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Staralfur

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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:
|  A|  A7A7add11 |                     
|  D|  Dmaj7   D|             x2
Ablá nótt yfir Dhimininn            *Play D for a bar then                   
             A  D*                  Dsus4, D, Dsus2,         D5  
blá nótt yfir mér                 a beat each for the second bar
Ahorf-inn út um Dglugann minn með henduAr
faldar undir kDinnC#dim  
hugsum Gdaginn minn í Ddag Aog í D/F#gær
Ablá nóttfötin Dklæða mig i,
           A  D*
beint upp i rúm
Abreiði mjúku Dsængina
Aloka DaugunumC#dim  
ég fel Ghausinn undir DvængC#dim  
Chorus:
BmstaBm/Arir  Aá   Gmig lítAill A7ál-fDurD/C#  
BmhleBm/Aypur Aað Gmer en hreyAfist A7ekkiD  
   A**          G                 G/F#**(confused by this bit - A sounds
ur stað - -  sjalfur                   better but it looks like he's
                 G                      Dplaying  G/F#on the vid. I play A)
     starálfur
Back to the intro over |  A|  A7A7add11 |  D|  Dmaj7   D|   x2  etc
AOpna aDugun stírurnar úr
            A  D*
trygi mig og tel (hvort ég sé ekki)
Akommin aftur og Dalltalltilæ
Asamt ventar eittDhvaðC#dim  
              G  D***          ***Here I play the D for most of the bar
eins og alla veggina         then Dsus2, D, Dsus4 quickly before
The instrumental interplay:
|  A|  Asus2   A|  D|  D/C#|  Bm|  A|
|  G|  D/F#|  A|  A7|
|  D|  Dsus4   D| 
|  D/C#|
|  D   G/D   D|  G|  G|  G   D  
|  D|  A7|   D/F#| x2                (actual bar timing
                                         a bit sketchy)
Then
   A**           G  G/F#  
ur stað - -  sjalfur
     GstarálfurD  
Notes:
            A7x02020
A7add 11  =   x02022
         Dmaj7xx0222
C#dim- x4535x
I use  3x0003 for G  
G/D chord at the end is xx0033
   G/F#2x0033
   D/F#2x0232
   D/C#x40232
Other bits you could play
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--A------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--D------17-------17-------|--------------17----------|
|B--15-------15-------15----|-15----15--------15----15-|
|G-(2)-14-------14-------14-|----14----14--------14----|
|D--0-----------------------|--------------------------|
|A--------------------------|--------------------------|
|E--------------------------|--------------------------|

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Staralfur

by Sigur Rós

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dmaj7

Dsus4

Dsus2

C#dim

D/F#

Bm/A

D/C#

G/F#

Asus2

G/D

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:

A A7

| | A7add11 |

D Dmaj7 D

| | | x2

A D

blá nótt yfir himininn *Play D for a bar then

A D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D5

* , , ,

blá nótt yfir mér a beat each for the second bar

A D A

horf-inn út um glugann minn með hendur

D C#dim

faldar undir kinn

G D A D/F#

hugsum daginn minn í dag og í gær

A D

blá nóttfötin klæða mig i,

A D

beint upp i rúm

A D

breiði mjúku sængina

A D C#dim

loka augunum

G D C#dim

ég fel hausinn undir væng

Chorus:

Bm Bm/A A G A A7 D D/C#

starir á mig lítill ál-fur

Bm Bm/A A G A A7 D

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

G D G/F# A

playing on the vid. I play )

starálfur

A A7 D Dmaj7 D

A D

Opna augun stírurnar úr

A D

trygi mig og tel (hvort ég sé ekki)

A D

kommin aftur og alltalltilæ

A D C#dim

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 interplay:

A Asus2 A D D/C# Bm A

| | | | | | |

G D/F# A A7

| | | | |

D Dsus4 D

| | |

D/C#

| |

D G/D D G G G D

| | | |

D A7 D/F#

| | | | x2 (actual bar timing

a bit sketchy)

Then

A G G/F#

ur stað - - sjalfur

G D

starálfur

Notes:

x02020

A7add 11 = x02022

Dmaj7

xx0222

C#dim

- x4535x

I use 3x0003 for

G/D chord at the end is xx0033

G/F#

2x0033

D/F#

2x0232

D/C#

x40232

Other bits you could play

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--------------------------|--------------------------|

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