Sleepytime in the Western World Lyrics

by Blitzen Trapper

Blitzen Trapper Sleepytime in the Western World Lyrics

D G(open)
Your eyelids are made of lead
You can't keep them up
C G(barre)
Cause its sleepytime
And that's no crime in the western world
Cause when the sun goes down
Youre bound to follow through
Sleeping through the afternoon
I just can't seem to leave my room
Waiting for the moon and a love so true
It's gonna see me through
You know it's gonna see me through
D G(open) F#7 Bm C
G(barre) F1 Eb Bb/D
Cause when the sun goes down
I'm gonna make like a tree and bloom
Sleeping through the afternoon
I just cant seem to leave my room
Waiting for the moon and a love so true
Its gonna see me through
You know its gonna see me through
(Even though the last part ends on Bb and this part starts on Bb,
I change from Bb1 to Bb2 to get closer to the lower F,
there's a pause anyway, might as well.)
Drifting down the sleepy river
Waking like a child
C G barre
Never gonna know what the spirit said
Unless you drift down for a while
Never gonna know what the wind is whispering now
Never gonna know unless you leave this world somehow
Unless you leave this world somehow
Bb1 A(barre)
I woke up on the street
E(barre) Ab
So apprehensive, feeling weak
And as I finally tried to speak
G(open) D A(open)
Twelve birds flew straightways from my mouth
Bb1 A(barre)
I circled high above the sky
E(barre) Ab
Began to cry with piercing sounds
A crowd gathered on the ground
G(open) D A(open)
All speaking strangely through their teeth
Bb1 A(barre)
I felt alone and in my creep
E(barre) Ab
I spoke once more into the wind
A storm of birds contained therein
E(open)
Began to spin, to spin
Bb1 A(barre) E(barre) Ab
C# F# E(open)
D G(open)
Your eyelids are made of lead
You can't keep them up
C G(barre)
Cause its sleepytime
And that's no crime in the western world
Cause when the sun goes down
Youre bound to follow through
Sleeping through the afternoon
I just can't seem to leave my room
Waiting for the moon and a love so true
It's gonna see me through
You know it's gonna see me through
Outro: D7 G barre F1 C Eb Bb1
Chords Used:
D: xx0232
G(open): 320033
F#7: 242322
Bm: x24432
C: x35553
G(barre): 355433
F1: 133211
Eb: x68886
Bb/D: x587xx
C7: x35353
F2: x8-10-10-10-8
Bb1: 688766
Bb2: x13331
A: 577655
E(barre): x79997
Ab: 466544
C#: x46664
F#: 244322
E(open): 022100
A(open): x02220
D7: x57575

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