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Only When I Sleep Guitar Tablature
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Artist: The Corrs
Song: Only when I sleep
Tabbed: andreajcorr

Chord definitions:

      E A D G B e
Bm:   x 2 4 4 3 2
D7:   x x 0 2 1 2 
E:    0 2 2 1 0 0
Em:   0 2 2 0 0 0
A:    x 0 2 2 2 0
A/C#: x 4/2 2 2 0
E/G#: 4/2 2 1 0 0 
Gmaj7:3 2 0 0 0 2
D:    x x 0 2 3 2
F#:   2 4 4 3 2 2


Intro

E -0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------7-5-------------------------------------
B -0-2-3-5>7---0-2-3-5>7---------7>5-3-5--7-----------7--------------
G ------------------------------------------------7-9----------------
D ------------------------------------------9---9-------7--9-7---7>9-
A -------------------------------------------------------------9-----
E -------------------------------------------------------------------

The chords for this part are Bm, D7, E, Em, A


Verse One

Bm     A/C#        E/G#                     Bm    
You're only just a dreamboat, sailing in my head 

    A/C#           E/G#                     Bm
You swim my secret oceans of coral blue and red

     A/C#             E/G#                          Gmaj7
Your smell is incense burning, your touch is silken yet

                      D                     Gmaj7                 F#
It reaches through my skin, Moving from within, it clutches at my breast


Chorus

                     Bm                     D7
But it's only when I sleep, I 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 Two

Bm  A/C#             E/G#                        Bm    
And when I wake from slumber, your shadow's disappeared

     A/C#             E/G#                      Bm
Your breath is just a sea mist surrounding my body

    A/C#                E/G#                          Gmaj7
I'm working through the daytime but when it's time to rest

                D                    Gmaj7                    F#
I'm lying in my bed, listening to my breath, falling from the edge


Chorus

For each chorus from this one, the electric guitar plays 
this dramatic solo in the background.

E-9~10-----------------------9~10-9---------9~10-9--------
B------12-10--12~13-12-10-9---------12-12----------12-12--
G---------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------

                     Bm                     D7
But it's only when I sleep, I 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

                     Gmaj7  E/G#  D  F#
But it's only when I sleep


Instrumental

                      D                     Gmaj7                 F#
It reaches through my skin, Moving from within, it clutches at my breast


Chorus

                     Bm                     D7
But it's only when I sleep, I 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
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