x#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] Date: Sat, 12 Aug 95 18:43:07 Subject: TAB: Sister Awake by 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 there to find him And her memories filled her with light She remembered the beauty, she remembered desires And her memories filled her with light 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 flame Cold from the flame turns away And in these winds came a change...she awakes 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 of delight I want you to know Desperation's the tenderest trap So gently you go What will it take Sister awake Sister, sister When this beautiful cult of desire Has left you for dead Isolation will cradle the lies Of things left unsaid What will it take Sister awake Sister, sister And you'll look to the heaven's above And taste it's deceit These tempations have blinded desires To sleep at their feet What will it take Sister awake Sister, sister, sister, sister 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 name Invoking the fates Chances are you've travelled too far In stirring their hate What will it take Sister awake, sister awake, sister awake, awake, awake Screaming "Sister Awake" in the last verse: E|-----------------------| |-----------------| C|--0---0---0---0---0----| Suggest correction What's this? 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