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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 96 00:53:53 EST
From: perth@nando.net (Dennis Kim)
Subject: TAB: Belly "Now They'll Sleep" last revision
This is the last revision of
ARTIST: Belly
SONG: Now They'll Sleep
"Now They'll Sleep", Belly
Written by T. Gorman and T. Donelly
transcribed by : dennis kim
*** Ok...here is probably my last revision...i ended transcribing the lead
myself...i got very very bored this summer :> (DK)
Standard Tuning
4/4 time (funny little two-step dance optional)
Key: % : repeat measure
- : minor chord
/ : a rest
| : two of them delimit a measure
~ : vibrato
* The song is based on straight-eighths with a few variations. Each line
of lyrics is four measures.
* Tom's part is straight off the key of C The fills may not
match exactly, but anyone should be able to time them right.
Intro:
( He's holding an A minor with his thumb around the bass strings )
Am G/Am F#/Am F/Am
e---------------------------------------------
B------1---------1---------1---------1--------
G--------2---------2-------------------2------ then G chord
D----2---------2---------2---------2----------
A--0------------------------------------------
E------------3---------2-----1----------------
^--use thumb to hit these notes
( #x notation refers to Tom's repeats )
on 1x
G--2~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------
on 2x
G--2~2/7\5\4\2-2~~~---------------------------
on 3x
G--2~2/9~~~-----------\7----/10-\7-\5-\4-12~~-
^harmonic
with Tom's C chord play and hold G harmonic at 12th fret
--
(Dminor twiddle)
e--1--1--0--1--3--1--0h1--1--0--------------------------
B--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3--3--------------------------
G--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----2--2--------------------------
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
Play this twiddle whenever there's a Dminor
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| C | % | G | % |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm
| Dm | % | F | G |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmmmmm hmmmmm
| C | % | G | % |
now i've lost the plot
| C | % | Am | G |
I'm not the hero I could be but not the dog i was
| F/C | G | F/C | G |
kind of common cry kind of common living lie
| C | % | G | % |
color my fast-fading heart
| C | % | Am | G |
people laugh at anything and things just fall apart
| F/C | G | F/C | G |
kind of common cry kind of common living lie
| C G | Am G | F/C | G |
you know the shape my breath will take before i let it out
| Am Em | C Am | G | F |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes
| F |
now they'll sleep alright
| C | % | G | % |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm
| D- | % | F | G |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmmmmm hmmmmm
| C | % | G | % |
now eyes burn circles in the dark
| C | % | Am | G |
and when the mirror talks to me i listen with-a my heart
| F/C | G | F/C | G |
kind of common cry kind of common living lie
| C G | Am G | F | G |
you know the shape my breath will take before i let it out
| Am Em | C Am | G | F |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes
| F |
now they'll sleep alright
| C | % | G | % |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm
| Dm | % | F | G |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmmmmm hmmmmm
| C G | Am G | F | G |
you know the shape my breath will take before i let it out
| Am Em | C Am | G | F |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes
| C G | Am G | F | G |
you know the shape my breath will take before i let it out
| Am Em | C Am | G | F |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes
| Am Em | C Am | G | F |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes
Outro:
| C G | F / |
kind of common cry (woohoo hoo hoo!)
| C G | F / |
kind of common cry (woohoo hoo hoo!)
| C G | F / |
kind of common cry (woohoo hoo hoo!)
| C G | F C . . .
kind of common cry (woohoo hoo hoo hooooo...)
---
Fills:
(For simplicity...i notated them linearly on as few strings as possible)
(I play these fills with the distortion way up)
(For a fuller less tinny sound, i play octaves, you can use an octaver)
Fill 1:
C D E G D G F EF E F G F EF
G--5-55-5-55-5-5-/7-/9-/1212-12-1212-77-7/12-\10-910-1010-10-910/12\10-910-1010-
G C
--12-1212-12-1212-12-5--
Fill 2:
C D E D F G A G C D E F G C
G--5-5/7-7-7/9-9-9\7-7-7/10-10-10/12-b14r-12--5-/7-/9-/10-/12-1212-12\5--
Fill 3:
C D E G D F G F EF EF G F E
G--5-55-5-55-5-5-/7-/9-/1212-12-1212-77-7-10b12r10-910-1010-10-910b12r10-9-
C D E F D E F G C
--5/7/9/10-7/9/10/12-5--
Fill 4:
G A B C D C B C B C B C
B--8-/10-/12-/13-/15-15-13121312131213---
Fill 5:
C D F G F E D
D------3--5-3-2-0- then end on C note
A--3-5------------
Wasn't that a spiffy song?
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