Biography:
City and Colour is the recording alias for Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, who is also the guitarist and vocalist of the St. Catharines, Ontario-based post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He plays melodic acoustic/folk music, and is often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock musicians, such as Daniel Romano and Spencer Burton of Attack in Black. The name City and Colour comes from his own name: Dallas, a city, and Green, a colour.
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Other songs:
- Against The Grain
- Body In A Box
- Boiled Frogs
- Day Old Hate
- Happiness By The Kilowatt
- Hard To Be
- Hello I'm In Deleware
- Little Hell
- Love Don't Live Here Anymore
- Northern Wind
- O' Sister
- Save Your Scissors
- Sleeping Sickness
- The Girl
- The Grand Optimist
- Waiting
- What Makes A Man
- As Much As I Ever Could
- At The Birds Foot
- Blood
- Bring Me Your Love
- Comin Home
- Commentators
- Constant Knot
- Cowgirl In The Sand
- Cross My Heart
- Death Of Me
- Deaths Song
- Faithless
- Forgive Me
- Fragile Bird
- Friends
- Grace
- Harder Than Stone
- Hello Im In Delaware
- Hop A Plane
- Hope For Now
- I Dont Need To Know
- If I Should Go Before You
- In The Water I Am Beautiful
- Killing Time
- Ladies And Gentlemen
- Like Knives
- Love Dont Live Here Anymore
- Lover Come Back
- Map Of The World
- Missing Serravalle
- Mizzy C
- Natural Disaster
- Northern Blues
- Nutshell
- Of Space And Time
- Off By Heart
- Paradise
- Peaceful Road
- Runaway
- Sensible Heart
- Settle Down
- Silver And Gold
- Sorrowing Man
- The Golden State
- The Grace
- The Hurry And The Harm
- The Lonely Life
- The Way It Used To Be
- Thirst
- Twilight
- Two Coins
- Un
- Unthinkable Im Ready
- Wasted Love
- Wasting Time
- We Found Each Other In The Dark
- Weightless
- Woman
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City And Colour - Sleeping Sickness
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: E minor (E F# G A B C D E)
Tempo: 67-68 bpm
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
Link to my tutorial on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RefjrPbeTb0
No disrespect intended towards previous uploaders, there has been some good
transcriptions, and since Dallas varies it live sometimes you can see this as
an alternative version rather than a correction. However this is in my opinion
how he plays both on the album and on most live performances. Here is a clip
of him playing this way live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXCARmz5iZI
[Intro]: Em C G G5/F# x2
Em C G
I awoke, only to find my lungs empty
G5/F# Em C G
And through the night, so it seems I'm not breathing
G5/F# Em C G
And now my dreams are nothing like they were meant to be
G5/F# Em C G
And I'm breaking down, I think I'm breaking down
G5/F# Em C G
And I'm afraid to sleep because of what haunts me
G5/F# Em C G
Such as living with the uncertainty
G5/F# Em C G G5/F#
That I'll never find the words to say which would completely explain
Em C G G5/F#
Just how I'm breaking down
[Chorus]
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Someone come and, someone come and save my life
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Maybe I'll sleep when I am dead, but now it's like the night is taking sides
Dadd4/A Em C/G
With all the worries that occupy the back of my mind
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Could it be this misery will suffice
[Interlude]: Em C G G5/F# x2
Em C G
I've become a simple souvenir of someone's kill
G5/F# Em C G G5/F#
And like the sea I'm constantly changing from calm to ill
Em C G G5/F# Em
Madness fills my heart and soul as if the great divide could swallow me whole
C G G5/F#
Oh how I'm breaking down
[Chorus] (+oh in my life)
[Solo - part 1]: Dadd4/A Em C/G x4 [Solo - part 2]: Em C G G5/F# x2
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Someone come and, someone come and save my life (save my life)
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Someone come and, someone come and save my life (save my life)
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Someone come and, someone come and save my life
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Could it be this misery will suffice
Chords:
Em (0 2 2 0 0 0)
C (X 3 2 0 1 0)
G (3 2 0 0 3 0) (G6 to be exact if you play the high E-string)
G5/F# (2 X 0 0 3 0) (also has a added sixth if you play the high E-string)
Dadd4/A (5 5 4 0 3 0)
C/G (3 3 2 0 1 0)
Clarification:
Chordname (E A D G B E)
X = Don't play / Muffle
Ps. he sometimes also muffles/avoids playing the high E-string on some of the
chords, giving the song a "darker" feeling to it.
