Chords for Conor Oberst - Counting Sheep (Official Audio)
Tempo:
107.2 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F#] [C] [G]
[C] [G]
[F#] [Em] [C] [G]
[C] [G] I'm closing my [F#] eyes, counting the [E] sheep, gun in my [C] mouth, trying to [D] sleep.
Everything [C] ends, everything [G] has to.
Get more [F#] balloons, going [Em] insane, way to the [C] world, paper [D] mache, going with [C] the wind, out into [G] nothing.
Just trying [C] to be [D] easy, agreeable.
I don't want [C] to seem [D] needy.
[C] [G]
[F#] [Em] [C] [G]
[C] [G] I'm closing my [F#] eyes, counting the [E] sheep, gun in my [C] mouth, trying to [D] sleep.
Everything [C] ends, everything [G] has to.
Get more [F#] balloons, going [Em] insane, way to the [C] world, paper [D] mache, going with [C] the wind, out into [G] nothing.
Just trying [C] to be [D] easy, agreeable.
I don't want [C] to seem [D] needy.
100% ➙ 107BPM
C
G
Em
D
F#
C
G
Em
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ I'm closing my [F#] eyes, counting the [E] sheep, gun in my [C] mouth, trying to [D] sleep.
Everything [C] ends, everything [G] has to. _ _
Get more [F#] balloons, going [Em] insane, way to the [C] world, paper [D] mache, going with [C] the wind, out into [G] nothing.
_ [A] _ [Em] _
_ Just trying [C] to be _ [D] easy, _ agreeable.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ I don't want [C] to seem _ [D] needy.
I'm trying to be easy, agreeable.
To anyone, [C] _ _ [Bm] including [G]
you.
[F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Little Louise, drowning [Em] in a pool, barely got [C] killed, walking to [D] school, hope it was
[C] quick, hope it was [G] peaceful.
_ _ Life is a [F#] gas, what can you [Em] do?
Catheter [C] pissed, fed through a [D] tube, [C] cyst in the brain, blood on the [G] bamboo.
_ _ How would I have [F#] held, little [Em] signs, every last [C] thing they [D] advertise, I want to [C] buy,
I want to sell [G] too.
_ _ [E] _ _
I don't [C] want to seem _ greedy.
[D] _
I'm [C] generous.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
I just [C] want to be _ [E] pleasing [D] _
to [C] everyone, _ [G] including [F#m] you.
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _
Tomorrow [C] air's shining like [G] a _ _ [B] razor blade.
_ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [G] Anything's possible, [C] if _ you [D] feel the same.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ Early to [Em] bed, early to rise, acting my [C] age, waiting to [D] die, insulin [C] shots, alkaline [G] produce.
_ _ Temperature's [F#] cool, blood pressure's [Em] fine, [C] 121 over 75, [D] scream if you [C] want, no one can [G] hear you.
I'm _ [E] _ _
just trying to [C] be _ _ [D] easy, _ acceptable.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I don't want [C] to seem _ [D] needy to [C] anyone, _ especially [G] _
[F#] you.
_ [Em] _ _ [C] Especially [G] you.
[F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ Especially _
[F#] you.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] Especially you.
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ I'm closing my [F#] eyes, counting the [E] sheep, gun in my [C] mouth, trying to [D] sleep.
Everything [C] ends, everything [G] has to. _ _
Get more [F#] balloons, going [Em] insane, way to the [C] world, paper [D] mache, going with [C] the wind, out into [G] nothing.
_ [A] _ [Em] _
_ Just trying [C] to be _ [D] easy, _ agreeable.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ I don't want [C] to seem _ [D] needy.
I'm trying to be easy, agreeable.
To anyone, [C] _ _ [Bm] including [G]
you.
[F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
Little Louise, drowning [Em] in a pool, barely got [C] killed, walking to [D] school, hope it was
[C] quick, hope it was [G] peaceful.
_ _ Life is a [F#] gas, what can you [Em] do?
Catheter [C] pissed, fed through a [D] tube, [C] cyst in the brain, blood on the [G] bamboo.
_ _ How would I have [F#] held, little [Em] signs, every last [C] thing they [D] advertise, I want to [C] buy,
I want to sell [G] too.
_ _ [E] _ _
I don't [C] want to seem _ greedy.
[D] _
I'm [C] generous.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
I just [C] want to be _ [E] pleasing [D] _
to [C] everyone, _ [G] including [F#m] you.
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _
Tomorrow [C] air's shining like [G] a _ _ [B] razor blade.
_ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [G] Anything's possible, [C] if _ you [D] feel the same.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ Early to [Em] bed, early to rise, acting my [C] age, waiting to [D] die, insulin [C] shots, alkaline [G] produce.
_ _ Temperature's [F#] cool, blood pressure's [Em] fine, [C] 121 over 75, [D] scream if you [C] want, no one can [G] hear you.
I'm _ [E] _ _
just trying to [C] be _ _ [D] easy, _ acceptable.
[C] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I don't want [C] to seem _ [D] needy to [C] anyone, _ especially [G] _
[F#] you.
_ [Em] _ _ [C] Especially [G] you.
[F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ Especially _
[F#] you.
[Em] _ _ [C] _ [G] Especially you.
[F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _