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This is my first tab, so if it's weird in any way, please feel free to make
corrections. I think it turned out pretty well. There's no specific timing to
the tablature, I just kinda typed it out. Just listen to the song to see how
the finger picking goes. :)
[[-RIFF 1]] played 3x for first two repeats, on third repeat only play 2x
(Bm:)
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------
B-------3---3----2---2---------2|------3---3----2---2----------2
G-----------------------2---2---|----------------------2---2----
D-----4---4--------4------------|----4---4----------------------
A---2---------------------------|--2----------------------------
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------
(A:)
E--------------------------------
B------------2---------0---------
G--------2--------------------2--
D-----2----2---2-----2------2----
A--0-----------------------------
E--------------------------------
(F#m:)
E--------------------------------
B--------------2------3-2-2-----2
G-----------------2--------4-2---
D---------4----------------------
A------4----4---4---4------------
E---2----------------------------
[[-RIFF 2:]]
E----------------------------------------
B---0-------0---------2-------3----------
G-------0--------------------------------
D----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------
E-----3---3----3----3-------3------------
E----------------------------------------
B---2-----------------0-------2----------
G-----------3----------------------------
D----------------------------------------
A-------4--------------------------------
E-----2---2-----2--2------2-2-----2-2----
E--------------------------------------2--|
B---3-----0-----0h2--3-----2-----0--------|
G-----------------------------------------|
D------4-----4----------4-----4-----4-----|
A---2----------------------2--------------|
E-----------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------2-
B---3-----0-----0h2--3-----2-----0-------
G----------------------------------------
D------4-----4----------4-----4-----4----
A---0----------------------0-------------
E----------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------
B---0-------0---------2-------3----------
G-------0--------------------------------
D----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------
E-----3---3--------3--------3------------
E----------------------------------------
B----------------0------2------3---------
G--------0-------------------------------
D----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------
E---32--0---0-0-------0------0----------
E----------------------------------------
B-------2-------------0------------------
G--------------------------------3-------
D-------------4-----------4------4-------
A------------------4---------------------
E---0h1/2-------------------------------- repeat Riffs 1&2 2x, then the outro...
[[-RIFF 3:]]
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------------
B-------3---3----2---2--------2-|------3---3----2----2------------2---
G----------------------2---2----|-------------------------2---2-------
D-----4---4--------4------------|----4---4----4----4---4----4---4---4-
A---2---------------------------|--2----------------------------------
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------------
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------------
B-------3---3----2---2--------2-|------3---3----2---2---------2-------
G----------------------2---2----|----------------------2---2------4---
D-----4---4--------4-----4------|----4---4----4---4------4--------4---
A---2---------------------------|--2------------------------------2---
E-------------------------------|-------------------------------------
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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December Underg Average |
#1 by December Underground at Jun 28, 1974 at 10:50 PM EST |
| http://www.mtv.com/bands/e/evanescence/news_feature_040227/index2.jhtml This article briefly mentions a song named "Catherine," and as I know Must Be Dreaming by that name, I think the sister's name probably was Catherine. But doesn't Amy have another sister named Bonnie who's still alive? *sigh* I don't know anymore. | |
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M Average |
#2 by M K-O at Mar 11, 1977 at 10:39 PM EST |
| Playground schoolbell rings, again the person goes back to being a child. there has been a death in the family. someone very close. Rainclouds come to play, again the person is saddened... the rainclouds represent depression. Has no one told you she's not breathing ? hm... this line, i think, is either a description of the person... she is not really breathing, she is still in shock... or someone asking her... because she is acting as if nothing has happened. Hello, I'm your mind, giving you someone to talk to...Hello... the person stays lost in her own mind... the person was very close so they talked a lot... the memory is giving her someone to talk with. If I smile and don't believe Soon I know I'll wake from this dream the person does not want to believe. she refuses to. she decides to make believe everything is alright... in hopes everything actually will be alright... that its all a bad dream. Don't try to fix me I'm not broken the persons family is trying to tell her that the passed one will not come back... they are trying to convince her. but she still refuses to believe that anything is wrong. Hello, I'm the lie living for you so you can hide... Don't cry... that is the lie in her head speaking to her... telling her not to cry because nothing is wrong... in the lie, at least. Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping the person loses sleep over this... (this is the line im not too sure of) Hello, I'm still here, all that's left Of yesterday.. the memory of the person who died coming back to speak to the girl... comforting her. | |
