No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
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Tabs and lyrics
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keep repeating
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
[Intro]
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D|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|
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Foot on the pedal never ever false metal
Engine running hotter than a boiling kettle
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D|-1-1-|
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My job's ain't a job it's a damn good time
City to city
I'm running my rhymes
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D|8r-4r-1-1-|
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On location touring around the nation
Beastie Boys always on vacation
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Itchy trigger finger but a stable turntable
I do what I do best because
I'm illing and able

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D|8r-4r-1-1-|
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Ain't no faking your money I'm taking
Going coast to coast watching all the girlies shaking

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While you're at the job working nine to five
The Beastie Boys at the Garden cold kickin' it live

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No sleep 'til -

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Another plane another train
Another bottle in the brain
Another girl another fight
Another drive all night
Our manager's crazy he always smokes dust
He's got his own room at the back of the bus

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D|-1-1-|
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Tour around the world you rock around the clock
Plane to hotel girls on the jock

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D|8r-4r-1-1-|
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We're thrashing hotels like it's going out of style
Getting paid along the way cause it's worth your while

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Four on the floor Adrock's out the door
M.C.A.'s in the back because he's skeezin' with a whore

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We got a safe in the trunk with money in a stack
With dice in the front and Brooklyn's in the back

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D|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|
A|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|
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No sleep 'til -

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D|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|
A|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|
E|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|

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D|---1-------4--------------6-8-4----1-----4---------------6-8-4-|
A|---1-------4--------------6-8-4----1-----4---------------6-8-4-|
E|---1-------4--------------6-8-4----1-----4---------------6-8-4-|
NO! SLEEP! TILL BROOKLYN! NO! SLEEP! TILL BROOKLYN!
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Ain't seen the light since we started this band |--> B|-----|if you have a
M.C.A. get on the mic my man |--> G|-----|whammy bar,
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B|-----| A|-1r--|on this part
G|-----| E|-1r--|=P
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Born and bred Brooklyn U.S.A.
They all me Adam Yauch but I'm M.C.A.
Like a lemon to a lime a lime to a lemon
I sip the def ale with all the fly women

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D|-1-1-|
A|-1-1-|
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Got limos, arena, TV shows
Autograph pictures and classy hos
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G|-----|
D|-1-1-|
A|-1-1-|
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Step off homes get out of my way
Taxing little girlies form here to L.A.
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B|-----|
G|-----|
D|-1-1-|
A|-1-1-|
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Waking up before I get to sleep
Cause I'll be rocking this party eight days a week

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D|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|
A|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|
E|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|

No sleep 'til -

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G|--------------|
D|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|
A|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|
E|1-1-4-6r-8-4--|

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NO! SLEEP! TILL BROOKLYN! NO! SLEEP! TILL BROOKLYN!

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NO! SLEEP! TILL BROOKLYN! NO! SLEEP! TILL BROOKLYN!

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D|1-1-4-6r-8-4--| "no sleep till brooklyn" all the way to the end
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Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
This is a pretty easy song so it shouldn’t be that hard to learn well exept maybe the solo

No Sleep Till Brooklyn - the beastie boys

Total intro time = 22 seconds
(6.0 seconds)
NO SLEEP TILL
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A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
E-0-0—3-5-7-3-------|

(6.0 seconds)
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G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
E-0-0---3-5-7-3-----|
BROOKLYN

(5.0 seconds)
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A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
E-0-0---3-5-7-3-----|
(5.0 seconds)
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verse 1
total verse time = 37 seconds
(6.0 seconds)
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A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
Foot on the petal never ever false metal
Engine running hotter than a boiling kettle
(5.0 seconds)
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B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
My job's ain't a job it's a damn good time
City to city I'm running my rhymes
( 7.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-9-5—2-2-----------|
E-7-3---0-0---------|
On location touring around the nation
Beastie Boys always on vacation

(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
Itchy trigger finger but a stable turntable
I do what I do best because I'm illing and able

(7.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-9-5—2-2-----------|
E-7-3---0-0---------|
Ain't no faking your money I'm taking
Going coast to coast watching all the girlies shaking

(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
While you're at the job working nine to five
The Beastie Boys at the Garden cold kickin' it live
Chorus1
Total chorus time = 21 seconds
(7 seconds)
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A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
E-0-0—3-5-7-3-------|
NO SLEEP TILL
(7 seconds)
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G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
E-0-0—3-5-7-3-------|
Another place another train
Another bottle in the brain
(7 seconds)
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B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
E-0-0—3-5-7-3-------|
Another girl another fight
Another drive all night

