Chords for Don McGlashan and Dave Dobbyn - While You Sleep (Edinburgh - 7th Dec 2013)
Tempo:
116.45 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C#m
B
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[C#m] [E] While you sleep.
[C#m] While [E]
[B]
you [F#m] sleep.
While you sleep.
[C#m] While you sleep.
Well, the light is [A] springing.
I'll [C#m] remember everything.
[E] The [B]
dimmer [E]
[B] [F#m] flowers
The dimmer flowers
[A]
Shimmering [C#m] down the [A] street.
Shimmering down the street.
Plastic [C#m]
sandals on your feet.
Plastic sandals on your feet.
[E] In the doorway.
[B] [D] You were so [E] hungry.
You were so hungry.
You couldn't stand
You couldn't stand still.
You made [D]
everything in the [E] flat
You made everything in the flat
Look so [B] cheap.
[F#] I [G#m]
destroyed you.
[F#m] [E] The painting went to
[A] The [E]
[G#m] painting went to
A blue boiler [F#m] fever
A blue boiler fever
When I [D]
watch [A] you while
When I watch you while you [E] sleep
When I watch [A]
[E] [F#] [A]
you while [E] you sleep
[F#m]
[C#] The earth and [C#m] holds [A] its pace
The earth and holds its pace
[C#m] What [A]
for [B] tomorrow
You [E] told [B] the world
[F#m] You told the world
[C#m] Pretty soon, [A] I knew
Pretty soon, I knew
That [C#m] we all would fly [A] to you, like [B] little adorables
[D] And she [E]
said, sir, [D] please and [E]
carefully
[D] Your wind [E]
blossoms your [B] way
I
[G#m] feel [F#m] the speed, [E] and the [A] whirling breeze
And I'm [G#m] the one that gets [F#m] to be [D] beside you, [E] I sleep
So [C#m]
still, [G#] painful [F#m] waiting
[G#m] We travel [E]
free, [B] as if we [A] had
A [F#]
chain of expensive people, leading [F#] our way
[C#m]
[A] [E] [B]
Just [D]
before the [E] sunset, [Bm] the [D] wallpaper [E] lights up
[D] And another [E] car [B] drives in
[G#m]
They [F#m] will keep, [E] the wonderful plans [A] I made
They'll wait [E] for another day
When I [G#m] will tell you things [F#m] that I would tell [A] you, I sleep
[F#]
[A] While you sleep
[A] [B]
[F#m] [C#m]
[C#m]
[F#] [E] [B]
[G#] [N]
[C#m] While [E]
[B]
you [F#m] sleep.
While you sleep.
[C#m] While you sleep.
Well, the light is [A] springing.
I'll [C#m] remember everything.
[E] The [B]
dimmer [E]
[B] [F#m] flowers
The dimmer flowers
[A]
Shimmering [C#m] down the [A] street.
Shimmering down the street.
Plastic [C#m]
sandals on your feet.
Plastic sandals on your feet.
[E] In the doorway.
[B] [D] You were so [E] hungry.
You were so hungry.
You couldn't stand
You couldn't stand still.
You made [D]
everything in the [E] flat
You made everything in the flat
Look so [B] cheap.
[F#] I [G#m]
destroyed you.
[F#m] [E] The painting went to
[A] The [E]
[G#m] painting went to
A blue boiler [F#m] fever
A blue boiler fever
When I [D]
watch [A] you while
When I watch you while you [E] sleep
When I watch [A]
[E] [F#] [A]
you while [E] you sleep
[F#m]
[C#] The earth and [C#m] holds [A] its pace
The earth and holds its pace
[C#m] What [A]
for [B] tomorrow
You [E] told [B] the world
[F#m] You told the world
[C#m] Pretty soon, [A] I knew
Pretty soon, I knew
That [C#m] we all would fly [A] to you, like [B] little adorables
[D] And she [E]
said, sir, [D] please and [E]
carefully
[D] Your wind [E]
blossoms your [B] way
I
[G#m] feel [F#m] the speed, [E] and the [A] whirling breeze
And I'm [G#m] the one that gets [F#m] to be [D] beside you, [E] I sleep
So [C#m]
still, [G#] painful [F#m] waiting
[G#m] We travel [E]
free, [B] as if we [A] had
A [F#]
chain of expensive people, leading [F#] our way
[C#m]
[A] [E] [B]
Just [D]
before the [E] sunset, [Bm] the [D] wallpaper [E] lights up
[D] And another [E] car [B] drives in
[G#m]
They [F#m] will keep, [E] the wonderful plans [A] I made
They'll wait [E] for another day
When I [G#m] will tell you things [F#m] that I would tell [A] you, I sleep
[F#]
[A] While you sleep
[A] [B]
[F#m] [C#m]
[C#m]
[F#] [E] [B]
[G#] [N]
Key:
E
A
C#m
B
F#m
E
A
C#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ While you sleep.
