Let Me Sleep Guitar Tab

Lost Dogs (Disc 2) Tabs:

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Let me Sleep - Pearl Jam
Transcribed by Michael Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)


This was a fan club single, and can also be found on many compilations.


Two guitars arranged for one:
                                                                           
|--5--3h5p3---------------3--|
|------------5--(1/4)--3--3--|               Riff A (play 2x)
|-------------------------0--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
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Cold wind blows on the soles of my feet      (with Riff A 6x)
Heaven knows nothing of me
I'm lost, nowhere to go

|--10--8h10p8--7-----7-----7--|--10--8h10p8--7-----7-----7--|
|-----------------8-----8-----|-----------------8-----8-----|
|-----------------0-----0-----|-----------------0-----0-----|    Riff B
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|--5--3h5p3--|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|


D              C       D                C
Oh, when I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed

D          C                  G
Oh, please let me sleep, it's Christmas time

(play riff A 2x)

Flowered winds was where I lived             (with riff A 6x)
Thought you burned, not froze for your sins
Oh, I'm so tired, and cold

(play riff B)

D                C     D                C
Oh, when I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed

D          C                  G
Oh, please let me sleep, it's Christmas time

|--5--3h5p3--------------|
|------------3--3--2--3--|               Riff C (play 4x)
|---------------0--0--0--|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|

D                     C     D                C
Oh...oh, when I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed

D          C                  G
Oh, please let me sleep, it's Christmas time

D                           C     D                C
Oh...oh, when I, if I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed

D          C                  G
Oh, please let me dream, it's Christmas time

(Repeat first bar of Riff B and fade)

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Bye! Average	#1 by Bye! at Sep 7, 1973 at 10:21 PM EST
	I can't believe nobody has commented on this gem of a song. This is Pearl Jam's 1991 Christmas single, and it's one of their greatest songs to date. The lyrics of this song are intended to relay the image of a typical family Christmastime celebration. "Cold wind blows on the soles of my feet" He's asleep, it's Christmas morning, his feet are cold due to the typical December weather. "Heaven knows nothing of me" I'm living my life, with no intention of leaving any time soon "I'm lost, nowhere to go" I'm still groggy from being woken up early in the morning "Oh, when I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed" This refers to the feeling of thick anticipation all children get on Christmas morning. Any young child would be up bright and early on Christmas morning, but not at his age. "Oh, please let me sleep, it's Christmas time" I'm not a kid anymore, I'd rather sleep on Christmas morning, as opposed to being excited and waking up early. "Flowered winds was where I lived" An ambiguous reference to where he lived when he was a kid, it wasn't as cold as it is in Seattle, the winds bore a soft, flower-like feeling, rather than a coldness. "Thought you burned, not froze for your sins" To me, this is saying 'It's too damned cold here! I'm sorry for whatever it was I did wrong, just make it not so god damn cold!' "Oh, I'm so tired, and cold" As I said, it's Christmas morning, I'm freezing my ass off, and I just want to sleep some more. "Oh, when I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed" Same as above "Oh, please let me sleep it's Christmas time" Same as above "Oh...oh, when I, if I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed" Same as above, pretty much "Oh, please let me dream, it's Christmas time" This is saying, 'Leave me to my sleep, I want to take part in dreams of my childhood, and how much more magical Christmas was for me back then.' All in all, easily one of my favorite PJ songs. I can't wait to play this song when I wake up on Christmas morning this year. :)

No Picture Jacob Lead Player	#2 by Jacob Julian at Apr 17, 1974 at 1:41 AM EST
	Definetly agree about the homeless person (or drifter) theory. Another great PJ x-mas song is "Someday At Christmas". Check it out this holiday season.

No Picture Zane Rhythm Player	#3 by Zane Haight at Dec 7, 1981 at 3:34 PM EST
	Yeah, PJ has a thing for writing songs about homeless people (Even Flow is another probably).

No Picture Tyler Wanna Be	#4 by Tyler Swagar at Aug 10, 1989 at 3:21 PM EST
	I always had the same impression that the last poster gave, that the song is about a homeless person. It also always makes me think of the worst episode of My So-Called Life, where homeless Juliana Hatfield is actually the angel/ghost of a girl who froze to death. Luckily, this song is much better than that episode.

No Picture Len Badass	#5 by Len cullum at Oct 29, 2003 at 4:33 PM EST
	this really one of the saddest pj songs... it is great i agree with the interpretations here

No Picture adrian Average	#6 by adrian zamora at Apr 7, 2007 at 11:58 AM EST
	I just came up with another possible meaning of this song. This song could be about a homeless person trying to avoid being miserable on the year's biggest holiday. "Cold wind blows on the soles of my feet" The person doesn't have any shoes, and cold wind is blowing on their bare, exposed feet. "Heaven knows nothing of me" God has no mercy, my situation is grim, and it appears as though Heaven isn't going to help me any time soon. "I'm lost, nowhere to go" I have no family, no friends, no possible place to go in this cold weather, I'm out on my ass, with nobody and nothing. "Oh when I was a kid, oh how magic it seemed" When I was a kid, living in a house, with my family, Christmas was the most magical time of year, what ever happened to that? "Oh please let me sleep, it's Christmas time" Just leave me. I'd rather be asleep than have to suffer being homeless and alone on Christmas. "Flowered winds was where I lived" I used to be in a better situation, everything was perfect, like flowers in the wind. Now look at me. "Thought you burned, not froze for your sins" I'm out in the cold, with no shelter, freezing to death. Maybe I made some mistakes, but at least put me in a place that's warm, instead of punishing me by making me freeze. "Oh, I'm so tired, and cold" 'tired' has a double meaning here. Tired physically, and tired of having to "live" this way. I'm naturally cold because it's winter and I'm homeless. I'm also emotionally cold, I've forgotten what it feels like to be emotionally warm and active. "Oh, when I was a kid...oh how magic it seemed" See above "Oh, please let me sleep it's Christmas time" Ditto "Oh...oh, when I, if I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed" Likewise "Oh please let me dream it's Christmas time" Let me sleep and have dreams of what it was like when I was able to enjoy Christmas, when all this suffering had not yet consumed me.