Band: Stone Temple Pilots | Album: Shangri-La Dee Da | Song: A Song for Sleeping | Transcribed by: Igor Belogolovsky | ------------------------------------------------- Acoustic Guitar: Robert Percussion: Eric [F#] 244322 [Bsus2] x24422 [G] 355422 [Gsus] 355400 This is what he does on the F# chord for the intro (2x), and it continues into the verse: -------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- --3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3------------------------------- --4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4------------------------------- --4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4------------------------------- --2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-0------------------------------- [F#] Finally I've met you The day has come You're more than beautiful And you're my son [Bsus2] I don't deserve this I never thought it could be [F#] Quite like the moment When you first smiled at me [Bsus2] A toothless, wonderful feeling Like I'd never seen [F#] It's you, Noah, it's you And when you lie down to sleep I'll protect you From the demons of the night Play this 2x over the above lyrics: ------2----2-----2-----2--- ----2----2-----2-----2----- --2----2-----1-----1------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- [F#] [G] While I'm watching you [Gsus] grow I'll pray There's [Bsus2] so much I could teach you If you only have the time Pray There's so much God can teach you If you only have the time [F#] So will you tell me the little things? What does God look like? And angels' wings? [Bsus2] I don't remember these things So would you teach them to me? [F#] So for the moment I'll watch you breathe [Bsus2] And when you wake up in the morning And I pour the coffee [F#] You're always smiling sweetly And when you lie down to sleep I'll protect you From the demons of the night Again, 2x for the above part: ------2----2-----2-----2--- ----2----2-----2-----2----- --2----2-----1-----1------- --------------------------- --------------------------- --------------------------- [F#] [G] While I'm watching you [Gsus] grow I'll pray There's [Bsus2] so much I could teach you If you only have the time Pray There's so much God can teach you If you only have the time Solo: --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --11--8b-8b-------------6---------6-------11-11b--11-13b---12-14b---- -------------8---8/6/8-----8/6/8----6b------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --14-16-16b--16-14---14-16-16b--16-14---12b-12b-12/14----12b-12/14--- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- I'll pray There's [Bsus2] so much I could teach you If you only have the time Pray There's so much God can teach you If you only have the time