[C#m] _ While _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
you [F#m] sleep.
While you sleep.
[C#m] While you sleep.
Well, the light is [A] springing.
_ I'll [C#m] remember _ everything.
[E] _ The _ [B] _
_ dimmer _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] flowers
The dimmer flowers
_ _ [A]
Shimmering [C#m] down the [A] street.
Shimmering down the street.
Plastic [C#m]
sandals on your feet.
Plastic sandals on your feet.
[E] In the doorway.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] You were so _ [E] hungry.
_ You were so hungry.
You couldn't stand
You couldn't stand still.
_ You made [D]
everything in the [E] flat
You made everything in the flat
Look so [B] cheap.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ I [G#m]
destroyed you.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] The painting went to
[A] The _ _ [E] _
[G#m] painting went to
A blue boiler [F#m] fever
A blue boiler fever
When I [D]
watch [A] you while
When I watch you while you [E] sleep
When I watch _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _
_ you while [E] you sleep
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [C#] The earth and [C#m] holds [A] its pace
The earth and holds its pace
_ [C#m] What _ _ [A] _
_ for [B] _ tomorrow _
You _ _ [E] _ told [B] the world
[F#m] You told the world
_ [C#m] Pretty soon, [A] I knew
Pretty soon, I knew
That [C#m] we all would fly [A] to you, like [B] little _ _ adorables
_ _ _ [D] And she [E]
said, sir, [D] _ please and [E] _
carefully
_ [D] _ Your wind [E] _
blossoms your [B] way
I _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ feel [F#m] the speed, _ [E] and the [A] whirling breeze
And I'm [G#m] the one that gets [F#m] to be _ [D] beside you, [E] I sleep
_ _ _ _ So [C#m] _
still, [G#] painful _ _ [F#m] waiting
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ We travel [E] _
free, _ [B] as if we [A] had
_ A _ _ _ _ [F#] _
chain of _ expensive _ _ _ people, leading [F#] our way _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B]
Just _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
before the [E] sunset, _ [Bm] the [D] wallpaper [E] lights up
[D] And another _ [E] car [B] drives in
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m]
They _ [F#m] will _ keep, _ [E] the wonderful plans [A] I made
They'll wait [E] for another day
When I [G#m] will tell you things [F#m] that I would tell [A] you, I sleep
[F#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ While you sleep
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ While you sleep.
[C#m] _ While _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
you [F#m] sleep.
While you sleep.
[C#m] While you sleep.
Well, the light is [A] springing.
_ I'll [C#m] remember _ everything.
[E] _ The _ [B] _
_ dimmer _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ [F#m] flowers
The dimmer flowers
_ _ [A]
Shimmering [C#m] down the [A] street.
Shimmering down the street.
Plastic [C#m]
sandals on your feet.
Plastic sandals on your feet.
[E] In the doorway.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] You were so _ [E] hungry.
_ You were so hungry.
You couldn't stand
You couldn't stand still.
_ You made [D]
everything in the [E] flat
You made everything in the flat
Look so [B] cheap.
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ I [G#m]
destroyed you.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] The painting went to
[A] The _ _ [E] _
[G#m] painting went to
A blue boiler [F#m] fever
A blue boiler fever
When I [D]
watch [A] you while
When I watch you while you [E] sleep
When I watch _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _
_ you while [E] you sleep
_ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [C#] The earth and [C#m] holds [A] its pace
The earth and holds its pace
_ [C#m] What _ _ [A] _
_ for [B] _ tomorrow _
You _ _ [E] _ told [B] the world
[F#m] You told the world
_ [C#m] Pretty soon, [A] I knew
Pretty soon, I knew
That [C#m] we all would fly [A] to you, like [B] little _ _ adorables
_ _ _ [D] And she [E]
said, sir, [D] _ please and [E] _
carefully
_ [D] _ Your wind [E] _
blossoms your [B] way
I _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ feel [F#m] the speed, _ [E] and the [A] whirling breeze
And I'm [G#m] the one that gets [F#m] to be _ [D] beside you, [E] I sleep
_ _ _ _ So [C#m] _
still, [G#] painful _ _ [F#m] waiting
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ We travel [E] _
free, _ [B] as if we [A] had
_ A _ _ _ _ [F#] _
chain of _ expensive _ _ _ people, leading [F#] our way _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B]
Just _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
before the [E] sunset, _ [Bm] the [D] wallpaper [E] lights up
[D] And another _ [E] car [B] drives in
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m]
They _ [F#m] will _ keep, _ [E] the wonderful plans [A] I made
They'll wait [E] for another day
When I [G#m] will tell you things [F#m] that I would tell [A] you, I sleep
[F#] _
_ _ [A] _ _ While you sleep
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _