xMichelle Branch : Something to Sleep to
Transcribed by Jerry Sun
This is probably my favorite song on Spirit Room.
I tabbed it from her 20 dollar songbook, so it should be accurate to the recording. Enjoy!
Capo: 1st fret
-E A D G B E-
A [x 0 2 2 2 0]
A+ [x x 3 2 2 1]
B7 [x 2 1 2 0 2]
D [x x 0 2 3 2]
Dm [x x 0 2 3 1]
Ebdim [x x 1 2 4 2]
E [0 2 2 1 0 0]
F#m [2 4 4 2 2 2]
-Verse 1 & 2-
A A+
She's his yellow brick road, leading him on and
F#m Dm A
letting him go as far as she lets him go.
B7 D
Going down to nowhere
A A+
She puts on her make-up the same way she did
F#m Dm
yesterday, hoping everything's the same.
B7 D Dm
But everything has changed.
-chorus-
A D F#m
In my mind, everything we did was right
E A
Open your eyes I'll still be by your side
D F#m
How could I ever have been so blind?
B7 D A
You give me something to sleep to at night
A+ F#m Dm
(something to sleep to at night)
-Verse 3-
A A+
He wakes up to the sound, So scared that she's leaving,
F#m Dm A
He wishes she were still asleep next to him
B7 D Dm
Hoping she will change
-chorus-
A D F#m
In my mind, everything we did was right
E A
Open your eyes I'll still be by your side
D F#m
How could I ever have been so blind?
B7 D
You give me something to sleep to at night
-bridge-
F#m A+ E
...you give me something to sleep to
Ebdim
and all I know is
F#m A+
...you give me something to sleep to
E Ebdim
and I'm all alone and blue
D Dm
...don't leave me now, don't leave me now
-guitar solo-
A D F#m E
A A+ F#m Dm
...don't leave me now, don't leave me now, don't leave me now
A A+ F#m Dm
...don't leave me now, don't leave me now, don't leave me now
Dm
...In my mind
-chorus-
A D F#m
In my mind, everything we did was right
E A
Open your eyes I'll still be by your side
D F#m
How could I ever have been so blind?
B7 D
You give me something to sleep to,
B7 D B7 D
Something to sleep to, something to sleep to at night
A A+ F#m
(Oh whoa, whoa whoa, ho ho)
Dm Dm
You give me something to sleep to, something to sleep to
A
At night
