The Big Sleep Chords by Hugh Cornwell

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Watch [Dm] your suit of me, and take my breath away.
_ Better in black and white than chrome I have to say.
[Eb] Now the big suit, _
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you play the hero and the villain every day.
_ Equally charming in an unassuming way.
[Eb] See the girls weep.
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And now you say [Eb] goodbye, a million hearts are sad.
[F] We were there with you, [Gm] Bob, you were my mum and dad.
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And [Bb] now the big sleep, _ _ _ _ and now the big sleep.
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_ Screwing trunks, clergy, you don't care.
_ Every one of them is scary, we [D] beware.
[Eb] I like Cape Fear, _
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you're out of place in some, but lifting from the mire.
Much [Dm] better in the heat to watch your pecs perspire [Eb] than there's ease. _
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And when you leave the [Eb] scene, a thousand footsteps fall.
[F] Can't wait to see you [Gm] back, I'm walking very tall.
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Before [Bb] the big sleep, _ _ _ _ _ before the big sleep.
_ _ _ _ [D] Now sleep, _ _ _ now _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] sleep, _ _ now _ _ [Bb] _
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_ [D] sleep. _ _ _
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No one around like you and Jimmy Stewart anymore.
[Dm] _ I'd like to don my suit and even up the score, and try [Eb] to take over. _
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[Dm] Mended later, this ain't so glamorous today.
_ Take me back to 1941 today, before [Eb] Pearl Harbor. _ _
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I've had some trials and [Eb] tribulations just the same.
[F] You have to laugh a lot [Gm] to stay ahead of the game.
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Before [Bb] the big sleep, _ _ _ _ before the big sleep. _
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sleep, _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [D] now sleep. _
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