Sleeping Sickness original guitar chords by 
City And Colour 
Key: E minor
Intro 1
Em
C
G
G/F#
Em
C
G
Verse 1
Em
C
G
Only to find my lungs empty
G/F#
Em
And through the night, so it seems
C
G
I'm not breathing
G/F#
Em
And now my dreams are nothing
C
G
like they were meant to be
G/F#
Em
And I'm breaking down
C
G
I think I'm breaking down
Verse 2
Em
C
G
To sleep because of what haunts me
G/F#
Em
C
G
Such as living with the uncertainty
G/F#
Em
That I'll never find the words to say
C
G
G/F#
Which would completely explain
Em
C
G
G/F#
Just how I'm breaking down
Dadd4
Someone
Chorus 1
come and
Em
C
Someone come and save my life
Dadd4
Em
Maybe I'll sleep when I am dead
Dadd4
Em
All the worries that occupy
Em
C
This misery will suffice
Interlude 1
Em
C
G
G/F#
Em
C
G
Verse 3
Em
C
G
A simple souvenir of someone's kill
G/F#
Em
Like the sea,
C
G
I'm constantly changing from calm to hell
G/F#
Em
C
Madness fills my heart and soul
G
G/F#
As if the great divide could swallow me whole
Em
C
Oh, how I'm breaking down
G
G/F#
Dadd4
Someone
Chorus 2
come and
Em
C
Someone come and save my life
Dadd4
Em
Maybe I'll sleep when I am dead
Dadd4
Em
All the worries that occupy
Em
C
This misery will suffice
Solo 1
Em
C
C
Dadd4
Em
C
C
Dadd4
Em
C
C
Dadd4
Em
C
C
Em
C
G
G/F#
Em
C
G
G/F#
Dadd4
Someone
Chorus 3
come and
Em
C
Someone come and save my life
(save my life)
Em
C
Someone come and save my life
(save my life)
Em
C
Someone come and save my life
(save my life)
Em
C
This misery will suffice
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