Sleep Guitar Tab

Louder Now: Parttwo Tabs:

Song: "Sleep"
Artist: Taking Back Sunday
Album: Louder Now (B-Side)
Tuning: Half step
h = hammer on
p = pull off
x = muted note
~ = let ring
\ = slide
PM= palm mute
Listen to the song for strumming.
***Guitar I***
Intro:
(Clean)
|--------------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|
|-7---9-9-11-11\--6--|--6-6-9-9\-14--|--9-9-11-11\--6--|--6-6-4-4\--|
|-x---x-x--x--x---x--|--x-x-x-x---x--|--x-x--x--x---x--|--x-x-x-x---|
|-5---7-7--9--9\--4--|--4-4-7-7\-12--|--7-7--9--9\--4--|--4-4-2-2\--|
|--------------------|---------------|-----------------|------------|
(Distortion)
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14---9-9-11-11\--6---6-6-9-9/--14---9-9-11-11\--6---6-6-4-4\--|
|--x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x----x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x---|
|-12---7-7--9--9\--4---4-4-7-7/--12---7-7--9--9\--4---4-4-2-2\--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14---9-9-11-11\--6---6-6-9-9/--14---9-9-11-11\--6-6--4-4--4--|
|--x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x----x---x-x--x--x---x-x--x-x--x--|
|-12---7-7--9--9\--4---4-4-7-7/--12---7-7--9--9\--4-4--2-2--2--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|
|-/-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--------------------------------------------------|--\
\
|----------------------------------------|              \
|----------------------------------------|               |
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|               |
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|               |
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|               |
|----------------------------------------|               |
|x2
|-------------------------------------------------|      |
|-------------------------------------------------|      |
|-14-14-14-14-14/16-16\13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|      |
|--x--x--x--x--x/-x--x\-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|      |
|-12-12-12-12-12/14-14\11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|      |
|-------------------------------------------------|     /
/
|----------------------------------------|------------/
|----------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------9-10--9-10--9-10--9-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|11-11-11-11--9--9--9--9--14--14--14--14--9-9-9-9-11-11-11-11--9-9-9-9----------------------|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x---x---x---x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x----------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--12--12--12--12--7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14---9-9-11-11\--6---6-6-9-9/--14---9-9-11-11\--6---6-6-4-4\--|
|--x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x----x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x---|
|-12---7-7--9--9\--4---4-4-7-7/--12---7-7--9--9\--4---4-4-2-2\--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14---9-9-11-11\--6---6-6-9-9/--14---9-9-11-11\--6-6--4-4--4--|
|--x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x----x---x-x--x--x---x-x--x-x--x--|
|-12---7-7--9--9\--4---4-4-7-7/--12---7-7--9--9\--4-4--2-2--2--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse II:
Basic piano idea tabbed for guitar...
(Slight distortion sounds pretty good)
|-----------------------------(9)~------|
|-----------------------------10~-------|
|-11~------10~-------9~--------9~---7~--|
|-11~------11~-------7~--------0~---7~--|
|--9~-------9~-------7~-------------5~--|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------0~---|
|---------------------------------------------0~---|
|---------------------------------------------7~---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7~---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5~---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
PM...........................................
***Verse
***Pre-Chorus
***Chorus
Bridge:
Let all ring...
|----9----10---9-----10---9----12---9-----9----9----10---9-----10---9----12---9-----9-|
|-10---10--------10---------10--------10----10---10--------10---------10--------10----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----9----10---9-----10---9----12---9-----9----9----10---9-----10---9-------------------|
|-10---10--------10---------10--------10----10---10--------10---------10h12h14p12h10h12-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
***Pre-Chorus
***Chorus/Bridge
***Chorus
***Guitar II***
Intro
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9---9-9--7--7\--6---6-6-7-7\---9---9-9--7--7\--6---6-6-4-4\--|
|--x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x----x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x---|
|--7---7-7--5--5\--4---4-4-5-5\---7---7-7--5--5\--4---4-4-2-2\--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9---9-9--7--7\--6---6-6-7-7\---9---9-9--7--7\--6-6--4-4--4--|
|--x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x----x---x-x--x--x---6-6--4-4--4--|
|--7---7-7--5--5\--4---4-4-5-5\---7---7-7--5--5\--4-4--2-2--2--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
(Rest)
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----|
PM ...............................      |x2
|
|---------------------------------|    /
|---------------------------------|   /
|---------------------------------|--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------|
PM...............................
The second time around play the last two chords open.
Pre Chorus:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9---9-9--7--7\--6---6-6-7-7\---9---9-9--7--7\--6---6-6-4-4\--|
|--x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x----x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x---|
|--7---7-7--5--5\--4---4-4-5-5\---7---7-7--5--5\--4---4-4-2-2\--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9---9-9--7--7\--6---6-6-7-7\---9---9-9--7--7\--6-6--4-4--4--|
|--x---x-x--x--x---x---x-x-x-x----x---x-x--x--x---6-6--4-4--4--|
|--7---7-7--5--5\--4---4-4-5-5\---7---7-7--5--5\--4-4--2-2--2--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse II:
(Rest)
|---------------------------------------------0~---|
|---------------------------------------------0~---|
|---------------------------------------------7~---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7~---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5~---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
PM...........................................
***Verse
***Pre-Chorus
***Chorus
Bridge:
It's essentially the chorus...
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-------9-9-7--7\----6-------6-6-7--7\----9-------9-9-7--7\----6-------6-6-4--4\---|
|--x-------x-x-x--x-----x-------x-x-x--x-----x-------x-x-x--x-----x-------x-x-x--x----|
|--7-------7-7-5--5\----4-------4-4-5--5\----7-------7-7-5--5\----4-------4-4-2--2\---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
***Chorus

