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In the Arms of Sleep Guitar Tablature
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In the arms of sleep
Off Mellon Collie & the infinite Sadness: 
Twilight to starlight (1995)
Written By Billy Corgan
Tabbed by Jimi 
Eb Tuning with standard G        

For this song Billy and James use another 
strange tuning like the one for Slow Dawn. 
The strings are all tuned down one step 
except the G string which is left in 
standard tuning (EbAbDbGBbeb).

This song´s played by two guitars, Billy
seems to play a Nylonstring Acoustic and
James a clean Electric. Billy´s way of 
hitting the chords is prettyb soft, he 
nearly rakes over them.

Guitar 1: Billy (Nylonstring Acoustic)
Guitar 2: James (Electric Guitar)


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Figuration 2A
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Figuration 2B
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Figuration 3A
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Figuration 3B
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Figuration 4A
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Figuration 4B
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Sleep will not come to this tired body now

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Sleep will not come to this lonely heart

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There are some things I lived without

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But I want you to know that I need you right now...

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I need you tonight

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I steal a kiss from her sleeping shadow moves

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Cause I always miss her wherever she goes

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And I´ll always need her more than she could ever need me

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I need someone to ease my mind but sometimes a someone is so hard to find

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And I´ll do anything to keep her here tonight

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And I´ll say anything to make her feel alright 

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And I´ll be anything to keep her here tonight

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Cause I want you to stay ... with me

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I need you tonight

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She comes to me like an angel out of time

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Cause I play the part of a Saint on my knees

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There are some things I lived without

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But I want you to know that I need you right now…

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Suffer my desire

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Suffer my desire

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Suffer my desire for you

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Suffer my desire

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Suffer my desire

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Suffer my desire for you

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...for you
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