Sleepless chords by The Decemberists
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Verse 1
(D minor) As you lie (F major) before me now,
like a shad (D minor) ow
On a pea (F major) green sea (C major) (D minor)
Never thought (F major) that I could find
you so hol (D minor) low
Laying (F major) into me
(D minor)
Verse 2
(F major)
But this cup of wine (E major)
All salt and brine makes (A minor) me sleepy
And sorrow (F sharpdim) sows
A (D major) (F major) (D minor) field of tears (E major) that will
never yield a single (A minor) penny
But I don't (F sharpdim) know (D major) (F major)
I've got nothing to hold (E major)
on (A minor) to (D minor)
Wished for gold (F major) so I could buy
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Verse 3
you a palace (D minor)
By the riverside (F major)
(C major) (F major) (D minor) You'd come in (F major) and I would fill
your diamond chalice (D minor)
You were still (F major) alive
(D minor)
Verse 4
(F major)
But this cup of wine (E major)
All salt and brine makes (A minor) me sleepy
(G major) And (A minor) sorrow (D major) sows (F major)
A field of tears (E major) that will
never yield a single (A minor) penny
But I (F sharpdim) don't know (D major) (F major)
I've got nothing to hold (E major) on (A minor) to
I've (F sharpdim) (D major) (F major) got nothing to hold (E major) on (A minor)
Interlude 1
to
(A minor) (F major) (G major) (A minor) (F major) (G major) (G sharpdim) (A minor)
Were you sleep (F major) less,
Verse 5
(G major)
tearing at the air (A minor) ?
Was the wa (F major) ter every
(G major) where? (G sharpdim) (A minor)
Were you fret (F major) ful, to (G major) wade into the room? (A minor)
I'd been wanting (F major) to hear (G major) from you
(G sharpdim) Oh, (A minor) no (F major)
(G major) (F major)
Verse 6
(C major)
Hand it over (hand it (A minor) over)
Hand it over (F major) (oh)
You're weary, lay him down
You did (G major) your time so thank
you very much (C major)
Hand it over (hand it (A minor) over)
Hand it over (F major) (oh)
So now your hopes are all allayed (G major)
But you hand (G sharpdim) (E major) it all (G sharpdim) (A minor) away (F major)
(G major)
Interlude 2
(A minor) (F major) (G major) (G sharpdim) (A minor)
Verse 7
Did his eyelids (F major) af (G major) fix on
empty chair (A minor) s
You had traveled (F major) to lay
(G major) beside? (G sharpdim) (A minor)
A gentle tor (F major) ture to watch (G major) it all recede (A minor)
And all the while (F major) your mother (G major)
slept beside (G sharpdim) him (A minor) (F major)
Oh, no
(G major) (F major)
Verse 8
(C major)
Hand it over (hand it (A minor) over)
Hand it over (F major) (oh)
You're weary, lay him down
You did (G major) your time so thank
you very much (C major)
Hand it over (hand it (A minor) over)
Hand it over (F major) (oh)
So now your hopes are all allayed
(G major) But you hand (G sharpdim) (E major) it all (A minor) away (F major)
(G major)
Interlude 3
(A minor) (F major) (G major) (G sharpdim) (A minor)
Verse 9
Were you sleep (F major) less,
(G major) tearing at the air? (A minor)
Was the wa (F major) ter every
(G major) where? (G sharpdim) (A minor)
Were you fear (F major) ful,
and long (G major) to run away (A minor)
From the cold (F major) clasp of
Illinois? (G major) (G sharpdim) (A minor) (F major)
Oh, no
(G major) (F major)
Verse 10
(C major)
Hand it over (hand it (A minor) over)
Hand it over (F major) (oh)
You're weary, lay him down
You did (G major) your time so thank
you very much (C major)
Hand it over (hand it (A minor) over)
Hand it over (F major) (oh)
So now your hopes are all allayed (G major)
But you hand (G sharpdim) it all (A minor) away (F major) (G major)
But you hand it all (A minor) away
Outro 1
(F major)
(G major) (F major) (C major) (A minor) (F major)
(G major)
Sleepless
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