Song: Sleeping In
Band: The Postal Service
Album: Give Up
Tabbed by: Ben Fico (ben_fico@yahoo.com)


Intro:

   Mute the strings at A for that Jimi Hendrix sound.

   e---------5-5-5---------5-5-5---------5-5-5---------5-5-5---
   B---------5-5-5---------5-5-5---------5-5-5---------5-5-5---
   G---------6-6-6---------6-6-6---------6-6-6---------6-6-6---
   D---------7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7---
   A---------7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7---------7-7-7---
   E---12s10-5-5-5---12s10-5-5-5---12s10-5-5-5---12s10-5-5-5---

Verse:

   Chord sequence: A C F G A# A C F G A# A(up an octave)

   Play the verses in E-barre chords.  This way you can slide back two frets 
   from the fret that is 8 frets higher than the root note (see intro).

   The last A is played up an octave.    e-----------------------------
                                         B---14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---
                                         G---14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---
                                         D---14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14---
                                         A-----------------------------
                                         E-----------------------------

Chorus:

   Chord sequence: C/G G Am F Am F Fm C/G G Am F Am F Fm C/G

End riff:

   e---5--------------------------------
   B------5-----------------------------
   G---------7s9---5(5)-----4-----------
   D----------------------------7-------
   A--------------------------------5---
   E------------------------------------

   This is played over the chord sequence for the verses.

Arrangement:

   Intro - Verse 1 - Chorus - Verse 2 - Chorus - End riff

        A         C                 F
     1. Beetlebum, what you done?
                    G
        She's a gun, what you done?
        A#          A
        Beetlebum
                         C                F
        Get nothing done, you beetlebum
                      G
        Just get numb, now what you done
        A#    A(up an octave)
        Beetlebum

                                   C/G
Chorus: And when she lets me slip away
            G          Am         F
        She turns me on and all my violence gone
        Am               F       Fm
        Nothing is wrong, I just slip away
                 C/G
        And I am gone
        G                  Am
        Nothing is wrong
             F            Am
        She turns me on
               F             Fm   C/G
        I just slip away and I am gone

        A         C                     F
     2. Beetlebum, because your young
                    G
        She's a gun, now what you done?
        A#          A
        Beetlebum
                               C                       F
        She'll suck your thumb, she'll make you come
                       G
        She's your gun, now what you done?
        A#    A(up an octave)
        Beetlebum

                                   C/G
Chorus: And when she lets me slip away
            G          Am         F
        She turns me on and all my violence gone
        Am               F       Fm
        Nothing is wrong, I just slip away
                 C/G
        And I am gone
                G               Am
        There's nothing wrong
             F            Am
        She turns me on
               F             Fm
        I just slip away and I am...

        A                           C
     3. He saw, he saw, he saw me
                                    F
        He saw, he saw, he saw me
                                    G
        He saw, he saw, he saw me
                           A#  A
        He saw, he saw, he saw me...