Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Intro:
Dbmaj7 Db Bbdim Abmaj7 Db Bb
Verse:
Db Dbmaj7
Oh, my lover she sleeps tonight
Dbdim Gm
Her head on my chest, getting in her rest
Abmaj7 Cm
While I lie so awake, seeming restless
Bbm Db
I can not escape
Db
Oh, my lover sleeps peacefully
Dbdim G
Lying next to me, her skin glistening
F Ab
In the moonlight that seeps through the curtain
Db
Into my room
C Cm
Oh, my lover is loved back tremendously
Bbm
She is all I see
Bbm
How I can not be
Db Cm7 Eb
For months, or for moments or days away
Db
From my lover, I can not be led astray
C7
For months, even minutes or half a day
Db
From my lover, her loving does not decay
C Db
For years, I have longed for a love like hers
Cm
Oh, my lover, she sleeps tonight
G Eb
With her back to me, she does not seem pleased
Ab
Oh, I wonder how I let you down
C Cm
My darling
Fm Cm
Oh, my lover won't speak to me
Gm C
She seems so angry, but I'm not sure why
Ab
Oh, what I would give to look into
Cm C
Your mind
Cm
But my lover is loved back tremendously
Bb
When she's mad at me
Eb
I can hardly breathe
Ab Eb
'Cause I know I'm not good at recovering
Db
But I'm trying
C Cm
It's been a month and a week and a couple days
Dbm Eb
From my lover, she said that she needed space
C C7 Fm Eb
For years, I had longed for a love like hers
Db
Oh, my lover, she sleeps tonight
Dbdim C
In another bed, with another man
Abmaj7
How he cares for her not like I could
Db
He does not treat her how he really should
C Ab
But I guess we have something in common
Db
I know I mistreated her often
C Eb
He doesn't love her like he should
Ab C
But neither did I