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Anathema - "Sleepless" Guitar Tab

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Updated: 2001-06-01 11:43:21


#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#Unless specified otherwise, this is NOT an official tab from the band members.#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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Sleepless TAB
Key:
. - palm muted
* - artificial harmonic
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
p - pull off
h - hammer on
b - bend up/down
T - right hand tap
~ - vibrato

Tune 2.5 step down: from high to low (B,F#,D,A,E,B)

Acoustic part (A1):
2nd guitar enters after 4th time.

H |------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------4---4-----5---5-----4---4----------|
A |---5-4-0-2---------2---------2-----2---2--------|
E |-----------3---3-----3---3-----0----------------|
H |-0---------------------------------------3-2-(0)|
  |                                                | play 8x
H |-------------7---7-----8---8-----7---7----------|
F#|---8-7---5---------5---------5-----5---5--------|
D |-------7---5---5-----5---5----------------------|
A |-------------------------------7----------------|
E |------------------------------------------------|
H |------------------------------------------------|

Now both guitars play heavy distortion riff (D1):
I not sure, but I suppose that second guitar may play
the same notes but not artificial harmonics. Try it.

H |----------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------|
D |-----*---*------------------------------------------|
A |-----2---2---*---*---*-------*---*---*---*----------| play 2x
E |-------------3---3---3-------3---3---2---2----------|
H |-0-0---0---0---0---0-----0-0---0---0---0----00-3-2--|
    . .   .   .   .   .     . .   .   .   .    .. . .

A1 part 4x
D1 riff 4x
A1 part 4x (2nd guitar enters after 2nd time.
D1 riff 5x

Fill:

H |---------------------|
F#|---------------------|
D |---------------------|
A |---------------------|
E |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-|
H |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-|
    . . . . . . . .

Heavy distortion riff (D2) both guitars:

H |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------4/5-----------4/5-----------4/5\4-2-------7-5h7p5\4h5p4---|
E |-------2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3\2-0-0-0-0---------------7-|
H |-0-0-0-----------------------------------------------------------|
    . . .     . . . . .     . . . . .         . .

2nd time second guitar plays different ending notes:

H |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------4/5-----------4/5-----------4/5\4-2-------7-5h7p5\4h5p4-----|
E |-------2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3\2-0-0-0-0---------------7---|
H |-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
  | . . .     . . . . .     . . . . .         . . .                   |
  |                                                                   |
H |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------4/5-----------4/5-----------4/5\4-2-------10-9h10p9\7h9p7---|
E |-------2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3-3-3-3-3-3-2/3\2-0-0-0-0----------------10-|
H |-0-0-0-------------------------------------------------------------|
    . . .     . . . . .     . . . . .         . . .

D2 is also played under solo.

The solo part:

    T     T    T    T    T    T    T
H |-----------------------------------------------------------
F#|-12-10-12-8-12-7-12-8-12-7-12-8-12-5~--7-5-7/10-8/12-10/13-
D |-----------------------------------------------------------
A |-----------------------------------------------------------
E |-----------------------------------------------------------
H |-----------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------
-12h13p12--12-13---------------------------------------------------
---------14-----14-12------------12-11-12--12-----------------12---
---------------------14--------14------------------------12h14--14-
-----------------------------14----------15--14/15-12--14----------
------------------------12-15--------------------------------------
                           .  . .
---------------------------------------12~---Now start---------------------
-----12-12-12---12------12-12-12---12-------left handed------|15-13-12|----
-----12-12-12-14--------12-12-12-14--12---tap improvising----|14-12---|----
-(12)-------------14-12------------------using this notes:---|14-12---|-14-
-------------------------------------Sorry for that but it`s---------------
----------------------------------too hard for me to figure it out---------

-------------------------------- First 14* as well as second 14* are
----*-------------*------------- different harmonics. Try to find it:
-12-14b16b14p12---14b16b14p12--- 1st)above your single, 2nd)neck-edge of
---------------14------------14- bridge humbucker (h/s/h guitar of course)
-------------------------------- You just have to find it by yourself
-------------------------------- doing experiments (just love it :-)

---------------------------17-15-14-14h15p14------17b19b17p15---|
-------------15-17-15-----------------------17--15-----------17-|
--------12/16--------16-14--------------------------------------|
---14-----------------------------------------------------------|
-14-------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------|

At the end of the solo play D1 riff once

The End...

Tabbed by Anatheman
(johanson@poczta.onet.pl)
(http://republika.pl/johanson)

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