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Only When I Sleep tabs

Only When I Sleep (Variation) tabs


Transcribed by Simon Forsman 1998
simonforsman@hotmail.com
The bass is always going B, A, E on the verses, but the guitar sometimes (or always) go to the A6/C#-chord instead of the bass's A. So if you wanna variate: Instead of the A's on the verses, use the A6/Db-chord (see tab). And instead of the E's on the verses, the guitar sometimes goes to some kind of E/Ab-chord. But if you're only using the guitar and no bass, you might aswell just play all the ordinary chords. It sounds better.
  There's a riff in the beginning of the song (just a nice intro) and in the end of the verses. I'll give you the tabs.

Chords:
      EADGBE
      ||||||
D     XX0232
D7    XX0212
E     022100
Em    022000
A     X02220
A6/C# X42222  
Gmaj  3X0032
Bm    X24432
Bm/G# 422432
A6sus X02232

Riff 1 
E  2-2-2-0
B  0-2-3-X

Riff 2
D  2-2-2-X
A  1-2-4-4
E  X-X-X-2
     




Intro: 
riff 1... Bm... D7... E... Em... A... 

Verse 1:
Bm         A           E                         Bm
... You're only just a dream boat, sailing in my head
    A              E                         Bm 
You swim my secret oceans, of coral blue and red
     A                E                    (bridge:)Gmaj
Your smell is incense burning, your touch is silken yet
                      D                 Gmaj
It reaches through my skin, moving from within
                      riff 2
And it clutches at my breast...

Chorus:
                     Bm                   D7
But it's only when I sleep, see you in my dreams
                E                        Em         A
Got me spinning round and round, turning upside down
                    Bm                       D7
But I only hear you breathe, somewhere in my sleep
                E                        Em         A
Got me spinning round and round, turning upside down
                     Bm... 
But it's only when i sleep...

Verse 2:
        A                E                          Bm    
... And when I wake from slumber, your shadow's disappeared
    A                  E                          Bm      
You breath is just the sea mist, surrounding my body
    A                   E                    (bridge:) Gmaj
I'm working through the daytime, but when it's time to rest...
                D                    Gmaj      
I'm lying in my bed, listening to my breath
                 riff 2
Falling from the edge...

Chorus.
But it's only when I sleep...
I see you in my...
...
...              (stick:)Gmaj               Bm/G#        A6sus(tab) 
... But it's only when I sleep... yeah yeah.... yeah yeeayeaaaaaa 
   riff 2
aaaahh... It's only when I sleep...

Flute/violin solo - chords as on chorus.

Lyrics while solo:
Up to the sky, where eagles fly
I'll never die, hawaiian high...

Bridge: It reaches through my skin... (chords as on first verse)

Chorus... and out(same chords as on chorus all the way out):

But it's only when I sleep...
...
...


In bed I lie, no need to cry
My sleeping cry, hawaiian high...
...
Up to the sky, where angels fly
I'll never die, hawaiian high...
...


Thanks to Simon Forsman.
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