I saw a request awhile back for this, and haven't seen a response. Here's
my try, constructive criticisms are appreciated.
REM
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
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Intro, same as chorus:
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
The transition to the verses:
CEm
e---------0-----|---------0---------
B-------------1-|-------------0-----
G---------------|-------------------
D-----2---------|-------------------
A-3-------------|-----2-------------
E---------------|-0-----------------
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Verse 1:
(* For all the verses, the F's, C's, and Am's are played as barre
chords, the F's in A formation, the C's and Am's in E form. He
upstrokes them in pairs, on what sounds like a big hollowbody electric.
The placement of the chords over the words here is inteneded only to
to denote their *approximate* temporal location. Listen to the song
and you'll be able to hear and feel where they actually go.*)
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This ..
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There ...
long, ..
FFFFAmAmCC
If I ..
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[Untranscribable Stipe yodel]
FFFFAmAmCC
If I ..
Chorus 1 (*I won't even try to pretend that I know what he's
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
CEm (*play as noted above for transition*)
Verse 2:
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There's ..
wake up
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But ...
design
FFFFAmAmCC
With ..
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["Tell her" yodeled]
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Tell ..
FFFFAmAm
Only ..
CC
really ..
Chorus 2: (*Same as chorus one, including transition*)
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
CEmVerse 3: (*Short verse*)
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Baby ..
CC
sub-..
FFFFCCCCA can ..
FFFFAmAmCCA ..
Chorus 3:
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
CEm (*Same as above*)
Bridge:
(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking
pattern is like this:
BmBmAmAm
e---------2------|---------2------|---------0------|---------0------|
B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--|
G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------|
A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*)
BmBmAmAm
The cat ..
BmBmAmAm
On ..
BmBmAmC
That ..
EmEm
The ..
Chorus 3 and outro:
(*The chorus is the same*)
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*)
CEm
e---------0-----|-0-------0-----|
B-------------1-|-0-------0-----|
G---------------|-0-------0-----|
D-----2---------|-2-------2-----|
A-3-------------|-2-------2-----|
E---------------|-0-------2-----|
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
CEm (*New transition*)
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
CEm (*New transition*)
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
CEmDD
We got a boogy-woogy groove on this one
Chorus:
DD/F#DD/F#G5C9G5Am
Call me ..
DD/F#DD/F#G5C9G5Am
Call me ..
DD/F#DD/F#G5C9G5Am
Call me ..
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