The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
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The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight
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Intro:
D
////
G
//
C
//
Am
/
D
////
G
//
C
//
Am
/
D
////
G
//
C
//
Am
/
The transition to the verses:
e-[C]--------0-----|-[Em]--------0---------
B-------------1-|-------------0-----
G---------------|-------------------
D-----2---------|-------------------
A-3-------------|-----2-------------
E---------------|-0-----------------
#F, C, and A's are barre chords
F
This here is the place where I will
C
stay in
There
F
isn't a number, you can call the pay phone
C
Let it ring a long long long long
F
time
If I don't pick up, hang up,
Am
call back, let it
C
ring some more,
F
Ohhhh
C
hhh...
If
F
I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder
Am
sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a
C
coil
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
C
Ohhhh
Em
.....(Play using above riff)
There are
F
scratches all around the
F
coin slot
Like a heart beat
C
baby trying to wake up
F
But this machine can only
C
swallow money
you can't lay a patch by computer design
F
Just a lot of stup
Am
id, stupid s
C
igns
F
Tell her (y
C
odeled)
F
Tell her she can kiss my
C
ass and laugh and say that you were
F
only kidding
That way she'll know that it was re
Am
ally, really, really, really me me
C
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
C
Em
Baby,
F
instant soup doesn't really grab me
Today
C
I need something more sub, stop, sub, sub, substantial
F
A can of beans or black eyed peas, some Nes
C
cafe and ice
F
Candy bar, a fallen star, or a reading
Am
from Doctor Suess
C
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
C
Em
Bridge:
(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking
pattern is like this:
e-[Bm]--------2------|[Bm]---------2------|[Am]---------0------|[Am]---------0------|
B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--|
G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------|
A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*)
Bm
The cat in the hat came back,
Am
wrecked a lot of havoc
Bm
on the way.
Always had a smile, never reason to
Am
pretend,
Their worl
Bm
d has flat backgrounds and little
Am
need to sleep but to
C
dream
The sidewinder
Em
sleeps on his back
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
D
Call when you try to
G
wake her up,
C
call whe
G
n you try
Am
to wake her
C
Em
(*)
(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*)
e[C]---------0-----|-[Em]0-------0-----|
B-------------1-|-0-------0-----|
G---------------|-0-------0-----|
D-----2---------|-2-------2-----|
A-3-------------|-2-------2-----|
E---------------|-0-------2-----|
D
////
G
//
C
//
Am
/
D
////
G
//
C
//
Am
/
D
////
G
//
C
//
Am
/
C
You got a boogie woogie gr
Em
oove on th
D
is one
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