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Let Me Sleep

Pearl Jam
Tab
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Song

Let me Sleep - Pearl Jam

Transcribed by Michael Mazur (mmazur@wpi.edu)

This was a fan club single, and can also be found on many compilations.

Two guitars arranged for one:

E|--5--3h5p3---------------3--|
B|------------5--(1/4)--3--3--|               Riff A (play 2x)
G|-------------------------0--|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Cold wind blows on the soles of my feet (with Riff A 6x)

Heaven knows nothing of me

I'm lost, nowhere to go

E|--10--8h10p8--7-----7-----7--|--10--8h10p8--7-----7-----7--|
B|-----------------8-----8-----|-----------------8-----8-----|
G|-----------------0-----0-----|-----------------0-----0-----|    Riff B
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|--5--3h5p3--|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|------------|
E|------------|

D C D C

Oh, when I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed

D C G

Oh, please let me sleep, it's Christmas time

(play riff A 2x)

Flowered winds was where I lived (with riff A 6x)

Thought you burned, not froze for your sins

Oh, I'm so tired, and cold

(play riff B)

D C D C

Oh, when I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed

D C G

Oh, please let me sleep, it's Christmas time

E|--5--3h5p3--------------|
B|------------3--3--2--3--|               Riff C (play 4x)
G|---------------0--0--0--|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|

D C D C

Oh...oh, when I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed

D C G

Oh, please let me sleep, it's Christmas time

D C D C

Oh...oh, when I, if I was a kid...oh, how magic it seemed

D C G

Oh, please let me dream, it's Christmas time

(Repeat first bar of Riff B and fade)

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