Sleep Of The Just chords by Elvis Costello

Sleep of the Just

G                                   Bm
The soldier asked my name and did I ....
       Em                               C
Well I thought that he was ...
      G                     Bm
In my holy coat and hat and ...
          Em                          C
We'd have made a lovely couple but ...

[chorus:]
G                    C
And now you say that ...
G                    C
Well if you ...
G              C            D            G   C   G   D
I suppose that you need the ...

Well it was a powerful day and there ...

[Repeat chorus; come out like this:]  G  C  G  G7

  C                                       Bm
A girl woke up in a naked ...
        C                                           G
He even looked like her brother in the army ...
         B7                                    Em
He'll be tucked up in his bed ...
        C
Saying, 'You're some mother's ...

D      D/C  D/B  D/A
immaterial girl?'

Now she's pinned up upon the barracks ....

[Last chorus:  come out of it with Em then repeat verse chords
to fade]