The Big Sleep chords by Toh Kay

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard



C
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Am                                     F
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na   x2
C                                    G
 (Single Strum)
Why do you cry when you know how the story ends?
F                          C                         G
How can you laugh when you know that it hurts your friends?
C                    G                   Am
We've all been there once, but you never left
F                                  G
This is me coming back to get you out to say goodbye, to make amends
C           G            A
I'm not leaving this place
F          C            G
Unless I'm leaving with you
C               G             Am          Em
You're the only person with a half decent heart here
       F                      G
And I know you will put it to use
           C     G     Am
Until it's gone, gone, gone
F     C     G
Gone, gone, gone
C     G     Am    Em    F     G
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone, yeah
C

Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Am                             F
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na      x2
C            G                      Am
And as you close your eyes for the big sleep
           F
I hope you think of me, yeah
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Am                              F
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
           C            G
And if you go, I'll be gone
     Am              F                 C             G
And you'll be left alone to live your life, as you please
     Am             F                C               G
But someday you'll agree that I was always meant for you
         Am               F                C
You were always meant for me and you will see
G Am F

                C       CAm    F          G
That you're impossible.       Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
         C        CAm    F          G
You're impossible.     Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
         C        CAm    F          G
You're impossible.     Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
         C        CAF         G
You're impossible.  Yeah-heeeeeah!
C          G            Am
So Me and Mr. Dylan on the ride home
         F        C           G
We had a heart-to-heart about life
    C              G           Am           Em
But neither him or me could decide for ourselves
      F                      G
If we wanted to outlive that night
           C              G                Am
Like two children on the playground of the unconfessed souls
F                C               G
Abandoned by our mothers and our lovers and our foes
   C            G                Am                Em
If only we were brave enough to live the lives we stole
 F
 (Single Strum)
What a wonderful world this could be!
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Am                                  F
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na     x2
C           G                      Am
And as you close your eyes for the big sleep
           F
I hope you think of me, yeah
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Am                                 F
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na
           C           G
And if you go, I'll be gone
    Am              F                 C             G
And you'll be left alone to live your life, as you please
     Am             F                 C              G
But someday you'll agree that I was always meant for you
          Am              F                C
You were always meant for me and you will see
G Am F

                C       CAm    F          G
That you're impossible.       Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
         C        CAm    F          G
You're impossible.     Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
         C        CAm    F          G
You're impossible.     Oh na, na, na, na, na, na
         C        CAF         G
You're impossible.  Yeah-heeeeeah
C                G
(Single Strum)
So, how many more examples until we break?
F              C            G
How many sacrifices must we make?
C                      G
We've all been there once before
        Am                 Em
And it looks like we've returned once more
       F                        G
So is this the beginning or the end?
 C
  ('Palm Muted')
The last two soldiers on the battlefield
Am
Survivors of the war
      F                             C               G
They aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord
           C         G
"If you're listening, I'm missing him
    Am                Em
So somehow bring him home.
F                   G
How did it come to this "
C
(Single Strum)
So the soldiers lift their rifles
             Am
And they're aiming at the head
      F                     C               G
They think of their first love before they take their final breath
     C                G                 Am                Em
And somewhere in the distance they hear something someone said:
F               G
"How did it come to this "
F E

F E

FE
      x3

G


C (Single Strum)
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Am                                 FG
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na            x2
C            G                      Am
And as you close your eyes for the big sleep
           F
I hope you think of me, yeah
C
Na, na, na, na, na, na
G
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na
Am                                 FGC
Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na