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R.E.M.
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THE SIDEWINDER SLEEPS TONIGHT
(intro)
D////G//C//Am///
D////G//C//Am///
D////G//C//Am///
Then:
C Em
e---------0-----|---------0---------
B-------------1-|-------------0-----
G--0------------|--0----------------
D--2------------|--2----------------
A--3------------|--2----------------
E---------------|--0----------------
F C
This here is the place where I will be staying
F
There isn't a number, you can call the pay phone
C F
Let it ring a long long long long time
Am C F C
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more, Ohhhhhhh...
F Am C
If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
C Em {Play using above riff}
Ohhhh.....
F
There are scratches all around the coin slot
C F
Like a heartbeat baby trying to wake up
C
But this machine can only swallow money
F
you can't lay a patch by computer design
Am C
Just a lot of stupid, stupid signs
F C
Tell her
F C F
Tell her she can kiss my ass, then laugh and say that you were only kidding.
Am C
That way she'll know that it's really, really, really, really me, me.
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
C Em {Play using above riff}
Ohhhh.....
F
Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me.
C F
Today I need something more sub - s(tub) - sub - substantial.
C
A can of beans or black-eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
F Am C
A Candy bar, a fallen star, or a reading from Doctor Suess
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
C Em {Play using above riff}
Ohhhh.....
Bridge:
{Here's how to pick the chords in the bridge}:
Bm Am C
e---------2------|---------0------|-------0------
B-------------3--|-------------1--|------------1-
G----------------|----------------|--------------
D----------------|----------------|--------------
A-2--------------|-0--------------|-3------------
E----------------|----------------|--------------
Bm Am
The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way.
Bm Am
Always had a smile and a reason to pretend,
Bm Am
But their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep, but to dream
C Em
The sidewinder sleeps on his back.
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her
C Em {Play using above riff}
Ohhhh.....
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her
D D/F# D D/F# G5 C9 G5 Am
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her
C Em D/A
We've got to moogie moogie move on this one.
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