Grand Archives - Sleepdriving Chords

Capo 3 - Chords relative to capo.


Intro:  /Am  - /F   C /G   Am /C   G /Gsus4 G

Am                  F
Snow fell thick and small,
             C
It buried us all in a fog,
       G
You remembered it all,
Am       C        G      Gsus4  G
I'm sleepdriving away,

Am               F
Metal and mould, bourbon and clove,
C
Mirrors and smoke,
G
Yesterday's clothes,
Am       C        G      Gsus4  G
I'm sleepdriving away,

Am         F       C     G
As through your window I stared out,
    Am      F         C      G
And saw someday we'll be too old,

Am                      F
Cold winter air, put an ache in your jaw,
      C                  G
We're only as old as you say that we are,
Am       C        G      Gsus4   G
I'm sleepdriving away,

Am                               F
The trunk of the car filled with all that we own,
         C                     G
This old Pontiac's starting to feel like a boat,
Am       C        G      Gsus4   G
I'm sleepdriving away,

Am         F       C     G
As through your window I stared out,
    Am      F         C      G
And saw someday we'll be too old,

Fill:  C    F    C    G

            C               F
It's nearly dawn in a motel home,
                C                 G
The shades were drawn to hide the storm,
          C            F
Without a sound the TV glows,
             C                G
The blankets tight around our throats,

          C                 F
Swirling around the lights above,
            C                G
Outside the crows are waking up,

            C               G
It's nearly dawn in a motel home,
           C                 G
Was nearly gone, no sleep at all,

Fill:  C    F    C    G

   C          F        C
Outside those crows in lines,
   G                     [C    F    C    G] <--Repeat until end.
On those frozen roads and wires,

Sleepdriving away.