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/t/taking_back_sunday/359040.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Connor Rhythm Player	#1 by Connor Fowler at Oct 1, 2007 at 7:11 AM EST
	I dunno if it's because the file I got of this song is partly cut off at the end, or if it's how it sounds on the cd, but it kinda sounds like the end of Sleep leads right into the breath taken in the beginning of MakeDamnSure. so if you were to put the single on repeat, it would loop very nicely. anyone who has the physical cd wanna try and see?

No Picture Alexxx <3 Lead Player	#2 by Alexxx <3 at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:43 AM EST
	Ahhhh... I want this song so badly! But I can't find it on Limewire or anything. :(

No Picture health risk Average	#3 by health risk at Oct 4, 2007 at 1:52 AM EST
	yeah, if anyone has the song or knows where to buy it, please post!

No Picture Randy Lead Player	#4 by Randy Lott at Oct 4, 2007 at 3:39 PM EST
	If you want to buy the single, go here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FP2H5G/sr=8-8/qid=1153690234/ref=pd_bbs_8/002-8493458-1792004?ie=UTF8 Anyways, amazing song, I absolutely love it.

No Picture Mike Wanna Be	#5 by Mike Jeffries at Oct 4, 2007 at 9:07 PM EST
	THey should have worked harder on this one, it had the potential to be a really good poppy hit song, and it is better than most of their CD. It is probably Slim Member, considering the next line is the seasons got us eating less and less.

No Picture Razor wrist Lead Player	#6 by Razor wrist at Oct 6, 2007 at 7:55 PM EST
	well, you can always buy the cd. i swear! it's not sly member it's slimemember SLIMEMBER

No Picture ` niki * Average	#7 by ` niki * at Oct 6, 2007 at 10:41 PM EST
	This song is so catchy. It's so easy to listen to Adam repeating the same line over and over and over and over and over. And it's so sweet. Haha, I love it! Anyone who would like this song... AIM - absitinvidia16 Yahoo - absitinvidia16@yahoo.com MSN - uber__1337@hotmail.com :) Hit me up.

No Picture Kieran Average	#8 by Kieran Molloy at Oct 6, 2007 at 11:29 PM EST
	It is obvious that this song is about cocaine addiction, yes I said it. Look at the signs "Local anesthesia, teases" means that he cant sleep but he wants to ( a side effect of cocaine). "With an incessant drip, signs pockets like a palsy" --> everyone who knows a thing or two about cocaine knows that there is a "drip" that occurs upon snorting it. Adam also mentions the side effect of "coke dick" "Our selfishly slim member cuffed" Also, cocaine deters your appetite, amking you not want to eat. This is mentioned here---> "The season's got us eating less and less (less and less..)" Also I always though that this line "We'll breathe the sweet air through your nose" was "breathe the SLEEP up through your nose." Suggesting that after a coke binge all you want to do is sleep, and you regret doing the drug. As for the "you work hard for what you got and now your...." I always figured that line to signify the expensive nature of the drug. You work hard for your money and you just blew it in one night (quite literally). In that case " and now your..... " this is left up tp the imaginaton of the lisener. Over all this is a great song, one of the best even. But don't you even think for a second that its not about blowin' coke.

No Picture Anthony Average	#9 by Anthony at Oct 8, 2007 at 2:19 AM EST
	good song. best phrase..something practiced is something perfect. no point in really putting the meaning of this song down...pretty self explanatory. sounds like he's losing sleep over something that happened or he's just sick and taking all this medicine and still can't sleep...but that seems a pretty shallow meaning for one of their songs. anyway i've got to give props to fivergirl who sent it to me. thanks

No Picture More Cowbell Lead Player	#10 by More Cowbell at Oct 8, 2007 at 7:19 AM EST
	this song looks sooo amazing... but i cant really hear it... so, umm.. can someone explain to me the whole concept of side b?! i swear to God, i'm lost.

