ALKALINE TRIO
SLEEPYHEAD
E_MERICANA
INTRO:
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VERSE:
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g-----------------------------------------------------|Repeat.
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d---6-6---5-5---7-7---5-5---6-6---5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-6-9-|
a---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-|
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E5
CHORUS:
N.C.
smile..............I see you brought you bedroom eyes
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Not assuming...
(VERSE AGAIN)
MIDDLE BIT:
Play this bit clean.
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d-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
a-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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he plays it a few times just count
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d-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
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he plays this a few times just count
Now put the distortion back on
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d-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
a-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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a-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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X2
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Not assuming...
thanks alot, if theres any complaints or compliments email me at
e_mericana@hotmail.com, this took me a good 10 minutes, its gotta be right!
later Dean
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
Basstard Professional |
#1 by Basstard at Sep 26, 2007 at 1:47 PM EST |
| I think its about a girl that feels very unworthy of anyone...like shes unaware of her own self worth. So she sleeps around and plays around and then does drugs and drinks to try and forget the crap she does. I could be wrong, but I know a girl that fits this song perfectly. she smiles at me like she just wants to screw...ya know? But I think she needs more than that, so I certainly don't, I just remain her friend. "Hey there sleepy smile" to me implies that he feels dearly for this girl. Well thats my thoughts...great song nonetheless :D | |
Sam Wanna Be |
#2 by Sam Kearley at Sep 26, 2007 at 5:40 PM EST |
| I def think that this is about somebody on drugs... just picture somebody with a "sleepy smile"- they look like their high! It touches on hallucinations n the fact that their world is different from reality... n it seems like the person's friend is trying to help him get over the drugs... I've never really been into drugs, but I still love the meaning of this song...good stuff! | |
Joshua Wanna Be |
#3 by Joshua Osprey at Sep 26, 2007 at 10:57 PM EST |
| i figure it has something to do with coke "sleepy smile" cocaine makes you sleep a ton, and he could be "scratching and itching" imaginary spiders from more side effects | |
chris Average |
#4 by chris hothem at Sep 27, 2007 at 12:45 AM EST |
| like tuna at said I don't think this song is about drugs. I think this song is more about a person who is living their dream life and finds it's not wat they wanted in the first place. All you've been asking for's been placed in front of you. ( They got the life they wanted and have everything they want) The headaches, the shaking, the boredom the boardroom brings. You're scratching at itching brought by the spiders beneath your skin. ( The whole board room idea is kinda like sitting in a meeting at a high paying job and going crazy cuz you hate what you do. Or mebbe a musician in the rom with record execs. The spiders beneath your skin are the people around you who turn on you or aren't true friends. Simply exploitin you.) The answer in question is over before it begins (the answr is that you have to make a change and you know it deep down) Hey there sleepy smile, I see you've brought your bedroom eyes. Not assuming you wanna keep 'em, I'm assuming you reckon you won't. (it's like being brought to the real world. Your fairy tale version of wat you hoped to be is gone and you don't want it back) | |
Tony Average |
#5 by Tony at Sep 27, 2007 at 2:08 AM EST |
| i think it might be about some one who started out glorifying drugs before they'd done them, and they thought they were cool. But she didnt realise that along with drugs comes symptoms and shit "all you've been asking for's been placed in front of you" but i think the guy feels a bit sorry for her even though hes pissed off at her, because the "sleepy smile" sounds quite affectionate to me god i love this song | |
Ryan Wanna Be |
#6 by Ryan Berehulke at Sep 27, 2007 at 2:33 PM EST |
| what about insomnia? | |
†grave† Lead Player |
#7 by †grave† f at Sep 28, 2007 at 12:33 AM EST |
| Nothing to see here but the rain. There's nothing to hold you but the flames is my favorite part i think, even if they mistype a word in the insert(insert says "tou" instead of "you") | |
Joan Macrise Wanna Be |
#8 by Joan Macrise Corrado at Sep 28, 2007 at 2:32 AM EST |
| its a great song. wow, how come i always end up posting under you.....crazy. | |
Ger Wanna Be |
