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SLEEPY TIME TIME ? Cream
(Bruce/Godfrey)
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Tabbed by: varannion
Email: [email protected]
?Sleepy Time Time? was written by Jack Bruce and his then wife Janet Godfrey
and appears on Cream?s debut album ?Fresh Cream? (1966). The structure of the
song is unusual in that it is a 16-bar blues (bars 5 - 8 are repeated) as
opposed to the standard 12-bar format, although, perversely, the solo section
retains the normal 12-bar structure. The song therefore comprises 60 bars:
three 16-bar verse/chorus sections and a 12-bar solo between verses two and
three.
Tuning: standard
Rhythm guitar
Verse 1
C7
e|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------3--------|----------------------3--------|
D|------------3/5-----5--3--|--1h2--(2)--(2)?-3/5-----5--3--|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------3--------|----------------------3-----3--|
D|----1h2--(2)--(2)?-3/5-----5--3--|--1h2--(2)--(2)?-3/5-----5-----|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
co ~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~
F7
e|--------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
G|----5-----------3h5?-3--(3)--5--|--------------------------|-----------------------|
D|----5---------------------------|--3----1------------------|--1h3----1-------------|
A|----3---------------------------|------------3----1--2--3--|--------------3--1--3--|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
~~~ bss ~~~ bss
C7
e|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----3h5----3-------------------|--3h5----5----3-------------------|
D|----------------5/3----1-------|-------------------5\3----1-------|
A|----------------------------3--|-------------------------------3--|
E|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~~ bss
F7
e|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----1h3----1-----------------|--1h3----1---------------1--|
A|----------------3----1----3--|--------------3----1--3-----|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~ bss ~~~
C7
e|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|---------3h5-----------------|--3--4--5-----------------------------|
D|----3/5-------5\3----1-------|-----------5\3--1------------1--3--1--|
A|--------------------------3--|-------------------3--3---3-----------|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ co
G7 F7
e|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|--------------4h5--4-------------|------------------------------|
D|----3/5----5----------5\3--1-----|--1h3-------------------1--3--|
A|------------------------------3--|---------------------3--------|
E|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
~~~ co co co ~~~~
C F7 C7 G7
e|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|------------3-------------------3-------|
D|---------3/5-----5?-3/5-----5--5----------|--------/5-----5------5----3/5-----5\3--|
A|----1h3-------5----------5--------5\3--1--|--3\------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Verse 2
C7
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------3--------|------------------------3--------|
D|----1h2--(2)----(2)-?3/5-----5--3--|--1h2--(2)----(2)-?3/5-----5--3--|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|--------------------------3-----3--|----5------------3h5--3--(3)--5--|
D|----1h2--(2)----(2)-?3/5-----5-----|----5----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|----3----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~
F7
e|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----/3----1------------------|--1h3----1------------------|
A|---------------3----1--2--3--|--------------3----1--2--3--|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss
C7
e|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|----3h5----3-------------------|--3h5----3-------------------|
D|----------------5/3----1-------|--------------5\3----1-------|
A|----------------------------3--|--------------------------3--|
E|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~
F7
e|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|----1h3----1--------------------|--1h3----1-----------------|
A|----------------3----1h3--1--3--|--------------3----1----3--|
E|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~ bss
C7
e|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----3/5----3-----------------|--3h5--5--3--3------------------|
D|--------------5\3----1-------|----------------5\3--3--1-------|
A|--------------------------3--|-----------------------------3--|
E|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
co co co co co
G7 F7
e|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------
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