Ive Been Asleep For A Long Long Time chords by Hey Rosetta!
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
- Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Key: D
🎸 Intro:
C/G
e|--0---x--| e|--0-0-x--|
B|--1---x--| B|--1-1-x--|
G|--0---x--| G|--0-0-x--|
D|--2---x--| D|--2-2-x--| x15
A|--3---x--| A|--3-3-x--|
E|--3---x--| E|--3-3-x--|
🎸 Verse 1:
N.C. C/G D C/G D
I've been asleep for a long, long time
C/G C/G D
Blond hair to brown and then brown to white
C/G C/G D
My mom is buried beside my dad
C/G C/G D
But I was asleep for all of that
🎸 Chorus 1:
Em G C
I shut my eyes for a moment's rest
Em G C
Cause I get so tired
Em G C
What things transpired while my body slept
Em G C
To beset my mind?
🎸 Verse 2:
N.C. C/G D C/G D
The schools that we went to have all been closed
C/G C/G D
And all of my teachers are dead I suppose
C/G C/G D
The songs that we sung have all gone quiet
C/G C/G D
What happens below as we sleep at night?
🎸 Chorus 2:
Em G C
I shut my eyes for a moment's rest
Em G C
Cause I get so tired
Em G C
What things transpired while my body slept
Em G C
To beset my mind?
🎸 Bridge:
Em G Cmaj7
Em G Cmaj7
Em G Cmaj7
The river's up, the reeds are caught
Em G Cmaj7
Halfway across what never was
Em G Cmaj7
The water rose and swept in slow
Em G Cmaj7
When the reeds awoke they were half below
Em G Cmaj7
(repeat x4 quietly then x4 loudly)
🎸 Verse 3:
N.C. C/G D
And I've been asleep for a long, long time
(I shut my eyes for a moment's rest)
C/G C/G D
Blond hair to brown and then brown to white
(Cause I get so tired)
C/G C/G D
My mom is buried beside my dad
(What things transpired while my body slept)
C/G C/G D
But I was asleep for all of that
(To beset my mind)
🎸 Verse 4:
C/G C/G D
And I've been asleep for a long, long time
(I shut my eyes for a moment's rest)
C/G C/G D
Blond hair to brown and then brown to white
(Cause I get so tired)
C/G C/G D
And my mom is buried beside my dad
(What things transpired while my body slept)
C/G C/G D
But I was asleep for all of that
(To beset my mind)
🎸 Outro:
C/G D C/G
For all of that---------------
(For all of that)
D C/G D C/G
For all of that---------------
(For all of that)
D C/G D C/G
For all of that---------------
(For all of that)
D C/G D C
For all of that
Verse Chorus Bridge
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C/G 332010 Em 022000 Em 02200x
D xx0232 G 320003 G 32000x
C x32010 Cmaj7 x3200x Published:
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