#9 by Ger Hart at Sep 30, 2007 at 10:20 AM EST |
| i think it is about someone who wanted to have a successful office 9-5 job and it was placed right in front of them. hence the boredom the boardroom brings. now that he has what he wants he is anxious (spiders beneath your skin) and sick of it. sleepy smile cuz he wakes up early every day | |
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` niki * Average |
#10 by ` niki * at Sep 30, 2007 at 9:56 PM EST |
| alkaline trio doesnt always sing about girls or drugs jonny....psycho | |
Zack Average |
#11 by Zack Groce at Sep 30, 2007 at 11:15 PM EST |
| This could quite possibly be my favorite alk3 song. If you don't have Maybe I'll Catch Fire, you should definitely check it out. I think this song is about a person who lives in their nightmares, like a sleepwalking wanderer in an unkind world. Lines like "earth to sleepy smile" make me think that someone's trying to snap this person out of their reality and into what's real, but they won't return from their self imposed hell. Fell free to add your pieces of mind below... | |
Ian Average |
#12 by Ian at Oct 1, 2007 at 5:25 AM EST |
| I see it as his message to someone who's having a problem with drugs... "All you've been asking for's been placed in front of you. The headaches, the shaking"; it sems like withdrawl symptoms to me | |
MysticCat Wanna Be |
#13 by MysticCat (Janis *johnny* Udodovs) at Oct 1, 2007 at 4:06 PM EST |
| I never really liked this song much. It's ok, I guess, but there are so many better songs on maybe I"ll catch fire . . . | |
Scott Average |
#14 by Scott at Oct 2, 2007 at 6:58 AM EST |
| my friend who is obsessed with alk3 thinks the drug of choice here is heroin, cause isn't matt on it? and everythign in the beginnning appears to be about a girl who can't get off it and uses sex to get the drug to get rid of "the headaches, the shaking" etc etc. the flames could be metaphorical for the way the drug burns you up and out. i do'nt really know, i'm just rambling. | |
Ronnie Average |
#15 by Ronnie Lee at Oct 2, 2007 at 10:53 PM EST |
| i love this song. | |
Sam Wanna Be |
#16 by Sam Payne at Oct 3, 2007 at 4:20 AM EST |
| it sounds to me more like cocaine addiction- the spiders under the skin, people who are on cocaine scratch themselves because they always itch, also it prevents sleeping, so a crack addict would be a sleepyhead who is kind of out of it due to lack of sleep. The reference to the boardroom sounds like the person is a 9-5er who isn't happy with their place in life or their job, and used drugs to escape their life. It sounds to me like the person is trying to quit- ie the withdrawal symptoms and the "Not assuming you wanna keep 'em, //I'm assuming you reckon you won't" indicates to me they think they'll sleep once they kick the habit, and they want to do so | |
Carve Your Name Average |
#17 by Carve Your Name Into My Arm AKA Pixie The Pirate at Oct 3, 2007 at 11:15 PM EST |
| My favortie lyric in this song is, "Sleepy smile" I think thats a really great line. "Hey there sleepy smile" it makes me giggle. | |
Carly Average |
#18 by Carly at Oct 4, 2007 at 2:46 AM EST |
| this was the first alkaline trio song i ever heard...and i just wanted to say it got me into their other stuf | |
Tom Average |
#19 by Tom Gregory at Oct 4, 2007 at 5:17 AM EST |
| Haha all alkaline songs are a mix of drugs and girls. its either or. Listen to the new cd, thats all its about. i love ALK3 | |
Daniel Wanna Be |
#20 by Daniel Ramillo at Oct 4, 2007 at 10:51 AM EST |
| This song could be about drugs, it is a unique sounding Alkaline Trio song, and I can't make up my mind if is better than most of their songs or worse. Nothing to see here but the rain. There's nothing to hold you but the flames That's my favorite part of the whole song, it rules. | |
Allen Average |
#21 by Allen Stone at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:19 AM EST |
| to me it seems like it would be about some guy who wants all the wrong things in life, and gets it and realizes its shit | |
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CHAD Wanna Be |
#22 by CHAD at Oct 5, 2007 at 3:52 AM EST |
| I really love this song | |
hottyrocker55 Rhythm Player |
#23 by hottyrocker55 at Oct 5, 2007 at 5:55 AM EST |
| this is a really good alkaline trio song. and yes, of course its talking about drugs. its pretty apparent. its the lines: "All you've been asking for's been placed in front of you. The headaches, the shaking, the boredom the boardroom brings. You're scratching at itching brought by the spiders beneath your skin." -->im almost positive hes talking about coccaine. hes been wanting to do coke, he does it and all hes been asking fors been placed in front oh him. hes itches, scratches, gets headaches there all side effects. they say when your on coke you feel like you have bugs under your skin. make sense? 1 2 Next | |
Bjorn Average |
#24 by Bjorn Nordvall at Oct 5, 2007 at 7:20 PM EST |
| holy shit awesome song. | |
Average |
#25 by |
| "theres nothing to hold you but the flames". yeah that kinda sounds like all that bad stuff youre talking about steve.and maybe when they say "nothing to see here but the flames" its like, you cant keep this up forever | |
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