O Sleep
Lisa Hannigan
tabbed by Joe (tabs at stype.org)
This song is finger-picked but can't really be heard clearly after the first verse so I
didn't try to tab it out exactly.
Capo 5th fret
C x3201x
Baug x2100x
E7 x2010x
Ab x311xx
Fm6 4535xx
Gaddb9 3201xx
G 3200xx
Am x0221x
Am7 x0201x
C/E 03201x
F 13321x
D 20023x
Intro:
C C Baug C C C
C E7 Ab C
O Sleep, come for me I will go quietly
Fm6 C E7
where the roof doesn’t leak in my heart
C E7 Ab C
O Sleep, come for me I’m a boat, sprung a leak
Fm6 C Gaddb9
I’ll hide and you’ll seek a new start
F C Ab C
for me. Until dawn I’ll be too gone
C A Gaddb9 G
to care how grey the day is
Am C/E F
The dreams that it chases away
C E7 C
they stay asleep.
Baug C Baug C
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lisa_hannigan/o_sleep_crd.html ]
C E7 Ab C
O Sleep, come for me I will come willingly
Fm6 C E7
like a leaf from a tree in October
C E7 Ab C
O Sleep, come for me I wait hopefully
Fm6 C Gaddb9
I was drunk on a dream now I’m sober
F C Ab C
From now until dawn it can’t be too long
C A Gaddb9 G
for me, I count the hours
Am C/E F C
‘til I sleep with your feet by my feet
Am Am7 F F
Am C D D
Am Am7 F F
Am C D D
F C Ab C
From now until dawn it can’t be too long
C A Gaddb9 G
for me, I count the hours
Am C/E F C
‘til I sleep with your feet by my feet
C E7 C
your breath on my cheek, asleep
C Baug C Baug C
