Staralfur

Staralfur (acoustic) - Sigur Ros

Most of this was worked out using

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn8j4LxQAMQ

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):

http://www.esnips.com/doc/bed96443-e1e4-4008-8b10-f9c3cb2276b6/staralfur

Intro:

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

horf-inn út um glugann minn með hendur

faldar undir kinn

hugsum daginn minn í dag og í gær

blá nóttfötin klæða mig i,

A D*

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

G D playing G/f# on the vid. I play A)

starálfur

Back to the intro over | A | A7 A7add11 | D | Dmaj7 D | x2 etc

Opna augun stírurnar úr

A D*

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:

| D/C# |

Then play the chorus again followed

| D | A7 | D/F# | x2 (actual bar timing

a bit sketchy)

Then

A** G G/f#

ur stað - - sjalfur

starálfur

Notes:

A7 x02020

A7add 11 = x02022

Dmaj7 xx0222

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

{Pre-Intro:

violins start with:

These are also the verse chords but you can just play A and D basically.

Then for the intro you could play

Piano bit that goes on top: