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R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite Chords

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The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite Chords

(ver. 2)
R.E.M.
[Intro]
        D  D/F# D  D/F#
| /  /__/   /__/    /  |

   G     Cadd9 *  G     Am     D  D/F# D D/F#
|  /   /   /     /    |  /  /__/   /__/   /  |

 G       Cadd9 *  G     Am     D  D/F# D D/F#
Dee, dee, dee   -dee! |  /  /__/   /__/   /  |

  C/G             Em
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / |


[Verse 1]
 F                                         C
This here, is the place where I will be staying,

   C  Cadd9 Cmaj7 C             F
|  /    /    /    /  |   There isn't a number,
         F
You can call the pay-phone,
 C              C   Cadd9 Cmaj7  C    F
Let it ring a long, long, long, long time,
   F                                 Am
If I don't pick- up, ...hang up, ...call back,
         C              F   C     C Cadd9 Cmaj7 C
Let it ring some more!  Oh----! | /   /    /   / |
   F
If I don't pick- up, ...pick- up,
                Am                        C    C
The sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil!
                                          ^    ^

[Chorus]
       D               D      G
||:  Call me when you try to wake her up,
       ^               ^      ^
 Cadd9 *          G/B    Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x3]
   ^               ^      ^
C/G            Em
 Oh---------!


[Verse 2]
              F
There are scratches all around the coin slot,
          C              C   Cadd9 Cmaj7 C   F
Like a heartbeat, baby, try - ing   to  wake up,
                             C
But this machine can only swallow money,
                                F
You can't lay a patch by com - puter design,
                     Am             C
It's just a lot of stupid, stupid signs,
 F        C       C Cadd9 Cmaj7  C
Tell her----,  |  /    /    /    /  |
 F                            C
Tell---- her she can kiss my ass, 
                 C  Cadd9 Cmaj7 C   F
Then laugh, and say that  you were only kidding,
      F                           Am 
That way, she'll know that it's really, really,
                C    C
Really, really me,...me!
                ^    ^

[Chorus]
       D               D      G
||:  Call me when you try to wake her up,
       ^               ^      ^
 Cadd9 *          G/B    Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x3]
   ^               ^      ^
C/G            Em
 Oh---------!


[Verse 3]
 F
Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me,
      C                         C    Cadd9
To - day I need something more sub... sub...
Cmaj7   C       F
 Sub...sub - stantial,
   F
A can of beans, or black-eyed peas,
       C          C  Cadd9 Cmaj7 C
Some Nescafe and ice,
    F
A candy bar, a fallen star,
       Am                  C   C
Or a reading from Doctor Suess!
                           ^   ^

[Chorus]
       D               D      G
||:  Call me when you try to wake her up,
       ^               ^      ^
 Cadd9 *          G/B    Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x3]
   ^               ^      ^
C/G            Em
 Oh---------!


[Bridge]
Bm
     The cat in the hat came back,
  Am                          Bm
Wreaked a lot of havoc on the way,
                                 Am
Always had a smile, and a reason to pretend,
                 Bm
But their world    ...has flat backgrounds,
            Am                     C
And little need to sleep, but to dream,
                Em            Em
The sidewinder sleeps on his back!
                 ^             ^

[Chorus]
     D                D      G
||: Call me when you try to wake her up,
     ^                ^      ^
 Cadd9            G/B    Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x2]
   ^               ^       ^
D           D            G
I can al - ways sleep standing up!
^           ^             ^
 Cadd9 *          G/B    Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!)
   ^               ^      ^
C/G           Em  Em
 Oh---------!  ^  ^


[Chorus]
     D                D      G
||: Call me when you try to wake her up,
     ^                ^      ^
 Cadd9 *          G/B    Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x2]
   ^               ^      ^
 D           D           G
 I can al - ways sleep standing up!
 ^           ^           ^
 Cadd9 *          G/B    Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!)
   ^               ^      ^
C/G           Em  Em
 Oh---------!  ^  ^


[Chorus]
  D               D      G
Call me when you try to wake her up,
  ^               ^      ^
 Cadd9 *          G/B    Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!)
   ^               ^      ^
     D           D           G
||: I can al - ways sleep standing up!
     ^           ^           ^
 Cadd9 *          G/B    Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x2]
   ^               ^

[Coda]
C                           Em/B    D/A
    You got a boogie-boogie move on this one!
                             ^   ^    ^   ^            
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