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Sleep That Burns

Be-Bop Deluxe

Chord: Principal (acoustic and electric guitars)
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key: E 
E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
                Sleep That Burns - Be Bop Deluxe
E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Tabbed by: axe victim

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Another favourite from the Sunburst Finish album.  I must
admit I'm not sure of the name of that exotic F# chord!

Tuning: EADGBe

|(022100) chord shape
| x mute note
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato/sustain


Intro: ticking clock, alarm rings...


___E_______________B___Aadd9___________________________

E|-0-0-0-----------7---0---0-------0-------0-------0---|
B|-0-0-0-----------7---0-----0-------0-------0---------|
G|-1-1-1-----------8---6-------6-------6-------6-------|
D|-2-2-2-----------9---7---------7-------7-------7-----|
A|-2-2-2-----------9---7-------------------------------|
E|-0-0-0-----------7---5-------------------------------|


Repeat, then...


Verse: chords in brackets...


___E_(022100)____________B_(799877)_A_(577655)____________________
              A   brass    band is playing...
E|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---7-7-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-|
B|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---7-7-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-|
G|-1---1-1-1---1-1-1---1-1-8---8-8-6---6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-6---6-6-|
D|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-9---9-9-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-|
A|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-9---9-9-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-|
E|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-7---7-7-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


( Continue strumming pattern... )



___F#m_(244222)________B_(799877)___A_(577655)___
           Rehearsing  its          thrills

___E_(022100)__________B_(799877)___A_(577655)___
           All half-moon    and     cloudy,

___F#m_(244222)________B_(799877)___A_(577655)___
           All   golden and         shrill 


Chorus:


E|---C| #m-(x46654)---------------------A-(577655)---------------------
    I've got a sleep that burns...
E|-4-4-4-4-4---4-------4----------|-5-5-5-5-5---5-------5----------|
B|-5-5-5-5-5---5-------5----------|-5-5-5-5-5---5-------5----------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6---6-------6----------|-6-6-6-6-6---6-------6----------|
D|-6-6-6-6-6---6-------6----------|-7-7-7-7-7---7-------7----------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4---4-------4----------|-7-7-7-7-7---7-------7----------|
E|--------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5---5-------5----------|

 | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


( Continue strumming pattern... )


E|---C| #m-(x46654)-----------A-(577655)-------------
             A sleep that burns...
         Got a sleep that burns...



___Bsus4_(x24400)___________________B_(x2440x)_____________________
  all night...
E|-0-0-0--------------------------|-x-x-x--------------------------|
B|-0-0-0--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
G|-4-4-4--------------------------|-4-4-4--------------------------|
D|-4-4-4--------------------------|-4-4-4--------------------------|
A|-2-2-2--------------------------|-2-2-2--------------------------|
E|-x-x-x--------------------------|-x-x-x--------------------------|



Repeat intro, verse and chorus until...



___Bsus4_(x24400)___________________F#7sus4-9_(244000)_____________
 all night...                   all night...
E|-0-0-0--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
B|-0-0-0--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
G|-4-4-4--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
D|-4-4-4--------------------------|-4-4-4--------------------------|
A|-2-2-2--------------------------|-4-4-4--------------------------|
E|-x-x-x--------------------------|-2-2-2--------------------------|


Repeat last part until...


Riff...


___Aadd9_(x02200)_________________

E|-0-0-0--------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-0-0-0--------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2--------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2--------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-0-0-0--------------------------|-0h1h2--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|---------0h1h2---3~~~~~~~-------|



Play riff twice and then...


___Aadd9_(x02200)_________________

E|-0-0-0--------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-0-0-0--------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-2-2-2--------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-----------------------------------------------------2-0---|
A|-0-0-0---------------------------0h1h2---------------0h2h3-------|
E|--------------------------------|--------0h1h2---3-------------2-|


___Bm_(x24432)_____________________________________________________ 
( listen to song to get the exact strumming pattern... )
E|---------2---2-------2----------|---------2---2-------2----------|
B|---------3---3-------3----------|---------3---3-------3----------|
G|---------4---4-------4----------|---------4---4-------4----------|
D|---------4---4-------4----------|---------4---4-------4----------|
A|-2-----------2-------2----------|-2-----------2-------2----------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


( Continue strumming pattern... )


E|----| Bm--(x24432)------------F#-(244322)----------
I'm sitting in a cafe in paradise

E|----| F#7-(244320)------------Bm-(x24432)----------
Naked as a razor, I'm as      loaded as a dice...

