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Artist: The Decemberists
Song: Sleepless
[http://www.indieguitartabs.com/bands/decemberists/sleepless.html]
Beautiful song from the Dark Was the Night album.
Thanks to Scott for helping.
Capo 1!!
Chords:
EADGBE
Dm -- x00231
E --- 022100
C --- x32010
Am -- x02210
F1 -- 033210
F2 -- 133211
G1 -- 320003
G2 -- 355433
D* -- 200230
G# -- 466544
Dm C F1 Dm
As you lie before me now, like a shadow
C Dm
On a pea green sea
F1 Dm
Never thought that I could find you so hollow
C Dm
Laying into me
F2 E
But this cup of wine
Am G1
All salt and brine makes me sleepy
D* F2
A sorrow so
E Am G1
A field of tears, that will never yield a single penny
D* F2
But I don't know
E Am
I've got nothing to hold on to
Dm C F1 Dm
Wished for gold so I could buy you a palace
C Dm
By the riverside
F1 Dm
You'd come in and I would fill your diamond chalice
C Dm
You were still alive
F2 E
But this cup of wine
Am G1
All salt and brine makes me sleepy
D* F2
A sorrow so
E Am G1
A field of tears, that will never yield a single penny
D* F2
But I don't know
E Am G1 D* F2
I've got nothing to hold on to
E Am
I've got nothing to hold on to
Am | F2 | G1 | Am
Am | F2 | G2 | G# | Am
F2 G1 Am
Were you sleepless, tearing at the air?
F2 G2 G# Am
Was the water everywhere?
F2 G1 Am
Were you fretful, to wade into the room?
F2 G2
I'd been wanting to hear from you
G# Am
Oh, no
F2 | G2 | F2 | C (Same timing as G2 > G# > Am)
C
Hand it over (hand it over)
Am
Hand it over (oh)
F2
You're weary, lay him down
G1
You did your time so thank you very much
C
Hand it over (hand it over)
Am
Hand it over (oh)
F2 G2
So now your hopes are all laid
G# Am
But you hand it all away
Am | F2 | G1 | Am
Am | F2 | G2 | G# | Am
Am F2 G1 Am
Did his eyelids fix on empty chairs
F2 G2 G# Am
You had traveled to lay beside?
F2 G1 Am
A gentle torture to watch it all recede
F2 G2 G# Am F2
And all the while your mother slept beside him
G2 F2 C
Oh, no
C
Hand it over (hand it over)
Am
Hand it over (oh)
F2
You're weary, lay him down
G1
You did your time so thank you very much
C
Hand it over (hand it over)
Am
Hand it over (oh)
F2 G2
So now your hopes are all laid
G# Am
But you hand it all away
Am | F2 | G1 | Am
Am | F2 | G2 | G# | Am
F2 G1 Am
Were you sleepless, tearing at the air?
F2 G2 G# Am
Was the water everywhere?
F2 G1 Am
Were you fearful, and long to run away
F2 G2
From the cold clasp of Illinois?
G# Am
Oh, no
F2 G2 F2
Oh, No
C
Hand it over (hand it over)
Am
Hand it over (ooooooh)
F2
You're weary, lay him down
G1
You did your time so thank you very much
C
Hand it over (hand it over)
Am
Hand it over (oh)
F2 G2
So now your hopes are all laid
G# Am F2 G2
But you hand it all away
G# Am
But you hand it all away
F2 G2 G# C
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh
Am | F2 | G1 | C