Chords for The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

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[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [F] This here is the place where I will [C] stay. _ _ _ _ _
There isn't a number you can call to pay [C] for.
Let it ring a long, long, long [F] time.
If I don't pick up, [Am] hang up, call back, let it [C] ring some more.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] If I don't pick up, pick up, the sideline, the [Am] sleep, sleep, sleep [C] center call.
[D] Call me [G] and try to wake _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
her [C] up.
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[F] There's scratches all around the coin slot [C] like a heartbeat baby trying to [F] wake up.
But this machine can [C] only swallow money.
_ You can't lay a patch by [F] computer design.
_ It's just a [Am] lot of stupid, stupid [C] signing.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ She can [C] kiss, laugh, ask for laughs and say that you [F] were also kidding.
The way she'll know that [Am] it's really, really, really, [C] really neat.
[D] Oh, you try [G] to wake her.
[Am] Oh, you try to wake [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
[C] her.
Oh, _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ [F] baby, this just doesn't really grab [C] me.
Hey, I need something more, something substantial.
[F] _ A can of beans or black-eyed [C] peas.
Some _ Nescafe and ice _ _ [F] candy bar or _
_ _ [Am] reading from [C] Dr.
[D] Seuss.
Oh, you [G] try to wake her _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [C] up.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ Cat and the cat came back [Em] with a lot of habit.
_ [Bm] Wake always had a smile and a reason [Em] to pretend. _ _
Their [Bm] world, _ black background, _ little [Am] feet, sleep, sleep, [C] sleep.
The sidewinder [Em] sneaks in his [D] path.
Call me and try [G] to wake her up.
[Am] _ _ [D] Oh, you try [G] to wake her.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] I can [G] always keep standing.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] Oh, _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] you try to [G] wake _ _
_ [Am] her.
[D] Oh, you try [G] to wake her.
Oh, [Am] you try to wake [D] her.
Oh, you try to wake her.
I can always keep [G] standing.
Oh, you try [Am] to wake her.
[C] Oh, _ [Em] _ _
_ [D] you try to wake [G] her.
[Am] Oh, you try to wake her.
[D] I can [G] always keep standing.
Oh, you [Am] try to wake [D] her.
I can always keep standing.
Oh, you [Am] try to wake [C] her.
[Am] You gotta [Em] boogie, boogie, boogie [D] off the swamp. _ _ _ _ _
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