Sleep Of Ages Chords & Tabs
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SLEEP OF AGES - Hanging Garden
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Tuning: C# (C# F# B E G# C#)
Intro, guitar 1:
C#|--------------------|---|
G#|--------------------|---|
E |--------------------|---|
B |---7-----3------2---|-7-|
F#|---7-----3------2---|-7-|
C#|---5-----1------0---|-5-| (x 4)
(x 6) (x 12) (x 6)
Intro, guitar 2:
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---17----15--------------------15--17---------------------------|
E |----------------16------14-------------16------14------16-------|
B |--------------------17-----17--------------17------17------17---|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro background melody:
C#|-------------------------|
G#|---10-----10-----10------|
E |-------9------9------9---|
B |-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|
C#|-------------------------|
Verse (repeat 2 times):
("Through aeons in sleep, we close our eyes to get away...")
("Lost inside a hopeless gloom, we are alive yet dead inside...")
C#|-----------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------------------------|
B |---7-7-7---7-7---7---7---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3---3-3---|
F#|---7-7-7---7-7---7---5---3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3---3-3---|
C#|---5-5-5---5-5---5---5---1-1-1---1-1---1-1-1---1-1---|
PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/hanging_garden/sleep_of_ages_tab.html ]
C#|----------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------|
E |----------------------------------------------------|
B |---2-2-2---2-2---2---2---10---10---10---9---9---9---|
F#|---2-2-2---2-2---2---2---10---10---10---9---9---9---|
C#|---0-0-0---0-0---0---0----8----8----8---7---7---7---|
PM . . . . . . . . . .
Pre-chorus (background guitar the same as intro, guitar 1):
("In the end we all fall...")
C#|---------------------------------|---------|
G#|---------------------------------|---------|
E |---9-----7---9-------------------|---------|
B |------------------10-----9-------|-9-------|
F#|-----------------------------10--|----10---|
C#|---------------------------------|---------|
(x 4)
Bridge:
(first without vocals, then "Guide us back into the light...")
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------7-----7-----7-----6-----6-----6-----5----5-----5-----3-----5--3--2---|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---5-----5-----5-----4-----4-----4-----3-----3----3-----1-----1------------| (x 4)
Chorus:
("Proffer us a release...")
("In this emptiness we will suffocate...")
C#|--------------|
G#|--------------|
E |--------------|
B |---7------2---|
F#|---7------2---|
C#|---5------0---| (x 2)
(x 12) (x 12)
(violin-like keyboard melody playing)
C#|--------------------|
G#|--------------------|
E |--------------------|
B |---3------7-----2---|
F#|---3------7-----2---|
C#|---1------5-----0---| (x 2)
(x 12) (x 6) (x 6)
Song ends with:
C#|-------|
G#|-------|
E |-------|
B |---7---|
F#|---7---|
C#|---5---|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| B Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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