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THE SIDEWINDER SLEEPS TONIGHT


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C Eme---------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 Ce---------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.
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