CORRS - "Only When I Sleep" Tablature

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m: "Simon Forsman" <simonforsman@hotmail.com>
Subject: the Corrs...
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 05:26:52 PST

**Only when I sleep**
By the Corrs, from the album Talk on corners.

Figured out by Simon Forsman. <simonforsman@hotmail.com>

Some of the chords on this song is kinda odd, and I don't know what
they're called. But on the bottom of this page I'll show you the tabs on
theese chords. And in the end of the verses there's a guitar riff -
check bottom of page.
The bass is always going B, A, E, A on the verses, but the guitar
sometimes (or always) go to the A6/Db-chord instead of the bass's A. So
if you wanna variate: Instead of the A's on the verses, use the
A6/Db-chord (see tab).
And instead of the E's on the verses the guitar sometimes goes to some
kind of E/Ab-chord... But if you're only using the guitar and no bass,
you might aswell just play all the ordinary chords. Sounds better.
There's a riff in the beginning of the song. I'll give you the tab on
that riff (not the entire solo). Just a nice intro...
m=minor


Intro:
riff 1... Bm... D7... E... Em... A...

Verse 1:
Bm A E Bm
... You're only just a dream boat, sailing in my head
A E Bm
You swim my secret oceans, of coral blue and red
A E (bridge:)G^(see tab)
Your smell is incense burning, your touch is silken yet
D G^
It reaches through my skin, moving from within
riff 2(tab)
And it clutches at my breast...

Chorus:
Bm D7
But it's only when I sleep, see you in my dreams
E Em A
Got me spinning round and round, turning upside down
Bm D7
But I only hear you breathe, somewhere in my sleep
E Em A
Got me spinning round and round, turning upside down
Bm...
But it's only when i sleep...

Verse 2:
A E Bm
... And when I wake from slumber, your shadow's disappeared
A E Bm
You breath is just the sea mist, surrounding my body
A E (bridge:) G^(tab)...
I'm working through the daytime, but when it's time to rest...
D G^(tab)
I'm lying in my bed, listening to my breath
riff 2(tab)...
Falling from the edge...

Chorus.
But it's only when I sleep...
I see you in my...
...
... (stick:)G^(tab) Bm/G#(tab) A6sus(tab)
... But it's only when I sleep... yeah yeah.... yeah yeeayeaaaaaa
riff 2(tab)
aaaahh... I'ts only when I sleep...

Flute/violin solo - chords as on chorus.

Lyrics while solo:
Up to the sky, where eagles fly
I'll never die, hawaiian high...

Bridge: It reaches through my skin... (chords as on first verse)

Chorus... and out(same chords as on chorus all the way out):

But it's only when I sleep...
...
...


In bed I lie, no need to cry
My sleeping cry, hawaiian high...
...
Up to the sky, where angels fly
I'll never die, hawaiian high...
...



Tabs:

Riff 1 (on the two high-freq strings):
E -2-2-2-0-...
B -0-2-3-X-... (Land on the Bm-chord)


A6/Db (your pointingfinger on 2:nd fret):
E-2
B-2
G-2
D-2
A-4
E-X


G^:
E-2
B-3
G-0
D-0
A-X (mute with longfinger that's on the lowest E-string's 3:rd fret)
E-3


Riff 2(on the three low-freq strings):
D -2-2-2-X--
A -1-2-4-4--
E -X-X-X-2--


Bm/G# (pointingfinger on 2:nd fret):
E-2
B-3
G-4
D-2
A-2
E-4

A6sus (pointingfinger on 2:nd fret)
E-2
B-3
G-2
D-2
A-0
E-x

That's about it! Enjoy!
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#


Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 22:41:42 +0800
From: Shaun Poh <shaunp21@pacific.net.sg>
Subject: c/corrs/only_when_i_sleep.crd


Title : Only When I Sleep
Group : The Corrs
Album : Talk On Corners

Chords : Bm,D,E,Em,A,F# & G

Intro : Bm,D,E,Em,A

Bm A E
You're only just a dreamboat

Bm
Sailing in my head

A E
You swim my secret ocean

Bm
Of coral blue and red

A E
Your smell is incense burning

G
Your touch is silken yet

D
It reaches through my skin

G
Moving from within

F#(Run)
And clutches at my breast

Bm
Chorus: But it's only when I sleep

D
I see you in my dreams

E
Got me spinning round and round

Em A
Turning upside down

Bm
But I only hear you breathe

D
Somewhere in my sleep

E
Got me spinning round and round

Em A
Turning upside down


But it's only when I sleep


Bm A E
And when I wake from slumber

Bm
Your shadow's disappeared

A E
Your breath is just a sea mist

Bm
Surrounding my body

A E
I'm working through the daytime

G
But when it's time to rest

D
I'm lying in my bed

G
Listening to my breath

F#(Run)
Falling from the edge


(Repeat Chorus)

D
But it's only when I sleep

D
Yeah Yeah Yeah

D
Yeah Yeah Yeah

F#
Yeah Yeah Yeah

Instrumental - Same chords as the chorus

D
It's reaching through my skin

G
Moving from within

F#(Run)
And clutches at my breast........

(Chorus)

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