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

Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Verse 1
Db
Db

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
B
B

Bb
Bb

And it's time for one more ci
A
A

garette
Interlude 1
G#
G#

B
B

Bb
Bb

A
A

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Db
Db

Verse 2
Db
Db

Yes, I slept on your satin
Eb
Eb

Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Db
Db

pillows
Gb
Gb

Abm
Abm

They felt like a second skin
Db
Db

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

Gb
Gb

Abm
Abm

Db
Db

Verse 3
Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Sleeping, I am the sleeper
Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Db
Db

Sleeping, I am the sleeper
Eb
Eb

Verse 4
Db
Db

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Oh it used to feel so right
Db
Db

Everything seemed new
Eb
Eb

Db
Db

I haven't changed
Eb
Eb

Db
Db

C#m
C#m

It isn't me that's what's wrong with
Interlude 3
you
C#m
C#m

E
E

C#m
C#m

E
E

A
A

F#m
F#m

B
B

Bb
Bb

A
A

Verse 5
G#
G#

B
B

Bb
Bb

A
A

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

Sleeping, I am the sleeper
Abm
Abm

Db
Db

Interlude 4
Dbm
Dbm

Db
Db

Gb
Gb

Db
Db

Abm
Abm

Db
Db

Abm
Abm

Db
Db

Verse 6
Db
Db

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

Abm
Abm

Db
Db

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

That's what Jesus
Db
Db

would have done
If Satan had come
And looked him in the eye and said
Absus4
Absus4

"You're my kind of guy,
Db
Db

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
Gb
Gb

Abm
Abm

Db
Db

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

Bb
Bb

A
A

Ab
Ab

Db
Db

B
B

I love you, I love you, I love you
Bb
Bb

A
A

Ab
Ab

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

Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Db
Db

Eb
Eb

Db
Db

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