To Get To Sleep chords by British Sea Power

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1

    A augmentedA            E MajorE
Took a pill last night, just to get to sleep
    D MajorD        E MajorE
Put me on my back, not on my feet
A augmentedA     E MajorE
Propylene across your eyes
  D MajorD       E MajorE
To take me to the land of sighs

Verse 2

   A augmentedA             E MajorE
Had a drink last night, just to get to sleep
    D MajorD           E MajorE
Put me on my back, knocked me off my feet
A augmentedA          E MajorE
Filled my skin with ethanol
  D MajorD          E MajorE
To find some peace, to let it fall

Chorus

(E MajorE)      A augmentedA  B minorBm        E MajorE
Eight hours a day - call it twenty years
            A augmentedA
There's a place you can go
    B minorBm         E MajorE
Free of lust, cupidity and fear

A augmentedA     E MajorE
Oh it left my heart broken
D MajorD     E MajorE
It took my breath away
A augmentedA    E MajorE
A augmentedA little lesson open
D MajorD    E MajorE
A augmentedA little more each day
     A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA little eyesore
     D MajorD E MajorE
A augmentedA little Nytol
     A augmentedA  E MajorE
A augmentedA little heartache
     D MajorD   E MajorE
A augmentedA little soothe-all

Verse 3

A augmentedA      E MajorE      D MajorD         E MajorE
Melatonin, a little dose, takes things to a peaceful close
A augmentedA       E MajorE
Commerce runs through your veins
  D MajorD          E MajorE
And takes you from this waking plane
A augmentedA    E MajorE
Industry on your side
  D MajorD          E MajorE
To do what you do, when you get tired

Repeat Chorus

Instrumental
A,E,D,E (x2)

     A augmentedA E MajorE
A augmentedA little eyesore
     D MajorD E MajorE
A augmentedA little Nytol
     A augmentedA  E MajorE
A augmentedA little heartache
     D MajorD   E MajorE
A augmentedA little soothe-all

Outro instrumental: A augmentedA