Sleepwalk Tab

[Wayne Joseph]

Hi Freinds; I am looking for the tab of SleepWalk someone had posted a while back with the correct tuning, ect. Anyone have it ? Thank you all !!!

[Greg Cutshaw]

Sounds like you may want the original non-pedal version. Anyhow, I've got a nice version for E9th pedal steel with a rhythm track you might find useful here:


http://www.gregcutshaw.com/Tab/Tab3.html

[Wayne Joseph]

Thank you Greg ! I am trying to find the ones posted by Basilh or Jesse Pearson. I think it is in the C#m7 tuning. Doug B. does a great job on this song, [ C6th ? ]

[Miller Adams]

Hey Wayne ....
There is a great version (c6 non-pedal) in Doug Beaumier's 25 tune song book.
http://www.dougbsteel.com/dougpage3.html

I worked through this tune and it does sound great on C6. Doug's book and Cd are a bit pricy but you get what you pay for. The text is easy reading, it lies flat on your music stand and there are backing tracks for everything. There's a bit of everything in the mix. (Elvis, Hawaiian, Hank W.)

I personally rank this as the best $ I've spent on lessons and there's a lot of stuff I bought that just sits, but doug's book gets a real workout...
Worth the money.

Also a Utube video by JoeDocMusic that will get you started:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18obUYfRt5M

cheers,
miller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18obUYfRt5M

[Jan Viljoen]

Hi guys,

I like the Sleepwalk tab that Greg offers here, but when I listened to some versions on U tube they dont sound the same.

Some of the tab does not corresponds to the real song.
What is right?

And, what tempo should it be played? Very slow, just slow, fast or what?

There so many versions, pedal steel, lap steel and many other instruments.
I listened ia to the Ventures version, and it sounds more rock like.

Please help to get the right version.

The black and white Santo&Johnny version is obviously the original version, how did they do compose it?
And did he always play the triple neck Fender?

[Doug Beaumier]

Miller, thanks for mentioning my lap steel song books. In my recording of Sleep Walk I tried to copy Santo as closely as I could. It's not easy to do. His playing sounds deceptively simple, a lot of single notes, single strings, but it's very hard to get his sound. Most steel players overplay the song, stuffing in additional fills, licks, and full chords that were not in the original recording, and thereby losing the original charm and feel of the song IMO.

Santo played the song on C#m7 tuning, I believe, which is very close to C6. When I was studying the song I discovered that most of the song... the two string harmonies and melody could be played as Santo played them on either tuning, C#m7 or C6.

To hear my recording Click on the SLEEP WALK Link at the bottom on this post. The tablature is in my 25 Song book & CD.

[Jan Viljoen]

Thanks Doug, I like your version and tone too.

[Michael Scdoris]

Wayne, there are many versions of this song posted on the forum. Doug's is by far the easiest to learn and sounds the best to me. Herb Steiner has an excellent CD with backing tracks and Tab in C6 and C#m7.

[Jay Riddle]

Jeff Newman has a nice version of that as well. J

[Erv Niehaus]

I have "Sleepwalk" in E9th.

[Steffen Gunter]

I have a question related to Sleep Walk:

When reading about different diminished chords in Wikipedia I stumbled over this:

"Walter Everett writes that "In rock and pop music, the diminished triad nearly always appears on the second scale degree, forming a generally maudlin and dejected iio with its members, 2–4–♭6."[10] Songs that feature iio include Santo & Johnny's "Sleep Walk", …"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diminished_triad

Where does this chord appear in Sleep Walk? I checked a lot of versions and listened down my own from the original recording but never heard a dim chord there. Any idea?

Thanks (and sorry for bringing up Sleep Walk again).

[Pete Burak]

I see you are in Oregon. I am in Portland if you need any assistance. I play this song.
Here is Jim Bob Garrett giving a nice video lesson for Pedal Steel on this song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqUXxAp7de4

[Steffen Gunter]

Thank you Pete, but I'm in Germany, not in Oregon.

I have no Problem playing this song the way everybody does.The question was about music theory. I need no tab, just the answer where in this song wikipedia wants a diminished chord.

I thought this forum section would fit best for this.

Steffen

[Pete Burak]

Thank you Pete, but I'm in Germany, not in Oregon.

I have no Problem playing this song the way everybody does.The question was about music theory. I need no tab, just the answer where in this song wikipedia wants a diminished chord.

I thought this forum section would fit best for this.

Steffen

No problem Steffan. I was responding to the original post by the guy from Oregon.
I am not sitting at my Steel right now, but if I had to guess, I would guess the Diminished chord is used to transition from the Verse to the Bridge.
You might post in the Non-Pedal section or the Music section to get more responses to your question.

[Erv Niehaus]

I worked up an E9th tab for "Sleepwalk" directly from the sheet music as written by Santo, John & Ann Farina.
There is no diminished chord anywhere in the music.
Erv

[Garry Vanderlinde]

I've played it in pedal E9th and non-pedal C6th for many years and really enjoyed it ...but in the original C#m7 it really sings as do the harmonics. Do yourself a favor and work it out it in the original tuning.

[Steffen Gunter]

Thank you, Pete, Erv & Gary.

I too thought there isn't any dim chord in this song but it's good to hear from Erv that I am right.
Yes, I play it in C# too but not in the C#- tuning. I'll check this out.

Thanks again.

[Pete Burak]

I tried out the diminished chord at home last night.
I used it as a lead-in chord to get to the Bridge.
I play it in C, so right before I got to the F with the AB pedals down, I went 1 fret back with the diminished chord created by using AB + "B to Bb lever" + E's-Lowered.
I guess that's what they were talking about???

[Tommy Shown]

Mickey Adam's also has version of it on of the complete song on E9. And Jim Bob Gairrett has a nice video on the first verse both are on youtube.