Sleepy People Ukulele chords by Peach Martine

Verse 1:
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Husband and wife were married underneath the steeple of the church in the town they were born
G
On the way home from the American Cathedral
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The wife tore her wedding gown on a thorn
 G
Husband bent down, for he had brought a thread and needle
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For exactly this purpose
I'm sure
    G                                                                                          D#
He showed he could sew, the wife then knocked a little beetle, off the suit hе had only once worn

Verse 2:
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They werе sleepy people for the rest of their lives
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When they think of this time they laugh and they cry
                    F#
And I kind of know why


Verse 3:
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Husband went on to get a good job as a banker in a cubical from 9 to 5
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Dreamed of the day he'd be moved to the corner office
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Where he could work in a room with sunlight
G
5 years along their son was born with 10 good fingers
                                    D#
He grew up watching his parents survive
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Boy didn't belong, but he decided to just linger to observe his parents staying alive


Verse 4:
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He watched the sleepy people waste the rest of their lives
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Thinking only of the memories on which they rely
                      F#
To bring them any delight
         B                Bm Bdim
And the boy was 45 before he realised
                          F#
That he's just waiting to die