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Before I Sleep tab by Marika Hackman

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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E

Author seasalt442 [pro] 193. Last edit on Mar 07, 2019.

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Before I Sleep - Marika Hackman

from the album - We Slept at Last (2015)

Tabbed by: carmenasolt@gmail.com

Tuning: DADFGe

I tabbed this from the way she plays it in the youtube video ( https://youtu.be/J8l8CZSByC4 )

The tuning is weird, but it allows for droning on the D and B strings and makes for easier playing.

[Intro]

e|---------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-------------------|

F|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5---| x2

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|

A|---------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------0-----3-------|

Verse 1 "Burning the road through my mind around fire..."

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------|

"for the light you shed was blinding"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------------|

F|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------0-----3------|

"A rabbit caught in your glow I am frozen"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------|

"In the yielding tar sticky and golden"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0------|

F|------12-----12------11-----11-----5-----5-----5-----5--| x2

D|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------|

D|-12-------------10-------------5-----------5------------|

Verse 2 "I forsee this ending in a shower of flame"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1------------|

"So drink your holy water soon"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------1-----------1-----------3-----------4-----------5-----------5------------|

"And I'll wash my loving hands, I'm through"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------1-----------1-----------3-----------4-----------5-----------5------------|

"For I am of the sun and this night is getting on"

e|--------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0------|

F|------12-----12------11-----11-----5-----5-----5-----5--| x2

D|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------|

D|-12-------------10-------------5-----------5------------|

"When the dawn breaks warm I'm gone"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|------12-----12------11-----11-----9-----9-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5--|

D|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-12-------------10-------------8-----------7-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5------------|

[intro pattern x1]

Verse 3 "Standing at the edge of your forest I'm standing"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------|

"and the milky bed remdinds me of the miles I have yet to tread"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------------------|

F|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------0-----3------|

"and the heart stained sheets I used to wrap around my waist"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------1-----------1-----------1-----------1------------|

"Well I hope you find the peace you seek"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------1-----------1-----------3-----------3-----------5-----------5------------|

"Wake me up in five, six weeks"

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e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----2-----2-----2-----2-----4-----4-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------1-----------1-----------3-----------4-----------5-----------5------------|

"For we exist at night / and a silent strip of light"

e|--------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0------|

F|------12-----12------11-----11-----5-----5-----5-----5--| x2

D|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------|

D|-12-------------10-------------5-----------5------------|

"Unfurls against the mountain side"

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------0--------------0------------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|------12-----12------11-----11-----9-----9-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5--|

D|----0------0-------0------0------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-12-------------10-------------8-----------7-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------5------------|

[Outro]

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0------|

F|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------3-----------3-----------3------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------|

F|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----5-----5-----4-----4-----5-----5-----5-----5----|

D|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------|

A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|-5-----------5-----------5-----------3-----------5-----------5-----------5--|

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