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Melissa Etheridge - You Can Sleep While I Drive Chords

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You Can Sleep While I Drive Chords

(ver. 2)
Melissa Etheridge
C         Dm               Dsus2        C        Cmaj7
Come on,  baby, let's get  out of this  town.
         Dm            Dsus2          C           Cmaj7
I got a  full tank of  gas, with the  top rolled  down.
           Bb                                   Am          Fmaj7
There`s a  chill in my bones,  I don't want to  be left a ? lone.
     Bb             Fmaj7          C         Cmaj7     Cmaj7
So,  baby, you can  sleep while I  drive.

C             Dm        Dsus2            C      Cmaj7
I'll pack my  bag and   load up my gui ? tar.
       Dm            Dsus2     C       Cmaj7
In my  pocket, I'll  carry my  harp.
            Bb                             Am          Fmaj7
I got some  money, I've saved.  Enough to  get under ? way.
      Bb             Fmaj7          C        Cmaj7    Cmaj7
And,  baby, you can  sleep while I  drive.

C                 Dm      Dsus2        C     Cmaj7
We'll go through  Tucson  up to Santa  Fe.
     Dm           Dsus2                  C           Cmaj7
And  Barb'ra, in  Nashville, says we're  welcome to  stay.
              Bb                    Am                Fmaj7
I'll buy you  glasses in  Texas, a  hat from New Or - leans
            Bb                Fmaj7         C         Cmaj7    Cmaj7
and in the  morning, you can  tell me your  dreams.

Cmaj7           G6                               Fmaj7        C
You know, I've  seen it before,  this mist that  covers your  eyes.
             G6                              Fmaj7        C
You've been  looking for  something, that's  not in your  life.
        Bb                             Am            Fmaj7
My in - tentions are true,  won't you  take me with  you?
      Bb             Fmaj7          C         Cmaj7
And,  baby, you can  sleep while I  drive. 

Dm / Dm / C / C / Dm / Dm / C / C /

Am      G6      C          C                                                   
Aah  -  aah  -  oh, is it  other arms you want to      
Am      G6      C         C                
ho   -  o -ld   you? The  stranger, the  
Bb                   Bb         Am             Fmaj7
lover, you're free,  can't you  get that from  me?

          Dm               Dsus2        C       Cmaj7
Come on,  baby, let's get  out of this  town.
         Dm            Dsus2          C           Cmaj7
I got a  full tank of  gas, with the  top rolled  down.
              Bb                               Am             Fmaj7
If you won't  take me with  you,  I'll go be - fore night is  through.
      Bb             Fmaj7          C
And,  baby, you can  sleep while I  drive.




After a long time of talking, she shows how to play the song...:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8MrLGK0IP8&feature=player_detailpage


Original: 70 bpm


Picking (for example):

  C / Cmaj7 / Bb  / Am           Dm / Dsus2 / Fmaj7             

e ----------x--------------    e ----------x--------------     
h ----------------x--------    h ----------------x--------      
g -------x-----x--------x--    g -------x-----x--------x--       
D -------------------x-----    D -x-----------------x-----      
A -x-----------------------    A -------------------------     
E -------------------------    E -------------------------     
 
   1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +         1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     




Chords:

   C                        Dm                       Dsus2                      Cmaj7

E ---|---|---|---|-       e -1-|---|---|---|-      e ---|---|---|---|-        e ---|---|---|---|-
h -1-|---|---|---|-       h ---|---|-3-|---|-      h ---|---|-3-|---|-        h ---|---|---|---|-
g ---|---|---|---|-       g ---|-2-|---|---|-      g ---|-2-|---|---|-        g ---|---|---|---|-
D ---|-2-|---|---|-       D ---|---|---|---|-      D ---|---|---|---|-        D ---|-2-|---|---|-
A ---|---|-3-|---|-       A ---|---|---|---|-      A ---|---|---|---|-        A ---|---|-3-|---|- 
E ---|---|---|---|-       E ---|---|---|---|-      E ---|---|---|---|-        E ---|---|---|---|-


  Bb                        Am                       Fmaj7                      G6

E -1-|---|---|---|-       e ---|---|---|---|-      e ---|---|---|---|-        e ---|---|---|---|-
h -1-|---|-4-|---|-       h -1-|---|---|---|-      h -1-|---|---|---|-        h ---|---|---|---|-
g -1-|---|-3-|---|-       g ---|-3-|---|---|-      g ---|-2-|---|---|-        g ---|---|---|---|-
D -1-|---|-2-|---|-       D ---|-2-|---|---|-      D ---|---|-3-|---|-        D ---|---|---|---|-
A -1-|---|---|---|-       A ---|---|---|---|-      A ---|---|---|---|-        A ---|-2-|---|---|-
E ---|---|---|---|-       E ---|---|---|---|-      E ---|---|---|---|-        E ---|---|-3-|---|-

            
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