--0---------------------0-0-0-0-|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|---------------------|
B|-0h2-----------------|
G|-0-------------------|
D|-0-------0-2/4\2-----|
A|-2---0-2---------2/5-|
E|-3-------------------|
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