Chords for Sleep's Dark and Silent Gate
Tempo:
68.325 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
F#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [E] [F#m] [C#m]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] Sometimes I lie [E] awake at night [F#m] and wonder [C#m] where [A] my life [D] will lead me.
Waiting to [A] pass under [E] sleep's dark and [F#m] silent gate.
[A]
[G] [D] I found my [E] [A] love too late.
[D] Running round day after day, [F#m] looking [C#] for the time to [F#m] play while my [A] old friends [D#] slipped away.
[A] Never should have had to try so hard to make [E] a love work out, I [D] guess.
I don't know what love has [E] got to [A] do [E] with happiness.
[D#] But the times when we [A] were happy were [D#] the times we [D] never tried.
[A] Sitting down by the highway, [D] looking down the road, even before we arrived.
I [A] don't know where I've been, wishing I could [D] fly.
Don't know where I'm heading, wishing I could hide.
[A] Oh God, this [D] is some shape I'm in.
[A] And the only thing that makes me [E] cry is the kindness [F#m] in my [E] baby's eyes.
[A] Sometimes [E] I lie awake at night [F#m] and wonder [C#m] where the [D] years have gone.
They have [A] all passed under [E] sleep's dark [F#m] and silent gate.
[A] [Em] [A]
[D] [A] [E]
[A] Sometimes I lie [E] awake at night [F#m] and wonder [C#m] where [A] my life [D] will lead me.
Waiting to [A] pass under [E] sleep's dark and [F#m] silent gate.
[A]
[G] [D] I found my [E] [A] love too late.
[D] Running round day after day, [F#m] looking [C#] for the time to [F#m] play while my [A] old friends [D#] slipped away.
[A] Never should have had to try so hard to make [E] a love work out, I [D] guess.
I don't know what love has [E] got to [A] do [E] with happiness.
[D#] But the times when we [A] were happy were [D#] the times we [D] never tried.
[A] Sitting down by the highway, [D] looking down the road, even before we arrived.
I [A] don't know where I've been, wishing I could [D] fly.
Don't know where I'm heading, wishing I could hide.
[A] Oh God, this [D] is some shape I'm in.
[A] And the only thing that makes me [E] cry is the kindness [F#m] in my [E] baby's eyes.
[A] Sometimes [E] I lie awake at night [F#m] and wonder [C#m] where the [D] years have gone.
They have [A] all passed under [E] sleep's dark [F#m] and silent gate.
[A] [Em] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
F#m
C#m
A
E
D
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
[A] Sometimes I lie [E] awake at night [F#m] and wonder [C#m] where [A] my life [D] will lead me.
Waiting to [A] pass under [E] sleep's dark and [F#m] silent gate.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] I found my [E] [A] love too late.
_ _ [D] Running round day after day, [F#m] looking [C#] for the time to [F#m] play while my [A] old friends [D#] slipped away.
_ _ [A] Never should have had to try so hard to make [E] a love work out, I [D] guess.
I don't know what love has [E] got to [A] do [E] with happiness.
[D#] But the times when we [A] were happy were [D#] the times we [D] never _ tried.
[A] Sitting down by the highway, [D] looking down the road, even before we arrived.
I [A] don't know where I've been, wishing I could [D] fly.
Don't know where I'm heading, wishing I could hide.
[A] _ Oh God, this [D] is some shape I'm in.
[A] And the only thing that makes me [E] cry is the kindness [F#m] in my [E] baby's eyes.
[A] Sometimes [E] I lie awake at night [F#m] and wonder [C#m] where the [D] years have gone.
They have [A] all passed under [E] sleep's dark [F#m] and silent gate.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
[A] Sometimes I lie [E] awake at night [F#m] and wonder [C#m] where [A] my life [D] will lead me.
Waiting to [A] pass under [E] sleep's dark and [F#m] silent gate.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] I found my [E] [A] love too late.
_ _ [D] Running round day after day, [F#m] looking [C#] for the time to [F#m] play while my [A] old friends [D#] slipped away.
_ _ [A] Never should have had to try so hard to make [E] a love work out, I [D] guess.
I don't know what love has [E] got to [A] do [E] with happiness.
[D#] But the times when we [A] were happy were [D#] the times we [D] never _ tried.
[A] Sitting down by the highway, [D] looking down the road, even before we arrived.
I [A] don't know where I've been, wishing I could [D] fly.
Don't know where I'm heading, wishing I could hide.
[A] _ Oh God, this [D] is some shape I'm in.
[A] And the only thing that makes me [E] cry is the kindness [F#m] in my [E] baby's eyes.
[A] Sometimes [E] I lie awake at night [F#m] and wonder [C#m] where the [D] years have gone.
They have [A] all passed under [E] sleep's dark [F#m] and silent gate.
_ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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