#-----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE------------------------------#
# This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation #
# of the song. The owner of this website has not reviewed the contents of #
# this file. If you feel that the content of this file may be violating #
# copyright law, you may not use the information displayed here in any way. #
#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Fm Bb
Across the night
Gm G#
It was the moon that stole my slumber
Fm Bb
Across the night
Gm G#
I fell in love with people sleeping
C, Bb, F (3x)
C Cmaj
I fell tired,
C Cmaj
asleep in a golden ocean
C Cmaj
Your eyes perspired,
C Cmaj
a spike in my fascination
Fm Cm
I don't mean to make you cry
Gm G Fm
But this feeling will run right through the night
Cm Gm G
And I'll only make you cry with these feelings
Fm Bb
Across the night
Gm G#
It was the moon that stole my slumber
Fm Bb
Across the night
Gm G#
I fell in love with people sleeping
Fm Bb Gm G#
Across the night, Across the night
Fm Bb Gm G#
Across the night, I hugged a mans arthritic shoulders
C, Bb, F (3x)
C Cmaj C
Sleepless, untamed without a leash on the light around me
Fm Cm
I don't mean to make you cry
Gm G Fm
But this feeling will run right through the night
Cm Gm G
And I'll only make you cry with these feelings
Fm Bb
Across the night
Gm G#
It was the moon that stole my slumber
Fm Bb
Across the night
Gm G#
I fell in love with people sleeping
Fm Bb Gm G#
Across the night, Across the night
Fm Bb Gm G#
Across the night, I hugged a mans arthritic shoulders
Gm G#
I hugged a mans arthritic shoulders
Interlude. I dont think daniel plays something there
but here's something that fits.
C F C G#
|-3---------------1---3---------------4-|
|-5---5---3---1---1---5---5---3---1---4-|
|-5---------------1---5---------------5-|
|-5---------------2---5---------------6-|
|-3---------------3---3---------------6-|
|-----------------1-------------------4-|
A, C#m, A, C#m, A, G#
A, C#m, A, Fm, F#m, D, G#, D, C#
A C#m A Fm F#m
So let us be married and have another baby
D G# D C#
Coz I don't wanna be lonely I just wanna be alone
A C#m A Fm F#m
Yes let's just get married shouting baby, baby, babies
"You'll never sleep at all"
D G#
But I don't wanna be lonely
A, C#m, A, Fm, F#m, D, G#, D, C#
A C#m
Never seen the sunshine
A F#m
From higher points than sunrise
END
A, G#, F, Em, D, G#
Brought to you by the GUITARMASTA - http://www.guitarmasta.net
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
|
No Picture
floyd Lead Player |
#1 by floyd lloyd at Aug 25, 1971 at 4:36 PM EST |
| this song is beautifully written. i still love you dear husband, daniel. | |
|
No Picture
Kornowski - Wanna Be |
#2 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at Apr 19, 1973 at 9:08 PM EST |
| Ok hope this isn't too off. I think daniel is sort of summing up what kind of state he had been in. For how he's been sleeping or perhaps not really living life they way he should've and something/someone awoke him or inspired him to live again. The things that once kept him from living are still in the back of his mind and need to be told. His thoughts are too painful for neone else to see...see through his eyes. Now that he's discovered this inspiration...it has taken him further than before. The one thing about daniel is that he tells the story of his life through his lyrics and in his new cd he's attempting to make others see life through his eyes. Sharing what he has learned through the years as he's found truth in things. ok i'm new at this so hopefully it's on the right track here. | |
|
No Picture
Your Mom Average |
#3 by Your Mom at Jan 16, 1974 at 11:18 AM EST |
| This really is a awesome and beautifull song and the video was one of their best but my best is and will always be Isreal's Son | |
|
No Picture
Adrian Lead Player |
#4 by Adrian Ortega at Aug 27, 1980 at 10:59 AM EST |
| i think it's incredible. Daniel is so fucking talented. However, i agree that sixteen high notes in one word is a little uncalled for..... | |
|
No Picture
alex Average |
#5 by alex at Feb 28, 1984 at 7:01 AM EST |
| I heard that Daniel wrote across the night when he wasn't sleeping very well and he felt as if the moon was stealing his sleep. Then he wrote the song about the moon "stealing his slumber" and it's like a hollywood musical. That makes sense but what's up with the "have another baby part"? | |
|
No Picture
Justin Wanna Be |
#6 by Justin Neafsey at Nov 11, 1984 at 12:39 PM EST |
