We Sleep In Pairs chords by Everything Everything

Everything Everything - We Sleep In Pairs

This song is originally recorded in a drop tuning. These are the chords when the song is transposed into
standard tuning.


Chords:

     C#      G#/C    A#m     Fm      F#    A#m7/F  G#7/C     G#7     B       D#m
e|-------------------1-------1-------2-------1---------------4---------------------|
B|---6-------4-------2-------1-------2-------2-------4-------4-------4-------7-----|
G|---6-------5-------3-------1-------3-------1-------5-------5-------4-------8-----|
D|---6-------6-------3-------3-------4-------3-------4-------4-------4-------8-----|
A|---4-------3-------1-------3-------4---------------3-------6-------2-------6-----|
E|---------------------------1-------2-------1---------------4---------------------|

Verse 1 (a capella):
Each night I lay beneath the Earth
I am tired of feeling powerless
With no edge and no reflected light
There is something in the way of us

F#  A#m7/F  Fm  G#7/C


Verse 2:
C#       G#/C    A#m                 Fm
   Don't cry now all the wheels will turn
            F#             A#m7/F      Fm     G#7/C
There'll be bluebirds over you and I
C#            G#/C           A#m              Fm
   With black brains they'll come to save our lives
       F#            A#m7/F       Fm     G#7
As our flesh becomes electrified


Pre-Chorus:
F#    G#        A#m      G#7/C
   We sleep in pairs, just waiting


Chorus:
C#         G#/C     A#m     F#
   Can you take me away?
C#         G#/C          A#m     B
   Can you stop with the lies?
F#                    D#m
   Are you desperate? Yes I think I'm desperate
B                     F#
   What's my best bet   on your death bed?
D#m                      B
Yes I'm on my last legs,    and you're desperate


C#   G#/C A#m   Fm   F#   A#m7/F   Fm   G#7/C


Verse 3:
C#       G#/C    A#m         Fm
   Blaze over me bird of paradise
         F#                 A#m7/F       Fm     G#7/C
Don't be fearful, don't you close your eyes
C#    G#/C   A#m              Fm
   Oh sister keep the hope alive
       F#              A#m7/F     Fm     G#7
We can run before they realise


Pre-Chorus:
F#     G#        A#m   G#7/C
   I'm asking it    to heal me

Chorus:

C#         G#/C     A#m     F#
   Can you take me away?
C#         G#/C          A#m     B
   Can you stop with the lies?
F#                    D#m
   Are you desperate? Yes I think I'm desperate
B                     F#
   What's my best bet   on your death bed?
D#m                      B
Yes I'm on my last legs,    and you're desperate

C#         G#/C     A#m     F#
   Can you take me away?
C#         G#/C          A#m     B
   Can you stop with the lies?

Outro:
F#   D#m   B      [x4]

C#   G#/C A#m   Fm   F#   A#m7/F   Fm   G#7

F#   A#m7/F   Fm  G#7