E|----| Bm-(x24432)------------------D-(xx0232)------
The waitresses all ask me for my price

E|----| A-(x02220)--------------D-(xx0232)-----------
I laugh         and say I'm leaving

E|----| A-(x02220)--------------D-(xx0232)-----------
           And this is only dreaming

E|----| A-(x02220)--------------Bm-(x24432)----------
         So hold me while I'm screaming...



E|-----| G-(3x0033)-------------------------------Bm-(x24432)----------
   Now...!        Is the moment of truth...
E|---3-3-3-3----------------------|-----------2-2-2-2--------------|
B|---3-3-3-3----------------------|-----------3-3-3-3--------------|
G|---0-0-0-0----------------------|-----------4-4-4-4--------------|
D|---0-0-0-0----------------------|-----------4-4-4-4--------------|
A|---x-x-x-x----------------------|-----------2-2-2-2--------------|
E|---3-3-3-3----------------------|-----------x-x-x-x--------------|


( Now strum freely... )


E|---------------------| F#m-(244222)----------------
     Your youth is a mask 

E|---------------------| G-(355433)------------------
but it's not made to last

E|---------------------| Bm-(x24432)-----------------
   For we all have a past to out run

E|---------------------| G-(320033)------------------
            When the mask comes undone

E|---------------------| A-(x02220)------------------
              And we race on and on

E|---------------------| Bm-(x24432)-----------------
         Through the fiery portals of 

___D_(xx0232)____________________________________
   Hell...!



E|--------------------------C-(x32010)-------------|
     Go and tell all your friends

E|--------------------------| Am-(x02210)------------
That you've witnessed the end   of the world in a

___Bm_(x24432)____________F#m_(244222)___________
 dream...            in a dream...



( Guitar solo over Bm and F#m chords until... )


E|----| G-(3x0033)-------------Bm-(x24432)-----------

E|----| D-(xx0232)-----------------------------------




Repeat intro, verse and chorus until...



___Bsus4_(x24400)___________________F#7sus4-9_(244000)_____________
 all night...                   all night...
E|-0-0-0--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
B|-0-0-0--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
G|-4-4-4--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
D|-4-4-4--------------------------|-4-4-4--------------------------|
A|-2-2-2--------------------------|-4-4-4--------------------------|
E|-x-x-x--------------------------|-2-2-2--------------------------|


___Bsus4_(x24400)___________________F#7sus4-9_(244000)_____________
( guitar solo over these chords... )
E|-0-0-0--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
B|-0-0-0--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
G|-4-4-4--------------------------|-0-0-0--------------------------|
D|-4-4-4--------------------------|-4-4-4--------------------------|
A|-2-2-2--------------------------|-4-4-4--------------------------|
E|-x-x-x--------------------------|-2-2-2--------------------------|


___Bsus4_(x24400)__________________________________________________ 
( fade to end... )
E|-0-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0-------|
B|-0-----------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---|
G|-4---------------4---------------4---------------4---------------|
D|-4-------------------4---------------4---------------4-----------|
A|-2---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|



Lyrics:

A brass band is playing
Rehearsing its thrills
All half-moon and cloudy,
All golden and shrill

I've got a sleep that burns
A sleep that burns
Got a sleep that burns all night

I'm locked in your dark world
Where hearts hold the keys,
Half-opened, enchanted, half-truth and half dreams...

I've got a sleep that burns
A sleep that burns
Got a sleep that burns all night

I'm sitting in a cafe in paradise
Naked as a razor, I'm loaded as a dice...
The waitresses all ask me for my price

I laugh and say I'm leaving
And this is only dreaming
So hold me while I'm screaming...

Now...! Is the moment of truth...
Your youth is a mask but it's not made to last
For we all have a past to out run
When the mask comes undone
And we race on and on
Through the fiery portals of hell...!

Go and tell all your friends
That you've witnessed the end
Of the world in a dream...

The night winds are howling...
Seducing the trees,
I wake in a cold sweat
With the sheets round my knees

I've got a sleep that burns
A sleep that burns
Got a sleep that burns all night

I lay in the darkness
With visionless eyes...
Exhausted and reeling...
All heartbeats and sighs...

But the sleep still burns, yes, the sleep still burns
Got a sleep that burns all night

(sleep is coming, don't you worry) 





| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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