Anti-lullaby tab by Karen O

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G#m

Difficulty: Novice

(note the C chord is actually Cadd#11, shown as C for simplicity)


Intro:
    Em
e|-------------|
B|----------0--|
G|--------0----|
D|------2------|
A|----2--------|
E|--0----------|

Verse 1:
    Em            Am            C             Em            C             Am
e|-------------|----------0--|----------2--|-------------|----------2--|----------0--|
B|----------0--|--------1----|--------1----|----------0--|--------1----|--------1----|
G|--------0----|------2------|------0------|--------0----|------0------|------2------|
D|------2------|----2--------|----2--------|------2------|----2--------|----2--------|
A|----2--------|--0----------|--3----------|----2--------|--3----------|--0----------|
E|--0----------|-------------|-------------|--0----------|-------------|-------------|
       Em                 Am
Do not sleep my starling, sleep my doe
       C                    Em
She is wrapped in curtains, laid in snow
         C          Am
She will bury you inside her fur


Chorus 1:
    C             Am            C             Am
e|----------2--|----------0--|----------2--|----------0--|
B|--------1----|--------1----|--------1----|--------1----|
G|------0------|------2------|------0------|------2------|
D|----2--------|----2--------|----2--------|----2--------|
A|--3----------|--0----------|--3----------|--0----------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
       C                           Am
Do not sleep, she waits for you to sleep
       C                           Am
Do not sleep, she waits for you to sleep


Verse 2:
    C             G             C/E           G
e|----------2--|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|--------1----|----------0--|----------1--|----------0--|
G|------0------|--------0----|--------0----|--------0----|
D|----2--------|------0------|------2------|------0------|
A|--3----------|----2--------|----3--------|----2--------|
E|-------------|--3----------|--0----------|--3----------|
   C                           G
My breath you breathe, it will carry you
   C/E                    G
My breath you breathe, it carries you


Chorus 2:
    C             Am            C             Em
e|----------2--|-------------|----------2--|-------------|
B|--------1----|--------1----|--------1----|----------0--|
G|------0------|------2------|------0------|--------0----|
D|----2--------|----2--------|----2--------|------2------|
A|--3----------|--0----------|--3----------|----2--------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|--0----------|
       C                           Am
Do not sleep, she waits for you to sleep
       C                         Em
Do not sleep, my starling do not sleep