excerpts from Starship Trooper

by YES
from The Yes Album
transcribed by
Ed Schaum
version 1.0
May 25 1998

THIS FILE IS MEANT FOR PRIVATE STUDY ONLY.

Here are a few parts from Starship Trooper. I will add the rest of
the song later on but a lot of people have asked for these
sections. I did this from memory without referring to the album so
I hope I didn't forget any notes!
You can always find the latest version of this file on my site:
The Guitarist's Complete Guide to Yes
http://yesguitar.home.att.net
All comments and corrections welcome. If you find this file useful
please let me know.

Ed Schaum
yesguitar@att.net
*******************************************
Opening theme - there are a lot more notes in this section than it
sounds like unless you listen closely. All of the other tab I have
seen of this section leaves out a bunch of notes.

E---||---0-----0--|--------0-------------0-----------0-----------10-----
B---||---0-----0--|--9h10------------10-----------0-----------0---------
G---||*--1-----6--|--------------11------------9-----------8------------
D---||*--2-----7--|-----------------------------------------------------
A---||---2-----7--|-----------------------------------------------------
E---||---0-----0--|-----------------------------------------------------

E---|--------0-------------0-----------0-----------0--------------------
B---|--9h10------------10-----------0-----------0-----------------------
G---|--------------11------------9-----------8--------------------------
D---|----------------------------------------------------9h11--9--------
A---|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E---|-------------------------------------------------------------------

E----||--||-------------------------------------------------------------
B----||--||-------------------------------------------------------------
G---*||--||-------------------------------------------------------------
D---*||--||-------------------------------------------------------------
A----||--||-------------------------------------------------------------
E----||--||-------------------------------------------------------------

This is the "speak to me of summer" section. This builds on the

original opening. Be sure to keep the accents going on the
descending bass notes.

E---||---------0-------------0-----------0-----------0------0-----0-----
B---||---9h10------------10-----------0-----------0---------------------
G---||*--------------11------------9-----------8---------------9--------
D---||*-------------------------------------------------11--------------
A---||------------------------------------------------------------------
E---||------------------------------------------------------------------

E---|---------0---------0---------0------------0-----------0-----0------
B---|-------------------------------------------------------------------
G---|------0---------0---------0------------0-----------0---------------
D---|--12--------12--------10-----------10-----------9--------7---------
A---|-------------------------------------------------------------------
E---|-------------------------------------------------------------------

E------|--------1-----------1-----------1--------1-----1-----|----------
B------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------
G------|-----2-----------0-----------0--------------------2--|----------
D---5--|--3-----------2-----------0-----------0-----0--------|-----3----
A------|-----------------------------------3-----------------|--1-------
E------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------

E------------------------------------------------------||---------------
B---3-----------3-----------3--------------------------||---------------
G---------------------------------------3-------------*||--------5------
D------------3-----------3-----------3-------------3--*||---------------
A---------0-----------1-----------3-----------3/5------||-----6---------
E------------------------------------------------------||--4------------

E--------------------------------------------------||-------------------
B--------------------------------------------------||-------------------
G------------5-----------5-----------5-------------||-------------------
D--------------------------------------------------||-------------------
A---------6-----------6-----------6-------------6--||-------------------
E------3-----------4-----------6-----------6/8-----||-------------------

Solo in Wurm - 2 guitars/tracks used on the original recording.

You'll have to be on your toes to toggle your effects at each
changeover without losing your place. I also had no way to notate
the all the bends correctly but most players won't have trouble
with this.
guitar 1
E---||-------10-----------------------------------|---------------------
B---||--10^------10^\---8--10-----10h11p10p8\6----|-----6-----7/8-------
G---||----------------------------------------h8--|--8-----8-------9----
D---||--------------------------------------------|---------------------
A---||--------------------------------------------|---------------------
E---||--------------------------------------------|---------------------
 guitar 2
E------------------------------------------------||---------------------
B------------------------------------------------||---------------------
G------9p7\5p0-----7p5p0---------7p5p0-----------||--0--2--0-----3------
D-------------------------7p5p0---------7p5p0----||---------------------
A--------------------------------------------h5--||---------------------
E------------------------------------------------||---------------------

