Sleep (Guitar)
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Tuning: Drop A
Tabbed by Valdee 01-01-2022

[Intro]

Use palm muting for the 16ths notes on the open string. 

B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
E |--------------------------------------------------------5-4----------------|
A |-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-1~---------------------8-7-5-4-1------|                        

B |-------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |---------12----6----3------------12----6----3----| x2
E |---------12----6----3------------12----6----3----|
A |-0-0-0-0-12----6----3----0-0-0-0-12----6----3----|

[Verse]

B |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x4
E |--------------------------------------------------------5-4----------------|
A |-0----0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0----0-0-1~---------------------8-7-5-4-1------|                        

B |-------------------------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |---------12----6----3------------12----6----3----| x2
E |---------12----6----3------------12----6----3----|
A |-0-0-0-0-12----6----3----0-0-0-0-12----6----3----|

[Breakdown 1] 

B |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-0-0--/-12-12----------------------0-0--/-12-12----------------------| x4
E |-0-0--/-12-12----4h5p4-0-1-3-------0-0--/-12-12--------------------1-|
A |-0-0--/-12-12----------------0-6-3-0-0--/-12-12----6h7p6-0-1-3-2-4---|

B |------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------|
A |-0----13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-|
E |-0----13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-|
A |-0----13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-|

B |------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------|
A |-x-0--13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-| x3
E |-x-0--13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-| 
A |-x-0--13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-|

B |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-0-0--/-12-12----------------------0-0--/-12-12----------------------| x4
E |-0-0--/-12-12----4h5p4-0-1-3-------0-0--/-12-12--------------------1-|
A |-0-0--/-12-12----------------0-6-3-0-0--/-12-12----6h7p6-0-1-3-2-4---|

B |------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------|
A |-0----13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-|
E |-0----13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-|
A |-0----13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-|

B |------------------------------------|
F#|------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------|
A |-x-0--13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-| x3
E |-x-0--13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-| 
A |-x-0--13-12----8-7----3-0-6-5-0-1-3-|

[Breakdown 2] 

Clean tone w/ flanger effect, repeats with some slight variations

B |-----------------------------------------------1p0-----|
F#|---1-----1-----1---1h3---------1-----1-----1-----------|
D |-----2-----2-------------2-------2-----2-------------2-|
A |-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0---| x8
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------| 

Switch back to distortion guitar:

B |---------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------|
A |-6-------0-5-------2-3-0---------------| x4
E |-6-------0-5-------2-3-0---------------|
A |-6-------0-5-------2-3-0---------------|

Back to clean tone:

B |-----------------------------------------------1p0-----|
F#|---1-----1-----1---1h3---------1-----1-----1-----------|
D |-----2-----2-------------2-------2-----2-------------2-|
A |-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-----0---| x8
E |-------------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------| 

Back to distortion guitar:

B |---------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------|
D |---------------------------------------|
A |-6-------0-5-------2-3-0---------------| x8
E |-6-------0-5-------2-3-0---------------|
A |-6-------0-5-------2-3-0---------------|

(for the last 4 bars, play this riff progressively slower and slower until it crawls to a stop on 0.)
(hold the final open power chord and let ring)


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| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| ~   Vibrato

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