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The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight

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Intro, same as chorus:



D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/



The transition to the verses:

  C               Em

e---------0-----|---------0---------|

B-------------1-|-------------0-----|

G---------------|-------------------|

D-----2---------|-------------------|

A-3-------------|-----2-------------|

E---------------|-0-----------------|



Verse 1:

(* For all the verses, the F's, C's,  and Am's are played as barre

chords, the F's in A formation, the C's and Am's in E form.  He

upstrokes them in pairs, on what sounds like a big hollowbody electric.

The placement of the chords over the words here is inteneded only to

to denote their *approximate* temporal location.  Listen to the song

and you'll be able to hear and feel where they actually go.*)



      F  F           F  F               C   C       C   C

This here is the place where I will be stayin'

F  F                           F  F                     C  C           C  C

There isn't a number you can call on the payphone, let it ring a long,long,



long, long time

F  F         F  F            Am  Am            C  C

If I don't pick up, hang up, call back let it ring some more

F  F        F  F            C   C              C  C

[Untranscribable Stipe yodel]

     F  F            F  F                    Am  Am                       C C

If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil



Chorus 1 (*I won't even try to pretend that I know what he's



D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/



C  Em     (*play as noted above for transition*)



Verse 2:

          F  F                 F  F                       C  C        C   C

There's scratches all around the coinslot, like a heartbeat baby, tryin' to



wake up

F  F           F  F        C  C           C  C

But this machine can only swallow money, you can't lay a patch by computer



design

F  F        F  F      Am  Am        C  C

With just alot of stupid, stupid signs

F  F        F  F      C  C          C  C

["Tell her" yodeled]

F  F          F  F        C  C         C  C

Tell her she can kiss my ass and say that you were

F  F                           F  F             Am  Am

Only kidding, that way she'll know that it's really, really, really,

          C C

really me



Chorus 2:  (*Same as chorus one, including transition*)



D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/



C  Em



Verse 3:  (*Short verse*)

       F  F                         F  F            C  C

Baby eat some soup, does it really grab me today I need something more

C  C

sub-stub-sub-substantial

F  F               F  F                         C  C         C  C

A can of beans, some black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice

     F  F                 F  F                 Am  Am            C C

A candy bar, a fall(*en/in'*) star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss



Chorus 3:



D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/



C Em   (*Same as above*)



Bridge:



(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking

pattern is like this:



  Bm              Bm               Am               Am

e---------2------|---------2------|---------0------|---------0------|

B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--|

G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------|

A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|

E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|



The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*)



Bm               Bm                   Am             Am

The cat in the hat came back, and wrecked alot of havoc

Bm                                     Bm      Am       Am

On the way, always had a smile and a reason to pretend

Bm                                     Bm           Am                    C

That their world, was flat back brown, too little, need to sleep but to dream

                Em            Em

The sidewinder sleeps on his back





Chorus 3 and outro:



(*The chorus is the same*)



D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/



(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*)

 C                Em

e---------0-----|-0-------0-----|

B-------------1-|-0-------0-----|

G---------------|-0-------0-----|

D-----2---------|-2-------2-----|

A-3-------------|-2-------2-----|

E---------------|-0-------2-----|



D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/



C Em (*New transition*)



D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/



C Em (*New transition*)



D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/

D////G//C//Am/



C         Em                D       D

We got a boogy-woogy groove on this one



From: csb1@engr.engr.uark.edu (Chris Bray)



Chorus:

D  D/F# D           D/F#        G5      C9   G5                 Am

   Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her

D  D/F# D           D/F#        G5      C9   G5                 Am

   Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her

D  D/F# D           D/F#        G5      C9   G5                 Am

   Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her