Rem - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight (chords) guitar tab
From: hyson@cis.ohio-state.edu (david lincoln hyson)
I saw a request awhile back for this, and haven't seen a response. Here's
my try, constructive criticisms are appreciated.
REM
The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
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Intro, same as chorus:
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
The transition to the verses:
C Em
e---------0-----|---------0---------
B-------------1-|-------------0-----
G---------------|-------------------
D-----2---------|-------------------
A-3-------------|-----2-------------
E---------------|-0-----------------
Verse 1:
(* For all the verses, the F's, C's, and Am's are played as barre
chords, the F's in A formation, the C's and Am's in E form. He
upstrokes them in pairs, on what sounds like a big hollowbody electric.
The placement of the chords over the words here is inteneded only to
to denote their *approximate* temporal location. Listen to the song
and you'll be able to hear and feel where they actually go.*)
F F F F C C C C
This here is the place where I will be stayin'
F F F F C C C C
There isn't a number you can call on the payphone, let it ring a long,long,
long, long time
F F F F Am Am C C
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back let it ring some more
F F F F C C C C
[Untranscribable Stipe yodel]
F F F F Am Am C C
If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil
Chorus 1 (*I won't even try to pretend that I know what he's
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
C Em (*play as noted above for transition*)
Verse 2:
F F F F C C C C
There's scratches all around the coinslot, like a heartbeat baby, tryin' to
wake up
F F F F C C C C
But this machine can only swallow money, you can't lay a patch by computer
design
F F F F Am Am C C
With just alot of stupid, stupid signs
F F F F C C C C
["Tell her" yodeled]
F F F F C C C C
Tell her she can kiss my ass and say that you were
F F F F Am Am
Only kidding, that way she'll know that it's really, really, really,
C C
really me
Chorus 2: (*Same as chorus one, including transition*)
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
C Em
Verse 3: (*Short verse*)
F F F F C C
Baby eat some soup, does it really grab me today I need something more
C C
sub-stub-sub-substantial
F F F F C C C C
A can of beans, some black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
F F F F Am Am C C
A candy bar, a fall(*en/in'*) star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss
Chorus 3:
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
C Em (*Same as above*)
Bridge:
(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking
pattern is like this:
Bm Bm Am Am
e---------2------|---------2------|---------0------|---------0------|
B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--|
G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------|
A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*)
Bm Bm Am Am
The cat in the hat came back, and wrecked alot of havoc
Bm Bm Am Am
On the way, always had a smile and a reason to pretend
Bm Bm Am C
That their world, was flat back brown, too little, need to sleep but to dream
Em Em
The sidewinder sleeps on his back
Chorus 3 and outro:
(*The chorus is the same*)
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*)
C Em
e---------0-----|-0-------0-----|
B-------------1-|-0-------0-----|
G---------------|-0-------0-----|
D-----2---------|-2-------2-----|
A-3-------------|-2-------2-----|
E---------------|-0-------2-----|
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
C Em (*New transition*)
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
C Em (*New transition*)
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
D////G//C//Am/
C Em D D
We got a boogy-woogy groove on this one
From: csb1@engr.engr.uark.edu (Chris Bray)
Chorus:
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
