Sleepytime In The Western World by Blitzen Trapper, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Sleepytime In The Western World

by Blitzen Trapper

Biography:

Blitzen Trapper is an experimental rock/folk sextet which formed in Portland, Oregon, United States in 2000. The band consists of Eric Earley (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Erik Menteer (guitar, keyboards), Marty Marquis (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Michael Van Pelt (bass), Drew Laughery (keyboards) and Brian Koch (drums, vocals).

In various combinations and guises, the group had already played a long time together before the "crystalization event" in July 2000 on the slopes of the famous volcano Mt.

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This is a great song, interesting chord changes.
I've written out exactly how I play it, thus the seemingly staggering list of chords --
while there are a lot of different ones, some are repeats of the same chords on
parts of the neck.
I'm just trying to be helpful by writing them all out, in the order they appear.

Chords Used:
D: xx0232
G(open): 320033
F#7: 242322
Bm: x24432
C: x35553
G(barre): 355433
F1: 133211
Eb: x68886
Bb/D: x587xx
C7: x35353
F2: x8-10-10-10-8
Bb1: 688766
Bb2: x13331
A1: 577655
E(barre): x79997
G#: 466544
C#: x46664
F#: 244322
E(open): 022100
A(open): x02220
D7: x57575

D G(open)
Your eyelids are made of lead
F#7 Bm
You can't keep them up
C G(barre)
Cause its sleepytime
F1 Eb Bb/D C7
And that's no crime in the western world
Cause when the sun goes down
Eb
You’re bound to follow through
Bb/D
Sleeping through the afternoon
F2 Eb Bb/D C7
I just can't seem to leave my room
Eb Bb/D
Waiting for the moon and a love so true
C7
It's gonna see me through
Eb Bb1
You know it's gonna see me through

D G(open) F#7 Bm C
G(barre) F1 Eb Bb/D
C7
Cause when the sun goes down
Eb
I'm gonna make like a tree and bloom
Bb/D
Sleeping through the afternoon
F2 Eb Bb/D C7
I just can’t seem to leave my room
Eb Bb/D
Waiting for the moon and a love so true
C7
It’s gonna see me through
Eb Bb1
You know it’s gonna see me through

(Even though the last part ends on Bb and this part starts on Bb,
I change from Bb1 to Bb2 to get closer to the lower F,
there's a pause anyway, might as well.)

Bb2
Drifting down the sleepy river
F1
Waking like a child
C G barre
Never gonna know what the spirit said
Bb2 F1
Unless you drift down for a while
Eb Bb/D C7
Never gonna know what the wind is whispering now
Eb Bb/D C7
Never gonna know unless you leave this world somehow
Eb Bb1
Unless you leave this world somehow

Bb1 A(barre)
I woke up on the street
E(barre) G#
So apprehensive, feeling weak
C# F#
And as I finally tried to speak
G(open) D A(open)
Twelve birds flew straightways from my mouth

Bb1 A(barre)
I circled high above the sky
E(barre) G#
Began to cry with piercing sounds
C# F#
A crowd gathered on the ground
G(open) D A(open)
All speaking strangely through their teeth

Bb1 A(barre)
I felt alone and in my creep
E(barre) G#
I spoke once more into the wind
C# F#
A storm of birds contained therein
E(open)
Began to spin, to spin

Bb1 A(barre) E(barre) G#
C# F# E(open)

D G(open)
Your eyelids are made of lead
F#7 Bm
You can't keep them up
C G(barre)
Cause its sleepytime
F1 Eb Bb/D C7
And that's no crime in the western world
Cause when the sun goes down
Eb
You’re bound to follow through
Bb/D
Sleeping through the afternoon
F2 Eb Bb/D C7
I just can't seem to leave my room
Eb Bb/D
Waiting for the moon and a love so true
C7
It's gonna see me through
Eb Bb1
You know it's gonna see me through

Outro: D7 G barre F1 C Eb Bb1