Before I Sleep tab by Marika Hackman

Tabs

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
e|---------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-------------------|
FF|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5---| x2
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------0-----3-------|

Verse 1 "Burning the road through my mind around fire..."
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------|

 "for the light you shed was blinding"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------------|
FF|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------0-----3------|

 "A rabbit caught in your glow I am frozen"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------|

 "In the yielding tar sticky and golden"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0------|
FF|------12-----12------11-----11-----5-----5-----5-----5--| x2
D MajorD|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-12-------------10-------------5-----------5------------|

Verse 2 "I forsee this ending in a shower of flame"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1------------|

 "So drink your holy water soon"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------1-----------1-----------3-----------4-----------5-----------5------------|

 "And I'll wash my loving hands, I'm through"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------1-----------1-----------3-----------4-----------5-----------5------------|

 "For I am of the sun and this night is getting on"
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0------|
FF|------12-----12------11-----11-----5-----5-----5-----5--| x2
D MajorD|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-12-------------10-------------5-----------5------------|

 "When the dawn breaks warm I'm gone"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|------12-----12------11-----11-----9-----9-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5--|
D MajorD|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-12-------------10-------------8-----------7-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5------------|

intro pattern x1:

Verse 3 "Standing at the edge of your forest I'm standing"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------|

 "and the milky bed remdinds me of the miles I have yet to tread"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------------|
FF|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------0-----3------|

 "and the heart stained sheets I used to wrap around my waist"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1------------|

 "Well I hope you find the peace you seek"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------1-----------1-----------3-----------3-----------5-----------5------------|

 "Wake me up in five, six weeks"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------1-----------1-----------3-----------4-----------5-----------5------------|

"For we exist at night / and a silent strip of light"
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0------|
FF|------12-----12------11-----11-----5-----5-----5-----5--| x2
D MajorD|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-12-------------10-------------5-----------5------------|

"Unfurls against the mountain side"
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|------12-----12------11-----11-----9-----9-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5--|
D MajorD|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-12-------------10-------------8-----------7-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5------------|

Outro:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|
FF|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------|
FF|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
D MajorD|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------5--|

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