Sleeping With The Past chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

♫ Intro:
FF   AbAb  F/CF/C Bb/CBb/C F/CF/C      Eb MajorEb Eb Bb/DBb/D  F/CF/C Bb/DBb/D
FF   AbAb  F/CF/C Bb/CBb/C F/CF/C      Eb MajorEb Eb Bb/DBb/D  F/CF/C F/Ab F/GF/G FF

FF   AbAb  F/CF/C Bb/CBb/C F/CF/C      Eb MajorEb Eb Bb/DBb/D  F/CF/C Bb/DBb/D
FF   AbAb  F/CF/C Bb/CBb/C F/CF/C      Eb MajorEb Eb Bb/DBb/D  F/CF/C F/Ab F/GF/G FF


♫ Verse:
FF          Bb/FBb/F  Bb majorBb        FF  Bb/FBb/F FF
Like a thief he's come,   like a thief he's gone
FF        G7G7      G minorGm   Bb/CBb/C
He's stolen your tears one by one
FF            Bb majorBb        G7G7
You're proud to love him, it's a foolish sign
     A augmentedA   DmDm      Bb majorBb  F/AF/A Gm7Gm7 FF
You're a broken heart at the scene--of--the crime

{repeat intro once}

♫ Verse:
FF          Bb/FBb/F Bb majorBb      FF   Bb/FBb/F FF
And the night drags on,  and the fever burns
FF               G7G7   Gm7Gm7 Bb/CBb/C
Come to your senses, everybody learns
FF           Bb/FBb/F Bb majorBb    G7G7
You sleep in sweet fire,  lost and blue
     A augmentedA   DmDm     Bb majorBb  F/AF/A Gm7Gm7 FF  Bb/FBb/F
You're an empty doll in the power--of--a  fool

♫ Chorus:
     FF                Bb majorBb         FF  Bb/FBb/F FF
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go praying he'll come back
    DmDm       Dm7Dm7       G+G        C majorC  C/DC/D
Take a deep breath and deny, You could love a man like that
C7/EC7/E   FF                Bb majorBb      FF
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go waking with a dream
      DmDm               G7G7    Bb/CBb/C FF
There's no tenderness that's left, In the cracks you step between

{repeat intro}

♫ Verse:
FF          Bb/FBb/F Bb majorBb       FF   Bb/FBb/F FF
If it looks like rain,   if it makes no sound
FF        Bb majorBb       G7G7   Bb/CBb/C
It's an echo of pain on common ground
FF          Bb/FBb/F Bb majorBb       G7G7
Love's like a junkie,    addiction's a fact
A augmentedA      DmDm     Bb majorBb  F/AF/A Gm7Gm7   FF  Bb/FBb/F
Passion's a monkey you can't keep off your back

♫ Chorus:
     FF                Bb majorBb         FF  Bb/FBb/F FF
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go praying he'll come back
    DmDm       Dm7Dm7       G+G        C majorC  C/DC/D
Take a deep breath and deny, You could love a man like that
C7/EC7/E   FF                Bb majorBb      FF
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go waking with a dream
      DmDm               G7G7    Bb/CBb/C FF
There's no tenderness that's left, In the cracks you step between

{instrumental verse}

♫ Bridge:
A7A7                DmDm
But he takes love and he turns it cold
A7A7                        DmDm  Dm/C
He's just an iceman honey, ain't got no heart of gold
    Bb majorBb       F/AF/A
But he sees you and he runs from you
      Gm7Gm7              FF
Come on and shake this shadow that you're clinging to
     Bb majorBb         FF
And he'll hurt you, And he'll run from you
      G9G9        G+G      C majorC
Come on and shake this shadow that you're, clinging to

♫ Chorus:
     FF                Bb majorBb         FF  Bb/FBb/F FF
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go praying he'll come back
    DmDm       Dm7Dm7       G+G        C majorC  C/DC/D
Take a deep breath and deny, You could love a man like that
C7/EC7/E   FF                Bb majorBb      FF
Don't go sleeping with the past, Don't go waking with a dream
      DmDm               G7G7    Bb/CBb/C FF
There's no tenderness that's left, In the cracks you step between

♫ Outro:
FF   AbAb  F/CF/C Bb/CBb/C F/CF/C      Eb MajorEb Eb Bb/DBb/D  F/CF/C Bb/DBb/D
                         Oh...
FF   AbAb  F/CF/C Bb/CBb/C F/CF/C      Eb MajorEb Eb Bb/DBb/D  F/CF/C F/Ab F/GF/G FF
Yeah...                     Oh...
FF   AbAb  F/CF/C Bb/CBb/C F/CF/C      Eb MajorEb Eb Bb/DBb/D  F/CF/C Bb/DBb/D
Oh...                      Oh...
FF   AbAb  F/CF/C Bb/CBb/C F/CF/C      Eb MajorEb Eb Bb/DBb/D  F/D F/CF/C F/Db
Yeah...                     There's no
DmDm               G+G     Bb/CBb/C   FF
tenderness that's left, In the cracks you step bet—ween
FF   AbAb  F/CF/C Bb/CBb/C F/CF/C      Eb MajorEb   Bb majorBb

Chorded by Mahan Aghaei