Sleepytime in the Western World — Blitzen Trapper
Chords and lyrics for Sleepytime in the Western World by Blitzen Trapper (key of A#m).
Verse 1
This is a great song, interesting chord changes.
I've written out exactly how I play it, thus the seemingly staggering list
of chords --
while there are a lot of different ones, some are repeats of the same
chords on
parts of the neck.
I'm just trying to be helpful by writing them all out, in the order they
appear.
Chords Used:
D: xx0232
G(open): 320033
Bm: x24432
G(barre): 355433
Eb: x68886
Bb/D: x587xx
E(barre): x79997
C#: x46664
E(open): 022100
A(open): x02220
D G(open)
Your eyelids are made of lead
[F#7] You can't keep them [Bm]up
C G(barre)
Cause its sleepytime
And [F1]that's no [Eb]crime in the [Bb/D]western [C7]world
Cause when the sun goes down
You’re bound to follow [Eb]through
Sleeping through the [Bb/D]afternoon
I [F2]just can't [Eb]seem to [Bb/D]leave my [C7]room
Waiting [Eb]for the moon and a [Bb/D]love so true
It's gonna [C7]see me through
You [Eb]know it's gonna see me [Bb1]through
[D] [F#7] [Bm] [C]
[F1] [Eb] [Bb/D]
[C7] Cause when the sun goes down
I'm gonna make like a tree and [Eb]bloom
Sleeping through the [Bb/D]afternoon
I [F2]just can’t [Eb]seem to [Bb/D]leave my [C7]room
Waiting [Eb]for the moon and a [Bb/D]love so true
It’s gonna [C7]see me through
You [Eb]know it’s gonna see me [Bb1]through
(Even though the last part ends on Bb and this part starts on Bb,
I change from Bb1 to Bb2 to get closer to the lower F,
there's a pause anyway, might as well.)
[Bb2]Drifting down the sleepy river
[F1]Waking like a child
C G barre
Never gonna know what the spirit said
Unless you [Bb2]drift down for a [F1]while
[Eb]Never gonna know what the [Bb/D]wind is whispering [C7]now
[Eb]Never gonna know unless you[Bb/D] leave this world [C7]somehow
Unless you [Eb]leave this world [Bb1]somehow
Bb1 A(barre)
I woke up on the street
E(barre) G#
So apprehensive, feeling weak
And as I [C#]finally tried to [F#]speak
G(open) D A(open)
Twelve birds flew straightways from my mouth
Bb1 A(barre)
I circled high above the sky
E(barre) G#
Began to cry with piercing sounds
A crowd [C#]gathered on the [F#]ground
G(open) D A(open)
All speaking strangely through their teeth
Bb1 A(barre)
I felt alone and in my creep
E(barre) G#
I spoke once more into the wind
A storm of [C#]birds contained [F#]therein
E(open)
Began to spin, to spin
Bb1 A(barre) E(barre) G#
C# F# E(open)
D G(open)
Your eyelids are made of lead
[F#7] You can't keep them [Bm]up
C G(barre)
Cause its sleepytime
And [F1]that's no [Eb]crime in the [Bb/D]western [C7]world
Cause when the sun goes down
You’re bound to follow [Eb]through
Sleeping through the [Bb/D]afternoon
I [F2]just can't [Eb]seem to [Bb/D]leave my [C7]room
Waiting [Eb]for the moon and a [Bb/D]love so true
It's gonna [C7]see me through
You [Eb]know it's gonna see me [Bb1]through
[D7] [G] [F1] [C] [Eb] [Bb1]
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