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I've Been Asleep - Hey Rosetta!
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Tabbed by: Andrew Maynard
Email: admaynar@ucalgary.ca
Tuning: Standard (capo 2nd fret)
Intro
e|--0----0-0----0-0----0-0------------------|B|--1----1-1----1-1----1-1------------------|G|--0----0-0----0-0----0-0----repeat as-----|D|--2----2-2----2-2----2-2-----desired------|A|--3----3-3----3-3----3-3------------------|E|------------------------------------------|
Verse
e|--0----0-0----0-0-------------0----0-0----0-0-----------|B|--1----1-1----1-1---(7-7)-----1----1-1----1-1---(7-7)---|G|--0----0-0----0-0----7-7------0----0-0----0-0----7-7----|D|--2----2-2----2-2----7-7------2----2-2----2-2----7-7----|A|--3----3-3----3-3----5-5------3----3-3----3-3----5-5----|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0----0-0----0-0-------0----0-0----0-0-----------|B|--1----1-1----1-1-------1----1-1----1-1---(7-7)---|G|--0----0-0----0-0-------0----0-0----0-0----7-7---*| RepeatD|--2----2-2----2-2-------2----2-2----2-2----7-7---*| 3xA|--3----3-3----3-3-------3----3-3----3-3----5-5----|E|--------------------------------------------------|
On the last time through this riff (or something similar) is played by Adam:
e|----0---0---0---0---0---0-5---7--|B|--5-------7-------8--------------|G|------5-------5-------5----------|D|---------------------------------|A|---------------------------------|E|---------------------------------|
Verse 1
I've been asleep for a long, long time
Blond hair to brown and brown to white
My mom is buried beside my dad (?)
But I was asleep for all of that
Verse 2
The schools that I went to have all been closed
And all of my teachers are dead I suppose
The songs that we sung have all gone quiet
What happens below as you sleep at night?
Chorus (chords relative to capo)
em G C
I shut my eyes for a moment's rest
em G C (etc...)
'cause I get so tired
What things transpired while my body slipped
Beset my mind (?)
Interlude
Just fiddle around with picking the chorus chords for a few bars and then sing to the
chords.
em G C (etc...)
The river's up, the reeds are cut
Halfway across what never was
The water rose and swept in slow
When the reeds awoke they were half below
After that it's the same chords while the string section works their magic, followed by
harder rocking part again over the same basic chords. Feel free to improv all you want
I have no idea how to tab it.
Structure:
Intro
Verse 1
Chorus
Verse 2
Chorus
Interlude
Verse 1 (2x)
Verse riff as outro
This song is pretty much all about the timing, so you'll have to play it a few times to
get it. Near the end when they repeat the first verse they only play the very first part
as opposed the usual twice... but that's hard to explain unless you listen to it and
it. That may only happen in the performance in the video from the ECMA's as well, I'm
really sure. Also, I'm not too sure about some of the lyrics but those are the closest
my ears could decipher so you'll just have to go with it unless you know otherwise.
I left out some of Hogan's guitar parts because I'm not good enough to tab them, go nuts
those out yourself.
As always, you can find more Hey Rosetta! at www.heyrosetta.com.
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