Sleepless
Released in 1984 by Rough Trade
Transpose
VERSE 1
B
There was
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blood where he
C#m7
once had
F#
eyes
B
In the
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fog at the
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doctor’s
F#
door
Could you
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not go anywhere
F#m7
else
My
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wife and sons are a
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sleep
B
C#m7
F#7
B
C#m
F#
And the
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doctor did what he
F#m7
could
And he
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gave him love on the
F#m7
floor
VERSE 2
B
He was
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cured and was
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given
F#
sight
B
And
de
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prived of the
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will to
F#
die
Gmaj7
D6
Cmaj7/G
D9
Gmaj7
D7
C6/G
B9
And he
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soon forgot his old
F#m7
friends
For he
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needed purpose
F#m7
now
VERSE 3
B
The
ca
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thedral was
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big and
F#
black
B
It was the
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doctor who
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brought him
F#
here
And on
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Sundays you will
F#m7
come
With your
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suit and wife and
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son
B
C#m7
F#7
B
C#m
F#
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
F#m7
read
And are
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sleepless like the
F#m7
sun
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F#m7