Verse 2
Total verse time=
(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
Our manager's crazy he always smokes dust
He's got his own room at the back of the bus


(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
Tour around the world you rock around the clock
Plane to hotel girls on the jock

( 7.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-9-5—2-2-----------|
E-7-3---0-0---------|
We're thrashing hotels like it's going out of style
Gettin'paid along the way cause it's worth your while

(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
Four on the floor Adrock's out the door
MCA's in the back because he's skeezin' with a whore

(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
We got a safe in the trunk with money in a stack
With dice in the front and Brooklyn's in the back

(6.0 seconds)
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A-2-2---------------|
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white boys' got more rhymes


chorus 2
total chourus time = 42 seconds
(7 seconds)
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A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
E-0-0—3-5-7-3-------|
NO SLEEP TILL
(7 seconds)
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A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
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(7 seconds)
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A---2-----------2---------|
E—0------------0----------|
NO SLEEP
TILL BROOKLYN

( 7.0 seconds)
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A-9-5—2-2-----------|
E-7-3---0-0---------|

(7 seconds)
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A---2-----------2---------|
E—0------------0----------|
NO SLEEP
TILL BROOKLYN

( 7seconds)
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A-9-5—2-2-----------|
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Verse 3
Total verse time= 24 seconds
( 5 seconds)
Ain't seen the light since we started this band
So MCA get on the mic my man


(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
Born and bred Brooklyn the USA
They call me Adam Yauch but I'm MCA
Like a lemon to a lime a lime to a lemon
I sip the def ale with all the fly women

(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
Got limos arena the TV shows
Autograph pictures and classy hos

(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
Step off homes get out of my way
Taxing little girlies form here to LA

(6.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2---------------|
E-0-0---------------|
Waking up before I get to sleep
Cause I'll be rocking this party eight days a week

Chorus 3
Total chorus time = 70 seconds
(7 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
E-0-0—3-5-7-3-------|
NO SLEEP TILL
(7 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-2-2—5-7-9-5-------|
E-0-0—3-5-7-3-------|

(7 seconds)
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D-------------------------|
A---2-----------2---------|
E—0------------0----------|
NO SLEEP
TILL BROOKLYN

( 7.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-9-5—2-2-----------|
E-7-3---0-0---------|

(7 seconds)
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D-------------------------|
A---2-----------2---------|
E—0------------0----------|
NO SLEEP
TILL BROOKLYN

( 7seconds)
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A-9-5—2-2-----------|
E-7-3---0-0---------|


(7 seconds)
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D-------------------------|
A---2-----------2---------|
E—0------------0----------|
NO SLEEP
TILL BROOKLYN

( 7.0 seconds)
e-------------------|
B-------------------|
G-------------------|
D-------------------|
A-9-5—2-2-----------|
E-7-3---0-0---------|

(7 seconds)
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-------------------------|
D-------------------------|
A---2-----------2---------|
E—0------------0----------|
NO SLEEP
TILL BROOKLYN

( 7seconds)
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A-9-5—2-2-----------|
E-7-3---0-0---------|

The rest of the song is a solo which I have not figured out yet and when I do I will put
up there
But un till then I hope this helped you learn the song
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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D|-2--2----5--7----9--5----|
A|-2--2----5--7----9--5----|
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D|-2--2-------------|
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D|-9--5---2--2------------------|
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[solo 1]

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D|-9--5---2--2------------------|
A|-9--5---2--2------------------|
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D|-2---5----7---9---5-------|
A|-2---5----7---9---5-------|
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[solo 2]

bar bar bar bar
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G|3------------------------------------16b-16b--2b-2b-2b---6---------------|
D|--------------------------------15\--------------------------------------|
A|----------0--(0)------------19\------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

bar bar bar bar bar bar
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B|20b-20---------------x\------20----20----------------19b------19b-----19/|
G|---------16--------------0-------0------0-------0--0-----0--0-----0-0----|
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vib. bar
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A|-2--2----5--7----9--5----|
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D|-2--2-------------|
A|-2--2-------------|
E|-0--0-------------|

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D|-9--5---2--2------------------|
A|-9--5---2--2------------------|
E|-7--3---0--0------------------|

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D|-2---5----7---9---5-------|
A|-2---5----7---9---5-------|
E|-0---3----5---7---3-------|



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| (n) Ghost note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
\ ~ Vibrato

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Song info
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Beastie Boys
2001
  • Hip Hop
  • Hip Hop
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