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Let Me Sleep (Next To The Mirror) - Idlewild
From the 2000 album "100 Broken Windows", released on Parlophone records
Tune guitars down 1 semitone: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Guitar 1
Intro
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12---12---12---12---14---14---17---17---
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Verse
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12---12---12---12---14---14---17---17---
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Bridge (listen to song for rhythm)
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11------------13--9---------------
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9-------------11--7--------------- x3
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11-------14-13-11---9-------------
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9--------12-11-9----7------------- x3
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Chorus (play twice)
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17---17---19---17---16---16---12---10---
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9---9---9---9---10---10---7---5---
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Interlude
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Then play
Verse - Bridge - Chorus (but not interlude)
Guitar 2
Intro
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Verse (listen to song for rhythm)
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9---------------------------------------------------------------
9---------------11---------------7------------------------9-----
7---------------11---------------7------------------------9----- x2
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Bridge (listen to song for rhythm)
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9------------11--7-------2-------9------------11--7-------2-------
9------------11--7-------2-------9------------11--7-------2------- x2
7------------9---5-------0-------7------------9---5-------0-------
Chorus (listen to song for rhythm)
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9--------------------------------------------------------11-9-----
9---------------6---------------11---------------7----------------
7---------------6---------------11---------------7-------9--7----- x2
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Interlude
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--9-----9-----9----13-------13-------13- x3
7-----7-----7---11-------11-------11----
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--9-----9-----9----13-13----13----13/1413-
7-----7-----7---11-------11----11----------
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Then play Verse - Bridge - Chorus - Interlude
finishing on
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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swiper Average |
#1 by swiper at Jul 21, 1982 at 9:38 AM EST |
| i agree that its being sung to someone really insecure, but i also think that the person singing is losing paitence and is getting quite irritated. "how would i know what you said?", "barricades" and "but it can't take ten more years" | |
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Justin Rhythm Player |
#2 by Justin Stumbo at Mar 2, 1990 at 1:39 AM EST |
| i think this is perfect for me. i love it. | |
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Nick Professional Badass |
#3 by Nick Koumoutseas at Apr 22, 1996 at 11:30 PM EST |
| In my eyes this song is about someones partner not having much self confidence in themselves, and thinking that they're a bad person, and the person singing the song is willing to stick by them because they want to help them through it :) xxxxxxxxxxxx | |
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Brandon Average |
#4 by Brandon Pennick at Jan 3, 1997 at 9:45 AM EST |
| Yea this song is about self-confidence. I think this song is being sung to someone that is really insecure and doesn't beleive in themself. He is trying to reassure them, saying that in time it will get better and they will be OK. He is trying to teach someone to be themself-you have to learn to look in the mirror even though you don't like it, because if you "look rite thru your own reflection" you can see where you have to change and it can help you become the person that you want-"my reflection showed me that I'm far too critical". This person is ruining the relationship through not beleiving in themself, but he is saying that he is willing to sleep next to the mirror for them and eventually they will gain confidence. This is such a pretty song I wish someone wrote this for me, that would give me confidence!! They hold me down. | |
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mike Rhythm Player |
#5 by mike jordan at Dec 2, 1997 at 1:33 PM EST |
| this is one of my favorite songs ever! i agree with everyone that said it's about someone with low self-esteem.. i dunno if it's like his girlfriend or if he's singing about himself? or maybe just in general about people who hate themselves.... a statement about the fashion industry! ok, watever, i'm rambling. but i just want to say, you know how in the chorus there's the guitar and stuff and singing AND THEN you can hear someone picking out a few notes on the piano? it's so simple, but it took me a year of listening to the song constantly to even hear it! i find it so amazing now, like there was something hidden the whole time that i finally discovered. or maybe i just don't pay enough attention... | |
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dalton Average |
#6 by dalton hoffman at Jul 31, 1998 at 11:46 PM EST |
| Its a fantastic song. Wait, the whole album is pretty damn fantastic! | |
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Jesse Professional |
#7 by Jesse Garcia at Sep 27, 2003 at 7:10 PM EST |
| I think this song has something to do with feeling trapped in a relationship. That's it =) They'll finally be playing this one live on tour next month, can't wait!!!! 1 | |
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owain Wanna Be |
#8 by owain pole at May 6, 2004 at 1:52 AM EST |
| pretty :) thats all i can say x | |
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Carve Your Name Average |
#9 by Carve Your Name Into My Arm AKA Pixie The Pirate at Sep 15, 2006 at 7:25 PM EST |
| this song is wonderful, and that's it. | |
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