Sleeping With The Past chords by Elton John
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Difficulty: Advanced 🤯
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
♫ Intro:
F Ab F/C Bb/C F/C Eb Eb Bb/D F/C Bb/D
F Ab F/C Bb/C F/C Eb Eb Bb/D F/C F/Ab F/G F
F Ab F/C Bb/C F/C Eb Eb Bb/D F/C Bb/D
F Ab F/C Bb/C F/C Eb Eb Bb/D F/C F/Ab F/G F
♫ Verse:
F Bb/F Bb F Bb/F F
Like a thief he's come, like a thief he's gone
F G7 Gm Bb/C
He's stolen your tears one by one
F Bb G7
You're proud to love him, it's a foolish sign
A Dm Bb F/A Gm7 F
You're a broken heart at the scene--of--the crime
{repeat intro once}
♫ Verse:
F Bb/F Bb F Bb/F F
And the night drags on, and the fever burns
F G7 Gm7 Bb/C
Come to your senses, everybody learns
F Bb/F Bb G7
You sleep in sweet fire, lost and blue
A Dm Bb F/A Gm7 F Bb/F
You're an empty doll in the power--of--a fool
♫ Chorus:
F Bb F Bb/F F
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go praying he'll come back
Dm Dm7 G C C/D
Take a deep breath and deny, You could love a man like that
C7/E F Bb F
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go waking with a dream
Dm G7 Bb/C F
There's no tenderness that's left, In the cracks you step between
{repeat intro}
♫ Verse:
F Bb/F Bb F Bb/F F
If it looks like rain, if it makes no sound
F Bb G7 Bb/C
It's an echo of pain on common ground
F Bb/F Bb G7
Love's like a junkie, addiction's a fact
A Dm Bb F/A Gm7 F Bb/F
Passion's a monkey you can't keep off your back
♫ Chorus:
F Bb F Bb/F F
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go praying he'll come back
Dm Dm7 G C C/D
Take a deep breath and deny, You could love a man like that
C7/E F Bb F
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go waking with a dream
Dm G7 Bb/C F
There's no tenderness that's left, In the cracks you step between
{instrumental verse}
♫ Bridge:
A7 Dm
But he takes love and he turns it cold
A7 Dm Dm/C
He's just an iceman honey, ain't got no heart of gold
Bb F/A
But he sees you and he runs from you
Gm7 F
Come on and shake this shadow that you're clinging to
Bb F
And he'll hurt you, And he'll run from you
G9 G C
Come on and shake this shadow that you're, clinging to
♫ Chorus:
F Bb F Bb/F F
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go praying he'll come back
Dm Dm7 G C C/D
Take a deep breath and deny, You could love a man like that
C7/E F Bb F
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go waking with a dream
Dm G7 Bb/C F
There's no tenderness that's left, In the cracks you step between
♫ Outro:
F Ab F/C Bb/C F/C Eb Eb Bb/D F/C Bb/D
Oh...
F Ab F/C Bb/C F/C Eb Eb Bb/D F/C F/Ab F/G F
Yeah... Oh...
F Ab F/C Bb/C F/C Eb Eb Bb/D F/C Bb/D
Oh... Oh...
F Ab F/C Bb/C F/C Eb Eb Bb/D F/D F/C F/Db
Yeah... There's no
Dm G Bb/C F
tenderness that's left, In the cracks you step bet—ween
F Ab F/C Bb/C F/C Eb Bb
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