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hi everyone! this is my first tab...i'm not sure if it's exact cuz the song's
actually played on the piano...but i love this song! they're my fav band. so...
if there are any mistakes...pls correct em and lemme know too...thanks alot! rock
on!umm...no particular pattern to spacing b/w notes...
{Listen to song for how the plucking goes:::}
[[-RIFF 1 -:this one's played on a " Bm" kinda chord:]]
E-----------------------------
B--------3-3---2-2--------2---
G-------------------2-2-------
D-----4-----------------------
A---2-------------------------
E-----------------------------
(This one's played on a "Amajor" kinda chord:)
E-----------------------------
B------------2--0-------------
G--------2---------2----------
D-----2----2------------------
A--0--------------------------
E-----------------------------
(This one's on a F#m kinda chord:)
E-----------------------------
B--------------2---3-2-2-----2
G----------------2-------4-2--
D---------4-------------------
A------4----4-----------------
E---2-------------------------
[[-Riff 2(a):]]
E--------------------------------------2-
B----------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------
A--2-2--4--5--4-0--2-4-5-2--2h4--5-4-0---
E----------------------------------------
Riff 2(b)
E----------------------2--
B-------------------------
G-------------------------
D-------------------------
A--4--0-0--2--4--2--0-----
E-------------------------
RIff 2(c)
E---------------------------------
B---------------------------------
G---------------------------------
D---------------------------------
A--2-2--4-5----2--4--5--5--4-0--2- ((might've missed a note here....???))
E------------0--------------------
DON'T PAUSE BETWEEN RIFFS!!!!
[INTRO: play riff 1 once]
Verse 1: *Riff 1*
Playground school bell rings again
*Riff 1*
Rain clouds come to play again
*Riff 2(a)*
Has no-one told you she's not breathing (don't pause for Riff{2b})
*Riff 2(b)* *Riff 2(c)*
Hello I am your mind giving you someone to talk to hello
*Riff 1 *
Verse 2: *Riff 1*
If i smile and dont believe
*Riff 1*
Soon I know i'll wake frm this dream
*Riff 2(a)*
Don't try to fix me I'm not broken
*Riff 2(b)* *Riff 2(c)*
Hello I am the lie living for you so you can hide...I don't cry
*RIFF 1* (twice)
* Riff 2(a)*
Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping
*Riff 2(b)*
Hello i'm still here
*Riff 2(c)*
All that's left of yesterday...
[ OUTRO:]RIFF 1 played once with an additional E-------
B-------
G---4---
D-------
A-------
E-------
Hope you guys like the song!!! it's terrific! i wish i could play the piano
too...lol!ciao! rock on!!*
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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nick Average |
#1 by nick allison at Feb 19, 1970 at 10:51 PM EST |
| I KNOW THE ACTUAL MEANING OF THIS SONG. THIS IS NOT MY OPINION. I KNOW HER FAMILY. SHE GRADUATED FROM MY HIGH SCHOOL AND I AM FRIENDS WITH HER SISTER. its about her sister bonnie who drowned in the bathtub when she was 3 or 4. i'm not positive but im pretty sure that amys a little bit older than bonnie was. they think she might have had a seziere b/c her brother robbie suffers from sezieres. this song is means a lot to me b/c my mom had a miscarrage and my dad died. | |
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Razzle Wanna Be |
#2 by Razzle jester at Feb 7, 1972 at 10:59 AM EST |
| I think this song is about someone that the singer has lost, but the person has not necassarily died, and the fact that this loss has drove her into insanity... and made her believe that all her lies where her truths and everything is going to remail the same. I think that it also shows that she is scares of showing her true feelings because she thinks that everything that she is going through is a dream | |
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muerte Average |
#3 by muerte asd at Jul 18, 1973 at 3:50 AM EST |
| I agree that this is about her sister's death. She was a child and that's why there's references to playgrounds. Being a child she didn't understand what had happened. when someone told her her sister wasn't coming back, her coping device was denial. When she finally realized the reality of this, it was a huge blow to her, that's why she says that she knows she's not sleeping. It's the whole "This isn't a nightmare. She won't come back." thing we go through when we're little and lose a pet, a friend or a family member. It's actually a really depressing song, but still a beautiful one. | |
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Jack Average |
#4 by Jack at Apr 9, 1979 at 1:09 PM EST |
| this song is soooo emotional i love it i think Jack in Jills intrepretation is good | |
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Cody Professional |
#5 by Cody Noneyobizones at Aug 23, 1979 at 2:40 AM EST |
| This song makes me want to cry everytime I hear it. The sound of her voice when she sings .. has no one told you she's not breathing.. it just gets me everytime.. This is one amazing band and quickly becoming one of my favs. | |
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Kash Average |
#6 by Kash Jones at Jan 29, 1986 at 2:14 AM EST |
