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Sleep Patterns Tab by Merchant Ships

Sleep Patterns tab by Merchant Ships

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  • Capo on 1st
  • Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Intro:
 2x

e|--0~----0--0--0~----0--0--0~-----------------------------------------------|
B|--0~----0--0--0~----0--0--0~-----------------------------------------------|
G|--0-----0--0--0~----0--0--0~-----------------------------------------------|
D|--5~----5--9--4~----4--5--2~-----------------------------------------------|
A|--7~----7--10-5~----5--7--3~-----------------------------------------------|
E|--x-----x--x--x-----x--x--x------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

    September 9, 2001 Gary and I were skating at a hospital On top of a huge hill overlooking a valley

e|--0~---------------------------------------------0------------0------------0~---------------------|
B|--0~---------------------------------------------0------------0------------0~---------------------|
G|--0~---------------------------------------------0------------0------------0~---------------------|
D|--5~---------------------------------------------5------------9------------4~---------------------|
A|--7~---------------------------------------------7------------10-----------5~---------------------|
E|--x----------------------------------------------x------------x------------x----------------------|

An ambulance came in and took out a dead woman Gary asked me why she wasn't moving or blinking

e|-----------------------0--------0--------0--------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------0--------0--------0~-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------0--------0--------0~-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------4--------5--------2~-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------5--------7--------3~-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------x--------x--------x--------------------------------------------------------|

They hadn't closed her eyes yet


Verse 2:

      She must have died on the way A car full of family and friends came in with the ambulance

e|--0~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------0~-----|
B|--0~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------0~-----|
G|--0~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------0-------0~-----|
D|--5~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-------9~-----|
A|--7~-------------------------------------------------------------------------------7-------10~----|
E|--x--------------------------------------------------------------------------------x-------x------|

They were all crying and hugging each other One woman screamed hysterically

e|----------------------------------------------------------0--------------0~-----------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------0--------------0~-----------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------0--------------0~-----------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------4--------------4~-----------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------5--------------5~-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------x--------------x------------------------|


And grabbed at the woman's body asking her to wake up

e|----------------------------------------------------0--------0~-----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------0--------0~-----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------0--------0~-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------5--------2~-----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------7--------3~-----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------x--------x------------------------------------|

Verse 3:

      I had to tell Gary that her soul went to Heaven I didn't believe a word of it
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B|--0~---------------------------------------------------------0--------------------0~--------------|
G|--0~---------------------------------------------------------0--------------------0~--------------|
D|--5~---------------------------------------------------------5--------------------9~--------------|
A|--7~---------------------------------------------------------7--------------------10~-------------|
E|--x----------------------------------------------------------x--------------------x---------------|

But I knew it'd be easier for him to understand. Two days from now, at 9 AM

e|----------------------------------------------0~----------------------0~--------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------0~----------------------0~--------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------0~----------------------0~--------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------4~----------------------4~--------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------5-----------------------5~--------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------x-----------------------x---------------------------|

Two planes will hit the World Trade Center Killing over 3, 000 people

e|-------------------------------------------------------------0~----0~-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------0~----0~-----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------0~----0~-----------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------5~----2~-----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------7-----3~-----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------x-----x------------------------------|

I will tell Gary that there is no God And all of this is meaningless

e|---------------------------------0~-------------------------------0--0~---------------------------|
B|---------------------------------0~-------------------------------0--0~---------------------------|
G|---------------------------------0~-------------------------------0--0~---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------5~-------------------------------5--9~---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------7~-------------------------------7--10~--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------x--------------------------------x--x----------------------------|

But today, there is a God, and he has a plan for him

      He doesn't know it, but a year from now, our family will be torn apart

e|--0~----------------------------------------------------------------------0------------------------|
B|--0~----------------------------------------------------------------------0~-----------------------|
G|--0~----------------------------------------------------------------------0~-----------------------|
D|--4~----------------------------------------------------------------------4~-----------------------|
A|--5~----------------------------------------------------------------------5~-----------------------|
E|--x-----------------------------------------------------------------------x------------------------|

And I will move far away and won't see or talk to him for five years And as we sit on the hood of our car

e|------------------------------------------------------------------0~-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------0~-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------0--------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------5~-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------7~-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------x--------------------------------|

The sun goes down and he asks me what I want out of my life I tell him I don't know

e|---------------0--0~-------------------------------------0~----------------------------------------|
B|---------------0--0~-------------------------------------0~----------------------------------------|
G|---------------0--0~-------------------------------------0~----------------------------------------|
D|---------------2--5~-------------------------------------5~----------------------------------------|
A|---------------3--7~-------------------------------------7~----------------------------------------|
E|---------------x--x--------------------------------------x-----------------------------------------|

Chorus: 3x

On and on we run away From the things we are afraid of
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----0---0---0---0------0---0---0---0------0---3-0----0---0----------------|
G|----7---7---7---7------0---5---0---7------0----------0---5-----------------|
D|---5---5---5---5------4---4---4---4------2---2------2---2------------------|
A|--7---7---7---7------5---5---5---5------3---3------3---3-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 4:

     I don't tell him about the dream I had the night before Where I'm riding in a car full of strangers

e|-----------------------------------------------------------0--0--0~--------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------0--0--0~--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------0--0--0~--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------5--5--9~--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------7--7--10~-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------x--x--x---------------------------------|

And singing to some song I've never heard And smoking a cigarette and we swerve off the road and hit a tree

e|---------------------------------------0----0---------0~-------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------0----0---------0~-------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------0----0---------0~-------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------4----4---------5~-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------5----5---------7~-------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------x----x---------x~-------------------------------------------|

I go through the windshield and hit the edge of a fence Dislocating my jaw and flipping me into a wall

e|----0--------------0~-----------------------------------------------------------------------0---0--|
B|----0--------------0~-----------------------------------------------------------------------0---0--|
G|----0--------------0~-----------------------------------------------------------------------0---0--|
D|----2--------------5~-----------------------------------------------------------------------5---9--|
A|----3--------------7~-----------------------------------------------------------------------7---10-|
E|----x--------------x------------------------------------------------------------------------x---x--|

Where my neck is broken, and my skull is fractured I bleed to death in excruciating pain

e|--0~----------------------------------------------------------0-----0-------------0~---------------|
B|--0~----------------------------------------------------------0-----0-------------0~---------------|
G|--0~----------------------------------------------------------0-----0-------------0~---------------|
D|--4~----------------------------------------------------------4-----5-------------2~---------------|
A|--5~----------------------------------------------------------5-----7-------------3~---------------|
E|--x-----------------------------------------------------------x-----x-------------x----------------|


Outro:

(Mostly Palm Muted)

I will have this dream periodically
Until I meet all of the strangers one by one
Introducing them all to each other
Until we are a close group of friends
I will set these events in motion, and I will die

e|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------|
E|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|

(Slowly release palm mute towards the end)

But today in the warm light of the sunset, I don't see it
I just see the sunset
I smile back and shake my head

e|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------------|
A|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------|
E|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------------------------|

(Mute)

I have absolutely no idea
I am afraid
_____________________________
| x  Dead note
| ~  Let Ring

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