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Now They'll Sleep  Belly

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
[---]  
| 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?
ldkim@nando.net
Dennis Kim
perth*
(dennis kim)
pink is where it's @
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