The Sleeper chords by
John Cale
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Key: E major
Intro 1
G
G

C
C

G
G

C
C

D
D

C
C

D
D

Verse 1
C
C

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
Bb
Bb

A
A

And it's time for one more ci
Ab
Ab

garette
Interlude 1
G
G

Bb
Bb

A
A

Ab
Ab

G
G

C
C

D
D

C
C

Verse 2
C
C

Yes, I slept on your satin
D
D

C
C

D
D

C
C

pillows
F
F

Gm
Gm

They felt like a second skin
C
C

You needn't have looked so helpless there
I was the moth stuck on
Interlude 2
your pin
C
C

F
F

Gm
Gm

C
C

Verse 3
C
C

D
D

C
C

D
D

Sleeping, I am the sleeper
C
C

D
D

C
C

Sleeping, I am the sleeper
D
D

Verse 4
C
C

G
G

C
C

D
D

Oh it used to feel so right
C
C

Everything seemed new
D
D

C
C

I haven't changed
D
D

C
C

Cm
Cm

It isn't me that's what's wrong with
Interlude 3
you
Cm
Cm

Eb
Eb

Cm
Cm

Eb
Eb

Ab
Ab

Fm
Fm

Bb
Bb

A
A

Ab
Ab

Verse 5
G
G

Bb
Bb

A
A

Ab
Ab

G
G

C
C

Sleeping, I am the sleeper
Gm
Gm

C
C

Interlude 4
Cm
Cm

C
C

F
F

C
C

Gm
Gm

C
C

Gm
Gm

C
C

Verse 6
C
C

The sun came up and you'd come back
F
F

Gm
Gm

C
C

The door was open wide
I should have slammed it
in your face
I should have shot you in the back
Gm
Gm

That's what Jesus
C
C

would have done
If Satan had come
And looked him in the eye and said
Gsus4
Gsus4

"You're my kind of guy,
C
C

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
F
F

Gm
Gm

C
C

I'd rather speak to Satan himself
Verse 7
Bb
Bb

A
A

Ab
Ab

G
G

C
C

Bb
Bb

I love you, I love you, I love you
A
A

Ab
Ab

G
G

I love you, I'm the sleeper
Outro 1
G
G

C
C

D
D

C
C

D
D

C
C

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