| this song is amazing, and i think it's about realising somene's dead, (maybe after a school shooting?). | |
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krutch-bass-man Wanna Be |
#7 by krutch-bass-man at May 11, 1987 at 6:57 AM EST |
| I love evanescence and I read that this song is about Amy Lee's Sister that Drowned when she was a little girl right in front of her. "Has no one told you shes not breathing" after her sister was pulled from the water "Hello I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to" She didnt have anyone to talk to so she talked to herself "If I Smile and dont belivesoon I know I wake from this dream" If she doesnt believe it cant be real "Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping" The realization her sister isnt comming back and thats what the song is Really About | |
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PJVILL Professional Badass |
#8 by PJVILL at Nov 7, 1987 at 12:44 AM EST |
| The song is about a child dieing. And the mothers thoght and views of this passing. It is about the emotional heartbreak and how she sees it in her mind. It is her way of relieveing the pain from looseing the child she so loved. It is her way of comeing to relaity with herself and letting emotions go. It's about washing all the pain away so that she can move on. She knows that this child is dead.. but doesn't want to grasp that fact yet in her own mind. Yet she is also scared about how to take this reaction. She holds it in.. yet at the same time is leting it out. Her heart is breaking and she is just trying to mind the pieces by the words which she is saying. It's like through her own words she is coming to grips of what has happened and hwo to let go of the one things she lost. | |
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nathan Average |
#9 by nathan rhodes at Oct 26, 1991 at 11:08 AM EST |
| This song basically deals with realization of the death of a loved one. The person knows her loved one passed away, but it doesn't hit her until later on. "Playground schoolbell rings, again Rainclouds come to play, again" That line shows how everything in the world remains the same despite the loss. Her world basically stopped, but everything else is going on as it would normally. "Has no one told you she's not breathing ? " Shes having flashbacks from when she found out the person died, like shes slowly making herself believe. "Hello, I'm your mind, giving you someone to talk to...Hello..." Thats her conscience..her mind is trying to distract her from the truth. "If I smile and don't believe Soon I know I'll wake from this dream" She telling herself "This is all just a dream, i know i'm going to wake up, so why should i be sad?" "Don't try to fix me I'm not broken" People are trying to comfort her, trying to make her feel better, but she thinks everything is all right. They don't need to comfort her, shes only dreaming. "Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide... Don't cry... " Now shes sort of comforting herself. She knows deep down that its not a dream but shes hiding it. Shes living a lie, her little world where everything is all right. "Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping Hello, I'm still here, all that's left Of yesterday.. " She finally realizes that its not dream, and everything is not all right. Her loved one is gone, and she is left all alone. | |
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Claus Average |
#10 by Claus Kronmueller at Jul 12, 1994 at 6:23 AM EST |
| I heard it was about her sister that died, this is such an amazing song! | |
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mnb Wanna Be |
#11 by mnb vhm at Sep 1, 1995 at 1:44 AM EST |
| No i really dont think this song is about death i think its about someone who has been hiding from themselves or are in some sort of denial and whoes mind is their only conpanion but they just dont want to think because then they will realise that their life is just not working "Has no one told you she's not breathing ?" Their mind is telling them that they have to realise that they are not coping with their problems. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next | |
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Collin Wanna Be |
#12 by Collin McCabe at Feb 27, 2001 at 4:42 PM EST |
| Beauuuuutiful, really nice song Piano work just fits in so nicely, good relaxer song :) | |
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Jesus Wanna Be |
#13 by Jesus at Jan 16, 2003 at 5:50 PM EST |
| From everything I've heard besides from this site, her sister's name was Catherine. Yes, it's about her sister, though. I read the Blender interview, where Amy was talking about this song (and Must Be Dreaming, which is also about her sister) =). I don't know the exact circumstances, though. Maybe Amy was in school, and when she got home her sister was dead? I'm not sure. I know Amy was six when it happened, so it would make sense. I wish I knew more... | |
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Anthony Average |
#14 by Anthony Pardee at Jun 9, 2005 at 8:04 AM EST |
| Yeah thats what i heard. I Heard Her Sister Bonnie Drowned when they were little. | |
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