No Picture Len Badass	#11 by Len cullum at Oct 10, 2007 at 12:34 AM EST
	...where the heck did you come up with "look who" ciwwaf?? lol oh i love this song. i wish they would perform it live once!! it'd be really cool to hear them do this live.

No Picture Håvard Average	#12 by Håvard Banne at Oct 10, 2007 at 2:48 AM EST
	a thing i noticed..this song kind of grows on you the more you listen to it. the second verse is by far better than the first though

No Picture Rob Average	#13 by Rob Jones at Oct 10, 2007 at 2:19 PM EST
	anybody who has this song feel like sharing? i've looked everywhere and i can't find it. aim= owmyfingerhurts

No Picture Cicely aka Icic Badass	#14 by Cicely aka Icicles and CSkank Shankle (if u stalk me i will shoot you.) at Oct 12, 2007 at 6:58 AM EST
	Wow this song is absolutely amazing. The lyrics are a little.. fuzzy but they sound correct, I'll correct if needed later 'cause I'm not so sure about the chorus. Otherwise I think this song has a whole drug-like/rehab theme going on...

No Picture Kempy Lead Player	#15 by Kempy at Oct 13, 2007 at 2:10 AM EST
	this song is cool.. a bit poppy but it is better than some in the album... actually its really cool.. just shows how well adam can sing..

No Picture Diego Wanna Be	#16 by Diego Rodriguez at Oct 13, 2007 at 6:19 PM EST
	Hehe, this would also be a really good song to listen to before "Twenty Twenty Surgery." Get it? Anesthesia? Nevermind. But to contribute more to the MakeDamnSure/Sleep connection, MakeDamnSure lyrically is pretty stalker-ish. I mean, he's following her to her to the jukebox bars she frequents, watching her scissor-shaped across the bed, and making sure she can't get away from him. So I'm trying to figure out if there's some kind of connection in that sense, but I don't know. I mean, I suppose we could literally interpret it as he's putting her to sleep. But that's silly. Can anyone tell what he says here: "You work and now you're [blank]" right before the chorus? There may be three vocal tracks, the above mentioned one, one that sings the "Local anesthesia" part and the other sings the "Lo... cal..." etc. So I'm trying to figure out what the first says in the blank. It may just go into the "lo...cal..." part, but I'm not too sure.

No Picture Goat Average	#17 by Goat Screwer at Oct 16, 2007 at 11:16 PM EST
	"Local anesthesia is any technique to render part of the body insensitive to pain without affecting consciousness." Do a little research next time.

No Picture Dean Rhythm Player	#18 by Dean M at Oct 18, 2007 at 2:38 AM EST
	mhm it's on the UK MakeDamnSure single, it's the b-side. ah i love this song. musically it's extremely catchy lol.

No Picture Indy Lead Player	#19 by Indy Windrose at Oct 18, 2007 at 5:05 PM EST
	^ no problem. :) I think noseovertail might be right. (last line of 'Sleep') "Yeah you work and now you're..." (first line of 'MakeDamnSure') "You've got this new head filled up with smoke" 'New head filled up with smoke' is maybe referring to breathing the 'sweet air through your nose'? and "A long night spent with your most obvious weaknesses" also fits (sleep = long night spent). I'm not really sure though.

No Picture ian Average	#20 by ian mckinly at Oct 18, 2007 at 6:20 PM EST
	look who anesthesia teases. who came up with local?

No Picture Niko Average	#21 by Niko Booth at Oct 20, 2007 at 2:30 AM EST
	haha patrick yeah i know. sly member doesnt sound right.. maybe slim ember ?....

No Picture paste your name Average	#22 by paste your name here at Oct 20, 2007 at 12:47 PM EST
	If anybody wants the song, I can send you a copy of it. Just email me: crazystargrl@yahoo.com :)

No Picture ScumFucBondage Average	#23 by ScumFucBondage bumsex at Oct 20, 2007 at 5:22 PM EST
	this looks to be an amazing song... hmm... though i havent heard it yet... its on the UK single right? =)

No Picture The MADMAN Average	#24 by The MADMAN All the way at Oct 21, 2007 at 5:56 AM EST
	a thing i noticed..this song kind of grows on you the more you listen to it. the second verse is by far better than the first though

No Picture Matt Lead Player	#25 by Matt Spencer at Oct 21, 2007 at 12:39 PM EST
	good song. best phrase..something practiced is something perfect. no point in really putting the meaning of this song down...pretty self explanatory. sounds like he's losing sleep over something that happened or he's just sick and taking all this medicine and still can't sleep...but that seems a pretty shallow meaning for one of their songs. anyway i've got to give props to fivergirl who sent it to me. thanks