Sleepless

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Year: 1984
Album: Everybody is Fantastic

VERSE 1
 
B 
There was  
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blood where he  
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once had  
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eyes
B 
In the  
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fog at the  
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doctor’s 
 
 
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door
 
Could you  
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not go anywhere  
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else
 
My  
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wife and sons are a
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sleep
 
B 
 
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B 
 
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F# 
 
And the  
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doctor did what he  
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could
 
And he  
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gave him love on the  
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floor
VERSE 2
 
B 
He was  
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cured and was  
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given 
 
 
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sight
B 
And 
 
de
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prived of the  
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will to  
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die
 
Gmaj7 
 
D6 
 
Cmaj7/G 
 
D9 
Gmaj7 
 
D7 
 
C6/G 
 
B9 
 
And he  
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soon forgot his old  
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friends
 
For he  
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needed purpose  
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now
VERSE 3
 
B 
The 
 
ca
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thedral was  
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big and  
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black
B 
It was the  
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doctor who  
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brought him  
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here
 
And on  
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Sundays you will  
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come
 
With your  
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suit and wife and  
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son
 
B 
 
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F#7 
 
B 
 
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OUTRO/FADE
 
God  
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bless the doctor’s  
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trade
 
And the  
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lovely quagmire he  
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made
 
They have  
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built a race who can’t  
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read
 
And are  
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sleepless like the  
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sun
 
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F#m7