Belly - Now They'll Sleep Tabs

"Now They'll Sleep", Belly
Written by T. Gorman and T. Donelly


*** Ok...here is probably my last revision...i ended transcribing the lead
    myself...i got very very bored this summer :> (DK)

Standard Tuning
4/4 time (funny little two-step dance optional)

Key: % : repeat measure
     - : minor chord                
     / : a rest
     | : two of them delimit a measure
     ~ : vibrato

* The song is based on straight-eighths with a few variations.  Each line
  of lyrics is four measures.
* Tom's part is straight off the key of C <well...dah!> The fills may not
  match exactly, but anyone should be able to time them right.

<this intro is very Beatle-esque!>
Intro:

<Guitar One : Tom>
( He's holding an A minor with his thumb around the bass strings )
   Am        G/Am      F#/Am F/Am
e---------------------------------------------
B------1---------1---------1---------1--------
G--------2---------2-------------------2------  <play 3x> then G chord
D----2---------2---------2---------2----------
A--0------------------------------------------
E------------3---------2-----1----------------
             ^--use thumb to hit these notes

<Guitar Two : Tanya> ( #x notation refers to Tom's repeats )
on 1x 
G--2~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------
on 2x
G--2~2/7\5\4\2-2~~~---------------------------
on 3x
G--2~2/9~~~-----------\7----/10-\7-\5-\4-12~~-
                                         ^harmonic

with Tom's C chord play and hold G harmonic at 12th fret

--
<Guitar Two : Tanya> (Dminor twiddle)
e--1--1--0--1--3--1--0h1--1--0--------------------------
B--3--3--3--3--3--3--3----3--3--------------------------
G--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----2--2--------------------------
D--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

Play this twiddle whenever there's a Dminor
                                                            
---
<Tom plays fills while Tanya slaps the rythm>
<in between fills, Tom similes Tanya with chorus and delay>

<play Fill 1>
|   C   |   %   |   G   |   %   |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm
|   Dm  |   %   |   F   |   G   |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmmmmm hmmmmm

|   C   |   %   |   G   |   %   |
now i've lost the plot
|   C   |   %   |   Am  |   G   |
I'm not the hero I could be but not the dog i was
|  F/C  |   G   |  F/C  |   G   |
kind of common cry kind of common living lie
|   C   |   %   |   G   |   %   |
color my fast-fading heart
|   C   |   %   |   Am  |   G   |
people laugh at anything and things just fall apart
|  F/C  |   G   |  F/C  |   G   |
kind of common cry kind of common living lie
<play Fill 2>
| C   G | Am  G |  F/C   |   G   |
you know the shape my breath will take before i let it out
| Am Em | C  Am |   G   |   F   |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes
|   F   |
now they'll sleep alright

<play Fill 1>
|   C   |   %   |   G   |   %   |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm
|   D-  |   %   |   F   |   G   |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmmmmm hmmmmm

|   C   |   %   |   G   |   %   |
now eyes burn circles in the dark
|   C   |   %   |   Am  |   G   |
and when the mirror talks to me i listen with-a my heart
|  F/C  |   G   |  F/C  |   G   |
kind of common cry kind of common living lie
<play Fill 2>
| C   G | Am  G |   F   |   G   |
you know the shape my breath will take before i let it out
| Am Em | C  Am |   G   |   F   |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes
|   F   | 
now they'll sleep alright

<play Fill 3>
|   C   |   %   |   G   |   %   |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmm
|   Dm  |   %   |   F   |   G   |
mmmhmm mmmhmm mmmhmmmmm hmmmmm
<play Fill 2>
| C  G  | Am  G |   F   |   G   |
you know the shape my breath will take before i let it out
| Am Em | C  Am |   G   |   F   |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes
<play Fill 2>
| C  G  | Am  G |   F   |   G   |
you know the shape my breath will take before i let it out
| Am Em | C  Am |   G   |   F   |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes
<play Fill 4>
| Am Em | C  Am |   G   |   F   |
stand like you did when i was beauty-marked in your eyes

Outro:

<play Fill 5>
                   | C  G  | F  / |
kind of common cry (woohoo hoo hoo!)
                   | C  G  | F  / |
kind of common cry (woohoo hoo hoo!)
                   | C  G  | F  / |
kind of common cry (woohoo hoo hoo!)
                   | C  G  | F  C . . .
kind of common cry (woohoo hoo hoo hooooo...)

---

Fills:

<Guitar One : Tom>
(For simplicity...i notated them linearly on as few strings as possible)
(I play these fills with the distortion way up)
(For a fuller less tinny sound, i play octaves, you can use an octaver)

Fill 1:
   C              D  E  G            D    G   F  EF          E F G  F  EF
G--5-55-5-55-5-5-/7-/9-/1212-12-1212-77-7/12-\10-910-1010-10-910/12\10-910-1010-
   G                  C
 --12-1212-12-1212-12-5--

Fill 2:
   C   D     E     D     F        G   A   G   C  D  E  F   G          C
G--5-5/7-7-7/9-9-9\7-7-7/10-10-10/12-b14r-12--5-/7-/9-/10-/12-1212-12\5--

Fill 3:
   C              D  E  G            D    F  G  F  EF          EF  G  F  E
G--5-55-5-55-5-5-/7-/9-/1212-12-1212-77-7-10b12r10-910-1010-10-910b12r10-9-
   C D E F  D E F  G  C
 --5/7/9/10-7/9/10/12-5--

Fill 4:
   G  A   B   C   D     C B C B C B C
B--8-/10-/12-/13-/15-15-13121312131213---

Fill 5:
   C D F  G F E D
D------3--5-3-2-0-  <play 4x> then end on C note 
A--3-5------------

Wasn't that a spiffy song?
Dennis Kim

perth*
(dennis kim)
pink is where it's @