The sidewinder
sleeps tonight
D - G
- Am (3x) + Am - Em
F C
1. This here is the place where I will be staying,
F
there isn’t a number you can call the pay phone,
C F
let
it ring a long, long, long, long time.
Am C F - Dm - C
If I don’t pick up, hang up,
call back, let it ring some more, a...............h.
F
If I don’t pick up the pick
up,
Am C
the
sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil.
D G
Call me when you try to wake her up,
Em Am C - Em
call me when you try to wake her ! (3x) + Oh !
F
2. There are scratches all
around the coin slot,
C
F
like a heartbeat,
baby, trying to wake up.
C
But this machine
can only swallow money,
F
you can’t lay a
patch by computer design,
Am C F -
Dm C
it’s
just a lot of stupid, stupid sign, te.........ll her,
F C
Tell her, she can kiss my ass,
F
then
laugh and say that you were only kidding,
Am
C
that
way she’ll know that’s really, really, really, really me.
+ CHORUS + C - Em
F
3. Baby, instant
soup doesn’t really grab me,
C F
today I need something more sub- sub- sub- substantial,
C
a can
of beans or blackeyed peas, some nescafé
and ice,
F Am C
a candy bar, a falling star, or
a reading of doctor Seuss.
D G
Call me when you try to wake her up,
Em Am C - Em
call me when you try to wake her ! (3x) + Oh !
Bm Am Bm
+ The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a
lot of havoc on the way,
Am
always
had a smile and a reason to pretend.
-
Bm
But their world has flat backgrounds
Am C
and
little need to sleep but to dream,
Em
the sidewinder sleeps on his back.
D G
Call me when you try to wake her up,
Em Am C - Em
call me when you try to wake her ! (3x) + Oh !
+ repeat CHORUS + C - Em
+ repeat CHORUS + C - Em - D
(orig. = capo 1st) (R.E.M.)