I have also seen him replacing the Em live during the solo parts, but those videos
were too poor quality to see or hear what he replaces it with. My guess is that he
moves the Dadd4/A shape up the fretboard and changes it slightly. If anyone has seen
a better live performance and knows what chord it is then please leave a comment and
share it, I absolutely don't mind and also wish to know for myself.
Free papers for this song are available in .pdf on my website, you can find the link
in the description on the YouTube tutorial. Among the papers available are Lyrics &
Chords, Chord Diagrams, Playing Patterns (strumming) and Tablature (only on additions).
If you need further help or explanations don't hesitate to ask, if it's a subject where
other people may benefit from the answer it's best done by posting a comment on the
tutorial, but posts here and personal messages will also be answered (though not as fast)!
//Robert
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: E minor (E F# G A B C D E)
Tempo: 67-68 bpm
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
Link to my tutorial on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RefjrPbeTb0
No disrespect intended towards previous uploaders, there has been some good
transcriptions, and since Dallas varies it live sometimes you can see this as
an alternative version rather than a correction. However this is in my opinion
how he plays both on the album and on most live performances. Here is a clip
of him playing this way live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXCARmz5iZI
[Intro]: Em C G G5/F# x2
Em C G
I awoke, only to find my lungs empty
G5/F# Em C G
And through the night, so it seems I'm not breathing
G5/F# Em C G
And now my dreams are nothing like they were meant to be
G5/F# Em C G
And I'm breaking down, I think I'm breaking down
G5/F# Em C G
And I'm afraid to sleep because of what haunts me
G5/F# Em C G
Such as living with the uncertainty
G5/F# Em C G G5/F#
That I'll never find the words to say which would completely explain
Em C G G5/F#
Just how I'm breaking down
[Chorus]
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Someone come and, someone come and save my life
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Maybe I'll sleep when I am dead, but now it's like the night is taking sides
Dadd4/A Em C/G
With all the worries that occupy the back of my mind
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Could it be this misery will suffice
[Interlude]: Em C G G5/F# x2
Em C G
I've become a simple souvenir of someone's kill
G5/F# Em C G G5/F#
And like the sea I'm constantly changing from calm to ill
Em C G G5/F# Em
Madness fills my heart and soul as if the great divide could swallow me whole
C G G5/F#
Oh how I'm breaking down
[Chorus] (+oh in my life)
[Solo - part 1]: Dadd4/A Em C/G x4 [Solo - part 2]: Em C G G5/F# x2
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Someone come and, someone come and save my life (save my life)
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Someone come and, someone come and save my life (save my life)
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Someone come and, someone come and save my life
Dadd4/A Em C/G
Could it be this misery will suffice
Chords:
Em (0 2 2 0 0 0)
C (X 3 2 0 1 0)
G (3 2 0 0 3 0) (G6 to be exact if you play the high E-string)
G5/F# (2 X 0 0 3 0) (also has a added sixth if you play the high E-string)
Dadd4/A (5 5 4 0 3 0)
C/G (3 3 2 0 1 0)
Clarification:
Chordname (E A D G B E)
X = Don't play / Muffle
Ps. he sometimes also muffles/avoids playing the high E-string on some of the
chords, giving the song a "darker" feeling to it.
I have also seen him replacing the Em live during the solo parts, but those videos
were too poor quality to see or hear what he replaces it with. My guess is that he
moves the Dadd4/A shape up the fretboard and changes it slightly. If anyone has seen
a better live performance and knows what chord it is then please leave a comment and
share it, I absolutely don't mind and also wish to know for myself.
Free papers for this song are available in .pdf on my website, you can find the link
in the description on the YouTube tutorial. Among the papers available are Lyrics &
Chords, Chord Diagrams, Playing Patterns (strumming) and Tablature (only on additions).
If you need further help or explanations don't hesitate to ask, if it's a subject where
other people may benefit from the answer it's best done by posting a comment on the
tutorial, but posts here and personal messages will also be answered (though not as fast)!
//Robert
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