E-----------------3-----6/8--------8--8h10--8-----10/12--10--12--|------
B------------4\3-------------8-----------------------------------|------
G---p2h3---------------------------------------------------------|------
D----------------------------------------------------------------|------
A----------------------------------------------------------------|------
E----------------------------------------------------------------|------

guitar 1
E---12/15-----12h15p12\10-----12--10----------||-------10---------------
B-------------------------------------13--10--||--10^------10^\---------
G---------------------------------------------||------------------------
D---------------------------------------------||------------------------
A---------------------------------------------||------------------------
E---------------------------------------------||------------------------

E------------------------11--11/13--11--|--13--13/15-----12h15p12-------
B---8--10-----11p10--11-----------------|-------------------------------
G---------------------------------------|-------------------------------
D---------------------------------------|-------------------------------
A---------------------------------------|-------------------------------
E---------------------------------------|-------------------------------

guitar 2
E--------12-----------------------------------||------------------------
B---15^------15^\------12---------------------||------------------------
G--------------------------14--12--12--14--0--||--3^-----3^-----3^------
D---------------------------------------------||------5------5----------
A---------------------------------------------||------------------------
E---------------------------------------------||------------------------

E-------------|--------------------------------|----------------3--5----
B-------------|--------------------------------|--5h6-----5--6----------
G------3^-----|--3--3--3-----3--3--3-----3-----|-------5----------------
D---5------5--|-----------5-----------5-----5--|------------------------
A-------------|--------------------------------|------------------------
E-------------|--------------------------------|------------------------

guitar 1 .
E---8--||--17^--17^\------15---------15h17p15------15-------------------
B------||---------------------18---------------18------18-----16--15----
G------||---------------------------------------------------------------
D------||---------------------------------------------------------------
A------||---------------------------------------------------------------
E------||---------------------------------------------------------------

guitar 2
E-------------------------------------------------||--17^--17^--15------
B---h16p15--13--15-----13\11------11------11------||--------------------
G-----------------------------12------12------12--||--------------------
D-------------------------------------------------||--------------------
A-------------------------------------------------||--------------------
E-------------------------------------------------||--------------------

E---h17p15-------15-----15---15---|--15---15---15---15---15-------------
B-----------18^---------18^--18^--|--15^--15^--15^--15^--15^------------
G---------------------------------|------------------------------11-----
D---------------------------------|-------------------------------------
A---------------------------------|-------------------------------------
E---------------------------------|-------------------------------------

guitar 1
E--------12--10--10--8--||-------15-------15-------15-------15----------
B-----------------------||--13^------13^------13^------13^------13------
G---/12------10--10--9--||----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------||----------------------------------------------
A-----------------------||----------------------------------------------
E-----------------------||----------------------------------------------

E------15--|--15--15p13p12-----13p12p10-----12p10p8-----10p8p6----------
B---^------|----------------------------------------------------6-------
G----------|-------------------------------------------------------8----
D----------|------------------------------------------------------------
A----------|------------------------------------------------------------
E----------|------------------------------------------------------------

E---------||---------------------10--\----------------------------||----
B---6-----||---------------------10--\----------------------------||----
G------8--||---------------------------------0-----3p0--3p0--3p0--||----
D---------||----------------------------1/2-----------------------||----
A---------||--0h2h5p2p0----0--2-----------------------------------||----
E---------||-----------h3-----------------------------------------||----

I'll come back for the fade out later

E-------------------------------------------------------------||--------
B---3^--3-----------------------------------------------------||--------
G-------------------------------------------------------------||--------
D-------------------------------------------------------------||--------
A-------------------------------------------------------------||--------
E-------------------------------------------------------------||--------
========================================================================
== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==
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---------- ---------- ----t---
----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost ----6--- Tap
---------- ---------- Note --------
----5p8--- Pulloff ---------- --------
---------- ---------- -----p--
----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead -----7-- Pop
---------- ---------- Note --s-----
----5\8--- Slide Down ---------- --5----- Slap
---------- ||------|| Repeat --------
----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend
---------- ||*----*|| --------
---------- ||------|| --------
---------- ---------- --------
-4:------- Time ---------- --------
-4:------- Signature ---------- --------
---------- ---------- --------
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== Created with a demo version of BUCKET O' TAB ==
== tablature creation software for Windows ==
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