Staralfur (acoustic) - Sigur Ros
Most of this was worked out using
although the song order is different to the cd.
Just to confuse you I've kept the original order.
Also the video is in E and not the half note up on the cd.
There's a mp3 of exactly how I play it here (capo on 1st fret):
Intro:
| | A7add11 |
| | | x2
blá nótt yfir himininn *Play D for a bar then
* , , ,
blá nótt yfir mér a beat each for the second bar
horf-inn út um glugann minn með hendur
faldar undir kinn
hugsum daginn minn í dag og í gær
blá nóttfötin klæða mig i,
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beint upp i rúm
breiði mjúku sængina
loka augunum
ég fel hausinn undir væng
Chorus:
starir á mig lítill ál-fur
hleypur að mer en hreyfist ekki
A** G G/F# **(confused by this bit - A sounds
ur stað - - sjalfur better but it looks like he's
playing on the vid. I play )
starálfur
Back to the intro over | A | A7 A7add11 | D | Dmaj7 D | x2 etc
Opna augun stírurnar úr
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trygi mig og tel (hvort ég sé ekki)
kommin aftur og alltalltilæ
samt ventar eitthvað
G D*** ***Here I play the D for most of the bar
eins og alla veggina then Dsus2, D, Dsus4 quickly before
the instrumental to mimic the orchestra
The instrumental interplay:
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Then play the chorus again followed
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a bit sketchy)
Then
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ur stað - - sjalfur
starálfur
Notes:
x02020
A7add 11 = x02022
xx0222
- x4535x
I use 3x0003 for G
G/D chord at the end is xx0033
2x0033
2x0232
x40232
Other bits you could play
{Pre-Intro:
violins start with:
E--12---------|--14----------------| x2
B--14---------|--15----------------|
G-(14)--------|-(14)---------------|
D-(14)--------|--12----------------|
A--12---------|--------------------|
These are also the verse chords but you can just play A and D basically.
Then for the intro you could play
-0----5----3----2--|-2----2----9---10------|
-2-----------------|-3---------------------|
-2-----------------|-2---------------------|
-2-----------------|-0---------------------|
-0-----------------|-----------------------|
-x-----------------|-----------------------|
Piano bit that goes on top:
|e--------17-------17-------|--------------17----------|
|B--14-------14-------14----|-14----14--------14----14-|
|G-(2)-14-------14-------14-|----14----14--------14----|
|D-(2)----------------------|--------------------------|
|A--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|E--------------------------|--------------------------|
|e--------17-------17-------|--------------17----------|
|B--15-------15-------15----|-15----15--------15----15-|
|G-(2)-14-------14-------14-|----14----14--------14----|
|D--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|A--------------------------|--------------------------|
|E--------------------------|--------------------------|