The Sleeper chords by
John Cale
John Cale

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Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Your
mailbox is always empty
And your landlord always complains
And you try to forget your past
But it's just adding to your pain
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And it's time for one more ci
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garette
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Yes, I slept on your satin
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pillows
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They felt like a second skin
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You needn't have looked so helpless there
I was the moth stuck on
Interlude 2
your pin
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Verse 3
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Sleeping, I am the sleeper
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Sleeping, I am the sleeper
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Verse 4
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Oh it used to feel so right
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Everything seemed new
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I haven't changed
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It isn't me that's what's wrong with
Interlude 3
you
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Verse 5
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Sleeping, I am the sleeper
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Interlude 4
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Verse 6
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The sun came up and you'd come back
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The door was open wide
I should have slammed it
in your face
I should have shot you in the back
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That's what Jesus
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would have done
If Satan had come
And looked him in the eye and said
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"You're my kind of guy,
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why don't you come away with me?
Come away with me"
Cause I love you, I love ya,
I love ya - that's what she said
I love ya, love ya
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I'd rather speak to Satan himself
Verse 7
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I love you, I love you, I love you
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I love you, I'm the sleeper
Outro 1
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