Decemberists – Sleepless chords

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This is an update from thuggolfer's version. I just gave the "F1"s and "G"s their 
real names, so the transpose feature would work on the UG app.

This is a work in progress as I test out how UltimateGuitar works. 1/24/14


Dm C Fmaj/C Dm As you lie before me now, like a shadow
Dm Fmaj/C C Dmon a pea green sea
Fmaj/C DmNever thought that I could find you so hollow
C DmLaying into me
F E But this cup of wine
Am GAll salt and brine makes me sleepy
D FA sorrow so
E Am GA field of tears, that will never yield a single penny
D FBut I don't know
E AmI've got nothing to hold on to
Dm C FmajC Dm Wished for gold so I could buy you a palace
C DmBy the riverside
Fmaj/C DmYou'd come in and I would fill your diamond chalice
C DmYou were still alive
F E But this cup of wine
Am GAll salt and brine makes me sleepy
D FA sorrow so
E Am GA field of tears, that will never yield a single penny
D FBut I don't know
E Am G D FI've got nothing to hold on to
E AmI've got nothing to hold on to
Am | F | G | Am Am | F | G | G# | Am
F G AmWere you sleepless, tearing at the air?
F G G# AmWas the water everywhere?
F G AmWere you fretful, to wade into the room?
F GI'd been wanting to hear from you
G# AmOh, no
F | G | F | C (Same timing as G > G# > Am)
C Hand it over (hand it over)
Am Hand it over (oh)
F You're weary, lay him down
GYou did your time so thank you very much
CHand it over (hand it over)
AmHand it over (oh)
F GSo now your hopes are all laid
G# AmBut you hand it all away
Am | F | G | Am Am | F | G | G# | Am
Am F G Am Did his eyelids fix on empty chairs
F G G# AmYou had traveled to lay beside?
F G AmA gentle torture to watch it all recede
F G G# Am FAnd all the while your mother slept beside him
G F C Oh, no
C Hand it over (hand it over)
Am Hand it over (oh)
F You're weary, lay him down
GYou did your time so thank you very much
CHand it over (hand it over)
AmHand it over (oh)
F GSo now your hopes are all laid
G# AmBut you hand it all away
Am | F | G | Am Am | F | G | G# | Am
F G AmWere you sleepless, tearing at the air?
F G G# AmWas the water everywhere?
F G AmWere you fearful, and long to run away
F GFrom the cold clasp of Illinois?
G# AmOh, no
F G FOh, No
C Hand it over (hand it over)
Am Hand it over (ooooooh)
F You're weary, lay him down
GYou did your time so thank you very much
CHand it over (hand it over)
AmHand it over (oh)
F GSo now your hopes are all laid
G# Am F GBut you hand it all away
G# AmBut you hand it all away
F G G# COhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Am | F | G | C
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