Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Key: A Difficulty: Novice Verse: A Em7 What I wanted was to fall asleep A Em7 Close my eyes and disappear A Em7 A Em7 Like a petal on a stream, a feather on the air A Em7 Lily white and poppy red A G I trembled when he laid me out A G A D You won't feel a thing, he said, when you go down G D A Nothing gonna wake you now
G A G A G A Verse: A Em7 Dreams are sweet until they're not A Em7 Men are kind until they aren't A Em7 A D Flowers bloom until they rot and fall apart A D Is anybody listening? A Em7 I open my mouth and nothing comes out A Nothing A D A Nothing gonna wake me now G A G A G A Verse: D A Flowers, I remember fields D A F#m Of flowers, soft beneath my heels A Walking in the sun D I remember someone A Someone by my side D Turned his face to mine Em7 And then I turned away D A Into the shade Bm A F#m G Outro: A G You, the one I left behind A G If you ever walk this way A* G* Em7 A* Come and find me lying in the bed I made