Counting Sheep chords by Conor Oberst

Intro:

G F#m Em C D C G

Verse:

G         F#m
Closing my eyes, counting sheep
Em         C
Gun in my mouth, trying to sleep
D         C      G
Everything ends, everything has to
G         F#m
Get well balloon, going insane
Em          C
Weight of the world, papier-mâché
D          C       G
Gone with the wind, out into nothing

Chorus:

Em         C     D   C
I'm just trying to be easy, agreeable
Em        C   D    C        G
I don't want to seem needy to anyone, including you

G F#m Em C D C G

Verse:

G        F#m
Little ______ drowned in a pool
Em        C
______ got killed walking to school
D         C         G
Hope it was slow, hope it was painful
G         F#m
Life is a gas, what can you do?
Em        C
Catheter piss, fed through a tube
D           C        G
A cyst in the brain, blood on the bamboo
G          F#m
Highway to hell's littered with signs
Em              C
Everything last thing they advertise
D        C        G
I want to buy, I want to sell too

Chorus:

Em           C      D     C
But I don't want to seem greedy, I'm generous
Em         C    D    C         G
I'm just trying to be pleasing to everyone, including you

G F#m Em C D C G

Bridge:

B7    C         G    B7
Tomorrow is shining like a razor blade
Cm       G    Cm        D
And anything's possible if you feel the same

G F#m Em C D C G

Verse:

G        F#m
Early to bed, early to rise
Em         C
Acting my age, waiting to die
D        C      G
Insulin shots, alkaline produce
G          F#m
Temperature's cool, blood pressure's fine
Em            C
One twenty-one over seventy-five
D          C        G
Scream if you want, no one can hear you

Chorus:

Em       C     D    C
I just want to be easy, acceptable
Em       C      D     C     G
I don't want to seem needy to anyone, especially you

G F#m Em

C      G F#m Em
Especially you
C      G F#m Em C Cm G