Sister Awake tab by The Tea Party

SISTER AWAKE by THE TEA PARTY

Taken from the CD  "The Edges of Twilight"
Transcribed by C. Janssen
(Prepared for and sent to the archive by S.C. Kramer)

All acoustics are originally played on a 12-string !


Tuning (low to high) : C G C G C E

Intro:
E|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
C|---0-----0---0---0---0--|---0-----0---0---0---0--|---0-----0---0---0---0----|
G|--10s12s10---9---7---9--|--10s12s10---9---7---5--|--10s12s10---9---7---7s9--|
C|---0-----0---0---0---0--|---0-----0---0---0---0--|---0-----0---0---0---0----|
G|--10s12s10---9---7---9--|--10s12s10---9---7---5--|--10s12s10---9---7---7s9--|
C|---0-----0---0---0---0--|---0-----0---0---0---0--|---0-----0---0---0---0----|

E|---------------------------------------|
C|--0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0---------0--|
G|--0---2---3---0h3p0---0---3s5---5s3s5--|
C|--0---0---0---0-0-0---0---0-----0-0-0--|
G|--0---2---3---0h3p0---0---3s5---5s3s5--|
G|----------0---------------0---------0--|

Verse (same as intro):

When the winter was over she returned ...

E|-------------------------------------------|
C|---0----0-----0----0----0------------------|
G|--12---12s14s10---10s12s9---------------0--| 3x
C|---0----0-----0----0----0---------------0--|
G|--12---12s14s10---10s12s9---0---2---3---0--|
C|---0----0-----0----0----0------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0---0-0-0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
|--3---0h3p0---0---3s5---5---7---7s9---5---3---3s5s3---2---3---2---3---3s5--|
|--0---0-0-0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
|--3---0h3p0---0---3s5---5---7---7s9---5---3---3s5s3---2---3---2---3---3s5--|
|--0---------------0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----------------------0----|

I am the sun in the ...

End of acoustics:
E|--------------------------------------0----|
C|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
G|--5s3s5---5s3s5---5s3s5---3---2---3---3s5--|
C|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
G|--5s3s5---5s3s5---5s3s5---3---2---3---3s5--|
C|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|

Hi-hat comes in and the guitar plays:
E|-------------------|
C|--0---0---0---0----|
G|--0---2---3---3s5--| 8x
C|--0---0---0---0----|
G|--0---2---3---3s5--|
C|--------------0----|

Percussion enters and citar-like guitar plays:
E|------------------------------------------|
C|--7---5---7---7s8---7---8---8s10---8---7--|
G|--0---0---0---0-----0---0---0------0---0--|
C|--0---0---0---0-----0---0---0------0---0--|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------|
C|--7---7---8---7---5---7---5---4---5---4---2---0--| Last 2 bars 3 x
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
C|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|


E|------------------------------------------|
C|--7---5---7---7s8---7---8---8s10---8---7--|
G|--0---0---0---0-----0---0---0------0---0--|
C|--0---0---0---0-----0---0---0------0---0--|
G|------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------|

E|--7---8---7---8---7---8---7---8---7---8--|
C|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
G|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
C|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
G|-----------------------------------------|
C|-----------------------------------------|


(Acoustic) guitar during verses:
E|------------------------------------------------|
C|--0------------------0---0----------------------|
G|--5------------------5---3----------------------| keep repeating
C|--0------------------0---0----------------------|
G|--5------------------5---3----------------------|
C|------0---0---0---0----------0---0---0---0---0--|


Guitar after whispering "Sister":
E|-----------------------------|
C|------0---0---0---0---0---0--|
G|------0h2p0---0---2---3---5--|
C|--5---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
G|--5---0h2p0---0---2---3---5--|
C|--5-----------------------0--|


Sister walk through these fields ...

After the 4-th time "Sister":
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
C|------0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0---0---0--|
G|------0h2p0---0---2---3---5---0--|--0h2p0---0---2---3---5--|
C|--5---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0---0---0--|
G|--5---0h2p0---0---2---3---5---0--|--0h2p0---0---2---3---5--|
C|--5------------------------------|-------------------------|


Last verse: (keep repeating during verse)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--0-------------------0---0------------0----------|
|--9-------------------9---7-----------10----------|
|--0-------------------0---0------------0----------|
|--9-------------------9---7-----------10----------|
|------0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------0---0--|


And you'll hear them call out your ...

Screaming "Sister Awake" in the last verse:

E|-----------------------|    |-----------------|
C|--0---0---0---0---0----| <- |--0---0---0---0--|
G|--3---0h3p0---0---3s5--| 3x |--3---5---3---5--|
C|--0---0---0---0---0----| <- |--0---0---0---0--|
G|--3---0h3p0---0---3s5--|    |--3---5---3---5--|
C|--0---------------0----|    |--0---0---0---0--|

Ending, the same as intro


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Last verse: (keep repeating during verse)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--0-------------------0---0------------0----------|
|--9-------------------9---7-----------10----------|
|--0-------------------0---0------------0----------|
|--9-------------------9---7-----------10----------|
|------0---0---0---0-----------0---0--------0---0--|


And you'll hear them call ...