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Starlight - Electric Light Orchestra
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Written by: Jeff Lynne
From: "Out of the Blue" (1977)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Riff]
The piano plays a little pattern in the | F | Caug | part.
Include it in [Intro], [Interlude], [Verse] where you feel
it's necessary.
Caug9 Caug9
F F6 F F6 Caug Caug
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-|1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|----------------|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|----------------|----------------|
The same pattern is used in the outro over different chords.
Ebmaj7 Ebmaj7
F F6 F F6 Eaug E7 Eaug E7 Eb6 Eb6 D7 D D7 D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-|1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-|1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-|1-1-3-3-1-1-3-3-|
G|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Caug x-3-2-1-1(0)
Eaug 0-3-2-1-1(0)
C6 x-3-2-2-1(0)
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[Intro]
| F | Caug | F | Caug |
[Verse]
F Caug | F | Caug |
Starlight, I hear you callin' out to me.
F Caug | F | D7 |
Sweet love rollin' across my mind again.
[Bridge]
Gm7 Am7
I want you, yes, I do, I need you, yes, I do.
Bbm7 Am
And then you run. You gotta stop
[break]
[Chorus]
Dm Am7
Foolin' around, keep your feet
Gm7 Gm7 G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7
On the ground, little girl,
Dm Am Gm7 Gm7 G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 C6
And starlight will shine all around, little girl.
[Interlude]
| F | Caug |
[Verse]
F Caug F | Caug |
Starlight, your eyes are lookin' out so far away.
F Caug F | D7 |
Constellation in the sky is smiling down on me, I wonder, wonder why.
[Bridge]
Gm7 Am7
I can feel you're so real, I can see you're so near
Bbm7 Am
And then you run. You gotta stop
[break]
[Chorus]
Dm Am7
Foolin' around, keep your feet
Gm7 Gm7 G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7
On the ground, little girl,
Dm Am Gm7 Gm7 G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7
And starlight will shine all around, little girl.
Dm Am Gm7 Gm7 G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 C6
You had me all the summer long, little girl.
[Verse]
F Caug | F | Caug |
Moonglow, come light the way up to my window.
F Caug F | D7 |
As you roll across the night don't tell nobody that I told you so.
[Bridge]
Gm7 Am7
I want you, yes, I do, I need you, yes, I do.
Bbm7 Am
And then you run. You gotta stop
[break]
[Chorus]
Dm Am
Foolin' around, keep your feet
Gm7 Gm7 G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7
On the ground, little girl,
Dm Am Gm7 Gm7 G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 Am7
And starlight will shine all around, little girl.
Dm Am Gm7 Gm7 G#m7 Am7 Bbm7 C6
You had me all the summer long, little girl.
[Outro]
| F | Eaug | Eb6 | D7 |
F Eaug Eb6 D7
Starlight, your eyes are lookin' down on me so far away.
(repeat & fade)