| A week or so ago I went to their Newcastle (Australia) show. When Daniel first said anything it was just before Across the Night. He said that this song has taken on a different meaning since they came on tour, and that one night he was dreaming that he met a dying man with cancer who said that the only way to cure him was through music. I wish I had the same and meaningful dreams as my idol! | |
|
No Picture
Jesse Professional |
#7 by Jesse Garcia at Mar 31, 1988 at 9:23 AM EST |
| yeah... but im pretty sure that it was written when he had a mild case of arthritis. | |
|
No Picture
nick Wanna Be |
#8 by nick at Jan 5, 2003 at 10:28 PM EST |
| is it just me or does johns refer to a "son" a repeated amount of times in this album? i've been out of the silverchair loop for a while....does he have a kid?? "so lets just get married and have another baby...." "a laptop souvenir is worth its weight in silver a golden son...youll be home again and ill be home again" | |
|
No Picture
kyle Badass |
#9 by kyle .,., at Sep 2, 2007 at 8:15 AM EST |
| haha. ok. funny i never heard all these lesbian stuff before. maybe because i never get any news where i'm at. oh well... ok. this song, i don't . i thought all his other songs were rather dark and moody. he really takes a much more positive side to things in this one, like Luv Your Life, except this song might be much more personal to him. | |
|
No Picture
Zach Wanna Be |
#10 by Zach Honeycutt at Oct 4, 2007 at 7:38 AM EST |
| Has anyone else noticed that there's been some strange ironies in the new lyrics? For example, in this song, there's the lyric, "hugged a man's arthritic shoulder"... and then a few months after it was recorded, guess who develops arthritis? THEN, there's the Hollywood issue. Hollywood was on the Without You single, but it was one of the first songs written for Diorama (and was originally played at Rock in Rio in January 2001). In this song, there's a line that reads, "I'm the first male lesbian"... and a while after it was written, Daniel and girlfriend Natalie were accused of being lesbians in an Australian newspaper ('Natalie's Lesbian Lover' was the headline, I believe.) Kinda weird, eh? | |
|
No Picture
Luke Professional |
#11 by Luke Goudreault at Oct 6, 2007 at 12:38 PM EST |
| not to be a dickhead here but.....is it just me, or does this song sound like it came from a disney movie??? | |
|
No Picture
Michael Average |
#12 by Michael Vanderveen at Oct 8, 2007 at 7:05 AM EST |
| This song, to me, sums up what Diorama is all about. It's epic and completely over-the-top - ON PURPOSE. I have listened to this album for two years now, and after so long you start to realise how Daniel manages to let the music tell the story of the song as much as his lyrics do. The first part of the song is a dream in a deep, deep sleep - at first he can't fall asleep ("it was the moon that stole my slumber", "i fell in love with [other] people sleeping") - but then finally he falls asleep as the first lines of the song show... I'm always amazed at the chorus... How can you sing so high, so loud? These melodies could only exist in a dream - they're too crazy otherwise! The second part of the song is him waking up... (listen to the music after the second "man's arthritic shoulder"... it sounds like a sunrise) and in his disdain with reality compared with the dream, he takes solace in this person sleeping next to him.. But of course that's just my crappy interpretation. Daniel John's is too much of a genius for anyone to be able to REALLY know what he was thinking. God I love this man. | |
|
No Picture
Erin Rhythm Player |
#13 by Erin at Oct 18, 2007 at 2:47 PM EST |
| yeah, when i first listened to this song, i was hit by how incredibly different it is their usual sound.....but still, i guess daniel is growing up(??) aswell as his style and ideas, and i think it's a welcoming change and an incredibly striking comeback. Although the way he hit the high notes on this song was somehow...painful..to listen to...maybe he's trying to do too much at one time...who knows... | |
|
No Picture
wrath Average |
#14 by wrath child at Oct 19, 2007 at 5:36 PM EST |
| when i first heard this song, i was a little worried because it seems like daniel is always trying to change the silverchair sound... but this song is so beautiful, it puts things in a whole new light... this album is helping me thru an especially rough time. i have just started college and im sorta heartbroken at the moment... but enough about that. great song, great album... | |
Top 7 Silverchair Guitar Tabs
Popular Guitar Tabs