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The Mutton Birds - While You Sleep Chords

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While You Sleep Chords

(ver. 1)
The Mutton Birds
Capo 2
 
[Intro]
(Rhythm Guitar)
   D
E|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| x2
B|---3--3----3--3--|---3--3----3--3--|
G|-2---------------|-4-------4-------|
D|---------4-------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
 
(Lead Guitar for intro - with capo on 2)
E|-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-3-3-| x2
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
 
[Verse]
D     A   Em
While you sleep
Bm7              G
Coiled up like a spring
    Bm7         G     D              A  Asus4  A
I remember everything from the first day
D   A  Em
Summer flowers
Bm7                 G
Shimmering down the street
        Bm7             G    D      A      Asus4  A
Plastic sandals on your feet in the doorway
    C         D
You looked so hungry
    C              D
You couldn’t stand still
         C                 D            A
You made everything in the flat look so cheap
   F#m       Em
I showed you round
   D               G
Forgetting when to breathe
           F#m             Em
And that's still the way I feel
       C         G         D
When I watch you while you sleep
 
[Interlude]
(repeat intro parts twice)
D
 
[Verse]
D     A   Em
While you sleep
Bm7                   G
The Earth revolves in space
Bm7                   G       D      A     Asus4  A
Ships and planes they race towards tomorrow
    D    A   Em
You took the room
    Bm7           G
And pretty soon I knew
    Bm7                  G        D      A     Asus4  A
That we all would fly to you like little arrows
C     D
Fancy dressers
C     D
Queens and jesters
C        D            A
Throwing glances your way
F#m    Em
In the street
D             G
Never worries me
              F#m              Em    C       G         D
Cause I’m the one that gets to be beside you while you sleep
 
[Bridge]
          Bm7         F#m      Em   F#m
Once on a still, grey motorway day
              D        A          G  Bm7  G  E
We jumped the green fence and we lay
E
Watching all the expensive people speeding away
 
[Solo]
(Lead Guitar has no capo here to reach low note)
   Bm7     G   Bm7     G   Bm7     G D   A
A|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
E|-4-5-4-2-0-|-4-5-4-2-0-|-4-5-4-2-0-4-4-2-|
 
[Verse]
C               D
Just before the sun’s up
C             D
The wallpaper lights up
     C      D              A
And another car climbs the hill
F#m       Em
They will keep
         D            G
Whatever plans they’ve made
             D            G
They’ll wait for another day
            F#m                  Em
When I will tell you things that now
       C        G         D
I only tell you while you sleep
 
[Outro]
(play intro riff x2, with intro lead part, then)
 
(Add second lead part, played here with no capo)
   D  A  Em    Bm7     G   Bm7     G D   A
A|-7--6--4---|-----------|-----------------|
E|-----------|-4-5-4-2-0-|-4-5-4-2-0-4-4-2-|
            
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