The Sleeper chords by
John Cale
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Key: E major

Intro 1

Verse 1
D D 
 
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
C C 
 
B B 
 
And it's time for one more ci
Bb Bb 
 
garette

Interlude 1

Verse 2
D D 
 
Yes, I slept on your satin
E E 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
D D 
 
pillows
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
They felt like a second skin
D D 
 
You needn't have looked so helpless there
I was the moth stuck on

Interlude 2

your pin

Verse 3

Sleeping, I am the sleeper

Verse 4
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
Oh it used to feel so right
D D 
 
Everything seemed new
E E 
 
D D 
 
I haven't changed
E E 
 
D D 
 
Dm Dm 
 
It isn't me that's what's wrong with

Interlude 3

you

Verse 5

Sleeping, I am the sleeper

Interlude 4

Verse 6
D D 
 
The sun came up and you'd come back
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
The door was open wide
I should have slammed it
in your face
I should have shot you in the back
Am Am 
 
That's what Jesus
D D 
 
would have done
If Satan had come
And looked him in the eye and said
Asus4 Asus4 
 
"You're my kind of guy,
D D 
 
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
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
I'd rather speak to Satan himself

Verse 7

I love you, I love you, I love you

I love you, I'm the sleeper

Outro 1

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