Sleepy Time Time Lyrics

SLEEPY TIME TIME ? Cream
(Bruce/Godfrey)
Email: dm_hughes1@hotmail.com
?Sleepy Time Time? was written by Jack Bruce and his then wife Janet Godfrey
and appears on Cream's debut album ?Fresh Cream? (1966). The structure of the
song is unusual in that it is a 16-bar blues (bars 5 - 8 are repeated) as
opposed to the standard 12-bar format, although, perversely, the solo section
retains the normal 12-bar structure. The song therefore comprises 60 bars:
three 16-bar verse/chorus sections and a 12-bar solo between verses two and
three.
Rhythm guitar
co ~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~
~~~ bss ~~~ bss
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~~ bss
~~~ bss ~~~
~~~ ~~~ ~~~ co
~~~ co co co ~~~~
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~
~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~ bss
co co co co co
~~~ co ~~~ bss ~~~
~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~
~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss
co
~~~ bss ~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~
~~~ ~~~ bss
~~~ bss ~~~ bss ~~~ bss ~~~ co co
~~~ ~~~ bss bss
~~~ ~~~ co
Lead guitar
co co co co
bss ~~~ bss
rpb ~~~ bss co ~~~ bss
~~~ co ~~~ co ~~~ mu ~~~ bss
rpb ~~~ ~~~ co ~~~ bss
~~~ co ~~~
~~~~~~ ~~~co
~~~ co bss
~~~~ co bss ~~~~~~
co bss ~~~ bss
co co co co ~~~~~ ~~~ mu
|-- hold bend --|
rpb ~~~ co rpb ~~~~ ~~~ bss ~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ co co co pb co co co co ~~~~~
pb pb pb pb co ~~~ co co bss
~~~~ bss co
co ~~~~~~~~
bss co ~~~~ co co bss bss
rpb rpb co bss ~~~~ mu co co
co co ~~~~
-hold bend-
co rpb
~~~ pb bss
co co
~~~~~~ co co co
~~~~~~~~ co ~~~~~~~~ co
co ~~~ co co co
co co co co bss co
~~~ co ~~~~
~~~ co ~~~ bss co
~~~~~ ~~~ bss co
~~~~~~~~~~ rpb co co ~~~ co
~~~~~ bss ~~~~~~
pb co ~~~~
co co co ~~~~
~~~~~ bss co ~~~~
co co co co
Varse 1
I'm a sleepy time, baby
A sleepy time boy
Work only maybe
Life is a joy
We'll have a sleepy time time
We'll have a sleepy time time
We'll have a sleepy time time
We'll have a sleepy time time
Sleepy time time
Sleepy time time all the time
Asleep in the daytime
Asleep at night
Life is all playtime
Workin? ain't right
We'll have a sleepy time time
We'll have a sleepy time time
We'll have a sleepy time time
We'll have a sleepy time time
Sleepy time time
Sleepy time time all the time
I have my Sunday
That ain't no lie
But on Monday morning
Came my favourite cry
We'll have a sleepy time time
We'll have a sleepy time time
We'll have a sleepy time time
We'll have a sleepy time time
Sleepy time time
Sleepy time time all the time
/ slide up
\ slide down
h hammer-on
p pull-off
b bend up
r release bend
mu mute
pb pre-bend
co cut off
bss bend slightly sharp
rpb re-pick bend
~~ vibrato