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When You Sleep

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                             WHEN YOU SLEEP - Shonen Knife
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Tabbed by: emery01
E-mail:
Tuning: Standard
INTRO/VERSE BASS:                                                  | 
                                                                   v 10th fret
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------7-77--7-77-------------5-55--5-55---------------7-77--10-1010--------------5-55--5-55-------------|
E|8-88--8-88-------------5-55--5-55-------------8--88--8-88-----------------8-88--8-88--------------8-88--8-88-|
(I mostly use barre chords but you could probably use open ones too)
CWhen I look at youEm  
Oh, I don't know what's realAm  
Once in a whileDm  
And you make me laughC  
And I'll see you tomorrowEm  
And it won't be longC  
Once in a whileDm  
                     C (hold over next line)
Then you take me down
Then you walk away
Cool little bass line:
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|----55-555--888--88--810-----------|
E|888------------10--10--------------|
CHORUS:
   C    Dm   Fx2
CWhen you said 'I do'Em  
Oh, I don't believe Amyou
I can't forget Dmit, noC  
When you sleep tomorrowEm  
And it won't be longC  
Once in a whileDm  
                       C (hold over next line and into chorus)
When you make me smile
And you turn your long blond hair
CHORUS: 
C    Dm   F
"baa baba ba baa baba ba baaaaa"
"When you walk away"
x4
CWhen I look at youEm  
Oh, I don't know what's realAm  
Once in a whileDm  
And you make me laughC  
And I'll see you tomorrowEm  
And it won't be longC  
Once in a whileDm  
Then you take me downC  
Then you walk away
CHORUS: 
C    Dm   F
"baa baba ba baa baba ba baaaaa"
"Oooh when I look at yoou"
"oh I don't know what's real"
etc..
x8
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| pb  Pre-bend
| pbr Pre-bend release
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When You Sleep

by Shonen Knife

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WHEN YOU SLEEP - Shonen Knife

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Tabbed by: emery01

E-mail:

Tuning: Standard

INTRO/VERSE BASS: |

v 10th fret

G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|-----------7-77--7-77-------------5-55--5-55---------------7-77--10-1010--------------5-55--5-55-------------|

E|8-88--8-88-------------5-55--5-55-------------8--88--8-88-----------------8-88--8-88--------------8-88--8-88-|

(I mostly use barre chords but you could probably use open ones too)

C Em

When I look at you

Oh, I don't know what's real

Once in a while

And you make me laugh

And I'll see you tomorrow

And it won't be long

Once in a while

C (hold over next line)

Then you take me down

Then you walk away

Cool little bass line:

G|-----------------------------------|

D|-----------------------------------|

A|----55-555--888--88--810-----------|

E|888------------10--10--------------|

CHORUS:

C Dm F

C Em

When you said 'I do'

Oh, I don't believe you

Dm C

I can't forget it, no

When you sleep tomorrow

And it won't be long

Once in a while

C (hold over next line and into chorus)

When you make me smile

And you turn your long blond hair

CHORUS:

C Dm F

"baa baba ba baa baba ba baaaaa"

"When you walk away"

C Em

When I look at you

Oh, I don't know what's real

Once in a while

And you make me laugh

And I'll see you tomorrow

And it won't be long

Once in a while

Then you take me down

Then you walk away

CHORUS:

C Dm F

"baa baba ba baa baba ba baaaaa"

"Oooh when I look at yoou"

"oh I don't know what's real"

etc..

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| pb Pre-bend

| pbr Pre-bend release

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