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Sleep the Clock around - Belle & Sebastian
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Belle & Sebastian
Sleep the Clock around (1998)
From: "The Boy with the Arab Strap"
A beautiful song with a lot of different elements creating layers that are
hard to reproduce on a guitar. In this tab I tried to include some of the
notes from the e-piano, the synth, and the bagpipes. If you don’t want
any of that, just use the plain chords.
The original is in E. To play the song without the capo in its original
key, transpose this tab up 2 steps.
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capo: 2nd fret
play: D
key: E
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PATTERN (E-piano)
D A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-2---2---------|----------------|2-0---0---------|----------------|
B|3-3---3---------|----------------|3-2---2---------|----------------|
G|2-2---2---------|-------%--------|2-2---2---------|-------%--------|
D|0-----0---------|----------------|2-----2---------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|0-----0---------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Bm G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-2---2---------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
B|3-3---3---------|----------------|0-3---3---------|3-----3---------|
G|4-4---4---------|-------%--------|0-0---0---------|0-----0---------|
D|4-----4---------|----------------|0-0---0---------|0-----0---------|
A|2-----2---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|3-----3---------|3-----3---------|
INTERLUDE 3 / OUTRO
D A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|
G|2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-|-------%--------|2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-|-------%--------|
D|0---0---0---0---|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|0---0---0---0---|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Bm G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|
G|2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-|-------%--------|2-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-|-------%--------|
D|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|
A|2---2---2---2---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|3---3---3---3---|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bbdim x-1-2-3-2-x
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INTRO (fade in)
| D | % | A | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | A | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | A | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
VERSE
D
And the moment will come when composure returns
A
Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall
Bm
Then you walk twenty yards with your head in the air
G
Down the Liberty Hill, where the fashion brigade
D
Look with curious eyes on your raggedy way
A
And for once in your life you've got nothing to say
Bm
And could this be the time when somebody will come
G D
To say, "Look at yourself, you're not much use to anyone"
INTERLUDE
| D | % | A | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
VERSE
D
Take a walk in the park, take a valium pill
A
Read the letter you got from the memory girl
Bm
But it takes more than this to make sense of the day
G
Yeah, it takes more than milk to get rid of the taste
D
And you trusted to this, and you trusted to that
A
And when you saw it all come, it was waving the flag
Bm
Of the United States of Calamity, hey!
G
After all that you've done, boy, I know you're going to pay
INTERLUDE 2
| D | % | A | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | A | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
VERSE
D
In the morning you come to the ladies salon
A
To get all fitted out for The Paperback Throne
Bm
But the people are living far away from the place
G
Where you wanted to help, it's a bit of a waste
D
And the puzzle will last until somebody will say
A
"There's a lot to be done while your head is still young"
Bm
If you put down your pen, leave your worries behind
G D
Then the moment will come, and the memory will shine
INTERLUDE 3
| D | % | A | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | A | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | A | A Bbdim |
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | A | A Bbdim |
| Bm | % | G | % |
VERSE
D
Now the trouble is over, everybody got paid
A
Everybody is happy, they are glad that they came
Bm
Then you go to the place where you've finally found
G D
You can look at yourself, sleep the clock around
OUTRO
| D | % | A | A Bbdim |
| Bm | % | G | % | D
Sleep the clock around
| D | % | A | A Bbdim |
| Bm | % | G | % | D
Sleep the clock around
| D | % | A | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | Asus4 | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | Asus4 | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
| D | % | Asus4 | % |
| Bm | % | G | % |
(repeat and fade)
