Title: To Be Awake
Artist: Poor Old Lu
Album: Mindsize
Copyright 1993 Carlotta Publishing (BMI)
Tabbed by Kirk Bozeman (boze@longview.net)
NOTE: E flat tuning every string tuned down a half step
VERSE 1:
[E] Well I'm a happy [C]man[Cmaj7]
So [C]will I [A7]ever [A7sus4]speak my [A7]mind[G#]
[E] But I know that [C]we[Cmaj7][C]
Just [A7]haven't [A7sus4]got the t[A7]ime[G#]
CHORUS: (Pick chords except for last G#)
[Dsus2] [Cadd9]O - h - [B7add4]ohŠ yeah yeah
[Dsus2] To be a[Cadd9]wake, to be a[B7add4]shamed, will you?
[Dsus2] To be[Cadd9] awake, [B7add4]to be ashamed, will you?[G#]
[E] [C] [Cmaj7] [C] [A7] [A7sus4] [A7] [G#]
VERSE 2:
This world wants to drown me with
The things it's thinking of
So now I don't want to see or breathe
In this place that cannot love
And I would rather lose my life
Than to ever, ever lose my mind
But in this world, in this land
It's our thoughts that we cannot find
CHORUS
SOLO (Over verse chords):
NOTE: ^ bend.
v --- Hang on to this first bend for a while.
--9^----------------9^-9^-9^-9^-9^--------------10-7-9-9---------9^----------
-10^-8--------8-10-10^10^10^10^10^-8----------8---8---------8---10^-8--------
-------9--7h9------------------------9--9-7-9-------------9---9--------8-8^-9
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Try playing this along with the CD.
It may not work, but I'm REALLY tired of messing with it.
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-------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-7----------------------
-------------------------------------------------------7-7-5-5-7-9-5--------
----10-12-13^13^-12-12-10-12-10---------------------------------------6-6^--
-12-----------------------------12--10-12-----------------------------------
VERSE 3:
So you see me run away
And you wonder why I am scared
Well, I just can't help but think about
the things of which we're not aware
CHORUS
Chords:
E: 022100
C: 332010
Cmaj7: 332000
A7: 002020
A7sus4: 002030
G#: 466544 or xx111x
Dsus2: 000230
Cadd9: 032030
B7add4: 021200
Artist: Poor Old Lu
Album: Mindsize
Copyright 1993 Carlotta Publishing (BMI)
Tabbed by Kirk Bozeman (boze@longview.net)
NOTE: E flat tuning every string tuned down a half step
VERSE 1:
[E] Well I'm a happy [C]man[Cmaj7]
So [C]will I [A7]ever [A7sus4]speak my [A7]mind[G#]
[E] But I know that [C]we[Cmaj7][C]
Just [A7]haven't [A7sus4]got the t[A7]ime[G#]
CHORUS: (Pick chords except for last G#)
[Dsus2] [Cadd9]O - h - [B7add4]ohŠ yeah yeah
[Dsus2] To be a[Cadd9]wake, to be a[B7add4]shamed, will you?
[Dsus2] To be[Cadd9] awake, [B7add4]to be ashamed, will you?[G#]
[E] [C] [Cmaj7] [C] [A7] [A7sus4] [A7] [G#]
VERSE 2:
This world wants to drown me with
The things it's thinking of
So now I don't want to see or breathe
In this place that cannot love
And I would rather lose my life
Than to ever, ever lose my mind
But in this world, in this land
It's our thoughts that we cannot find
CHORUS
SOLO (Over verse chords):
NOTE: ^ bend.
v --- Hang on to this first bend for a while.
--9^----------------9^-9^-9^-9^-9^--------------10-7-9-9---------9^----------
-10^-8--------8-10-10^10^10^10^10^-8----------8---8---------8---10^-8--------
-------9--7h9------------------------9--9-7-9-------------9---9--------8-8^-9
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Try playing this along with the CD.
It may not work, but I'm REALLY tired of messing with it.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-7----------------------
-------------------------------------------------------7-7-5-5-7-9-5--------
----10-12-13^13^-12-12-10-12-10---------------------------------------6-6^--
-12-----------------------------12--10-12-----------------------------------
VERSE 3:
So you see me run away
And you wonder why I am scared
Well, I just can't help but think about
the things of which we're not aware
CHORUS
Chords:
E: 022100
C: 332010
Cmaj7: 332000
A7: 002020
A7sus4: 002030
G#: 466544 or xx111x
Dsus2: 000230
Cadd9: 032030
B7add4: 021200
