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The Sidewinder sleeps Tonight(Chords)

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Key: F

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	        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.

Written by Bill Berry/Peter Buck/Mike Mills/Michael Stipe

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