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Crystal Average |
#3 by Crystal at Jul 11, 1977 at 5:02 AM EST |
| i think this song is one of the most beautiful songs they have written it resembles a day in the life of a lonely person and its so sad the lyrics ' nobody told you she's not breathing' obviously means that this person ids bereaving and 'hello, i'm your mind giving you someone to talk to' means that it was someone close and now all he/she has to speak to is theirselves | |
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Alex Average |
#4 by Alex Zaphiropoulos at Jul 20, 1982 at 11:27 AM EST |
| i love the piano in this song, and amys vioce make my skin crawl in amazment | |
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Chuck Average |
#5 by Chuck Norris at Mar 6, 1987 at 3:32 PM EST |
| Hmm... well I can see where most of everyone else's thoughts could be right, I am most fond of mystifiedpoet's take on this. I really don't know what this song is about, nor do I really need to know. The haunting vocals and powerful (if somewhat confusing) lyrics just blow my mind and I don't have the thought processes to contemplate just what it's about. | |
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David Average |
#6 by David Tims at Feb 21, 1991 at 6:32 AM EST |
| I think this song is about someone who is trying to cope with the death of someone close to them. They are in shock and don't believe that the person has died. They know it has happened, but they can't believe it. I think it is taken from a child's perspective. Maybe the mother died? | |
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Plead the 5th, Professional |
#7 by Plead the 5th, Cuz You Can't Plead the 1st at Jan 17, 1994 at 5:24 AM EST |
| indignity you have a really good grip on this one, a school shooting fits this one really well because of the reference to a playground in the first verse. It seems like a troubled young person's perspective on it, almost as if they have a second personality forming because of the trauma, and that second person is talking to them. "Hello, I'm your mind giving you someone to talk to hello" That condition is furthered by the lines "Hello I'm the lie living for you so you can hide don't cry" indicating that internally the person has a lot of turmoil and the bridge lyrics "Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping hello I'm still here All that's left of yesterday" Indicates that the trauma hadn't occurred all that long ago, and that the memory is so blocked out that the second personality is the only indicator that this person is even aware of something significant ever having happened. | |
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Berenice Average |
#8 by Berenice Issaris at Feb 9, 1994 at 6:01 AM EST |
| My take: this is someone who's in shock. "Playground schoolbell rings, again/Rainclouds come to play, again" I think the schoolbell is refering to a child that has died. Maybe this is the mother? Rainclouds are like the sadness clouding her mind. "Has no one told you she's not breathing ?/Hello, I am your mind, giving you someone to talk to... Hello... " This is the person's subconscious, a little voice in their head trying to bring them back to reality. The person doesn't want to believe someone has died, and is conflicted. "If I smile and don't believe/Soon I know I'll wake from this dream" She's smiling, like saying "Yea they're dead, ok." But she doesn't really believe it. She thinks its all a dream and she'll wake up soon. "Don't try to fix me/I'm not broken" She's getting mad that everyone keeps asking if she's ok, is eveything alright. She thinks, Of course I'm alright, nothing's wrong. "I am the lie living for you so you can hide/don't cry" There's the little voice again, trying to keep the person sane. This line is like the person is just kind of living their life in the moment, trying not to think about whatever has happened. But inside, she is falling apart. "Suddenly I know I'm not sleeping/ Hello, I'm still here, all that's left/Of yesterday.." Realization. She realizes she is still around, while their loved one is dead. Didn't mean to go that far into it... But Evanescence makes me think. (Geez I did the whole song...) | |
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sidvic Average |
#9 by sidvic at Dec 19, 1998 at 3:22 AM EST |
| I didn't get this song until I read the meaning up there but It makes me cry I love it but it's awesome in a kinda twisted way. But Amy Lee kicks ass!!!!!!!!! | |
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leaves Average |
#10 by leaves u who i dont like at Sep 8, 2000 at 1:48 AM EST |
| Amy wrote this song about her sister Bonnie, who passed away at the age of 3 or 4... | |
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Trey Average |
#11 by Trey Davis at Jul 22, 2007 at 1:35 PM EST |
| yah, you guys are right. its about someone passing away. it makes you want to cry if you kno anyone who has passed on. beautiful, beautiful song | |
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