Only When I Sleep chords by The Corrs

Chords with lyrics

Some of the chords on this song is kinda odd, and I don’t know what
they’re called. But on the bottom of this page I’ll show you the tabs on
theese chords. And in the end of the verses there’s a guitar riff -
check bottom of page.
 The bass is always going B, A, E, A augmentedA on the verses, but the guitar
sometimes (or always) go to the A6/Db-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. Sounds better.
 There’s a riff in the beginning of the song. I’ll give you the tab on
that riff (not the entire solo). Just a nice intro...
 m=minor

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

Verse 1:
B minorBm     A augmentedA      E MajorE             B minorBm
... You’re only just a dream boat....
  A augmentedA       E MajorE             B minorBm
You swim my secret oceans, ...
   A augmentedA        E MajorE          (bridge:)G^(see tab)
Your smell is incense burning, ...
           D MajorD         G^
It reaches through my ...
           riff 2(tab)
And it clutches at my ...

Chorus:
           B minorBm          D7D7
But it’s only when ...
        E MajorE            E minorEm     A augmentedA
Got me spinning round and round, ...
          B minorBm            D7D7
But I only hear you ...
        E MajorE            E minorEm     A augmentedA
Got me spinning round and ...
           Bm...
But it’s only ...

Verse 2:
    A augmentedA        E MajorE             B minorBm
... And when I wake from ...
  A augmentedA         E MajorE             B minorBm
You breath is just the sea mist...
  A augmentedA          E MajorE          (bridge:) G^(tab)...
I’m working through the daytime, ...
        D MajorD          G^(tab)
I’m lying in my bed, ....
         riff 2(tab)...
Falling from the edge...

Chorus.
But it’s only when I sleep...
I see you in my...
...
...       (stick:)G^(tab)       Bm/G#(tab)  A6sus(tab)
... But it’s only when I sleep... yeah ....
  riff 2(tab)
aaaahh... I’ts only ....

Flute/violin solo - chords as on chorus.

Lyrics while solo:
Up to the sky, where ....

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

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

But it’s only when ....
...
...

In bed I lie, no need ....
...


Tabs:

Riff 1 (on the two high-freq strings):
E MajorE -2-2-2-0-...
BB -0-2-3-X-... (Land on the Bm-chord)


A6/Db (your pointingfinger on 2:nd fret):
E-2
B-2
G-2
D-2
A-4
E-X


G^:
E-2
B-3
G-0
D-0
A-X (mute with longfinger that’s on the lowest E-string’s 3:rd fret)
E-3


Riff 2(on the three low-freq strings):
D MajorD -2-2-2-X--
A augmentedA -1-2-4-4--
E MajorE -X-X-X-2--


Bm/G# (pointingfinger on 2:nd fret):
E-2
B-3
G-4
D-2
A-2
E-4

A6sus (pointingfinger on 2:nd fret)
E-2
B-3
G-2
D-2
A-0
E-x

That’s about it!

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