Chords with lyrics
Tuning: D#G#C#F#A#D#
Intro Riff:
E--3--2----2--2--2---0-|
B--0--3----3--0--3---1-|
G--0--2----2--2--2---0-|
D--0--0----0--0--0---2-|
A--2-----------------3-|
e--3-------------------|
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
G+G C majorC
Wipe the blood from you face and your hands
G+G C majorC
Forgive yourself if you think you can
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man
Intro Riff:
Verse:
G+G C majorC
Twenty-one days lost at sea I fought
G+G C majorC
For twenty-two years non-stop I've talked
G+G C majorC
Through the desert, pissed drunk, and confused I walked
G+G D MajorD C majorC
I spit a tooth in the palm of my hand
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
G+G C majorC
Wipe the blood from you face and your hands
G+G C majorC
Forgive yourself if you think you can
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man
Verse:
G+G C majorC
Well the wind and the trees are ganging up on me
G+G C majorC
They sing my funeral song in harmony
G+G C majorC
Well I just want to walk home unaccompanied
G+G D MajorD G+G
But they keep singing they keep singing they keep singing
C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC
they keep singing they keep singing and singing to me
Bridge with Intro Riff:
G+G D MajorD C majorC
La, La, La, La, La, La (Singing to me)
G+G D MajorD C majorC
La, La, La, La, La, La (I hear them singing)
G+G D MajorD C majorC
La, La, La, La, La, La (Oh!)
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Verse:
G+G C majorC
Well I wish things were different, true, and deep
G+G C majorC
But everything that's so shallow is everything about me
G+G C majorC
You know they told me I could just take all my money and leave
G+G D MajorD C majorC
I hope the people on the ground will understand
G+G D MajorD C majorC
I hope the people in the crowd will understand
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
Lay back, lay back, go to sleep my man
G+G C majorC
Wipe the blood from you face and your hands
G+G C majorC
Forgive yourself if you think you can
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man (La, La)
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man (La, La)
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Go to sleep, go to sleep my man