Van Hunt & Nikka Costa - Mean Sleep Chords
Tempo:
138.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
F#
Em
Bm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
What [Bm] can we scrape [A] together from [G] our love-worn [F#] emotions?
[Bm] Handfuls of [A] hate and a [G] bittersweet [F#] devotion
[A#m] I [Bm] am pushing [A]
cobwebs and I'm [G] floating in [F#]
myself
[A#m] [Bm] Who will find me [G#]
under [E] this [A] mean tree?
[D] How could the [Em]
clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#]
rain?
[C#] How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m]
change?
[C#] I had a moonbeam [Em]
slip over [G] you
[F#]
[C#] [D] And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G] life
[F#]
[A#m] You've [Bm] been a thousand [A]
days and [G] I won't need [F#] no other [F#] light
You could [Bm] die a thousand [A] ways and [G] I'd still love you [F#] back [A#m] alive
[Bm] Without a lover to [A] wake me and my [G] loneliness like [F#]
quitsane
[Bm] Who will find [E] me under this mean [A] tree?
[D] How could the [Em]
clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#]
rain?
[D] How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m] change?
[C#m] I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] you
[F#]
[C#] [D] And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G] life
[F#]
[C#] I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] [F#]
you
[C#] [D] And a [Em] bird's coming back to life
Coming back [F#m]
to [Em] life
[Bm]
[Em] [Bm]
[G] [Bm]
[C#] [F#]
I [Bm] am lost to the [A] longing
I [G] am molded by [F#] the [A#] memory
Had [Bm] to shut down half my [A] mind
Just [G] to feel the space you [F#] left behind
[Bm]
I am moving [A] cobwebs
And [G] I'm floating into [A#] myself
[Bm]
Who will find [E] me under this [A] mean [B] tree?
[E] How could [Em] the clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#] rain?
[A#] [D]
How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m] [C#] change?
I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G]
you
[F#] [C#] [D] And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G]
life
[F#] I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G]
[F#] you
[C#m] [D]
And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G]
[F#] life
[Bm]
How could [Em] the clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#] [A#m] rain?
[Bm]
How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [F#] change?
[A#] I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G]
you
[F#] [C#m] [D]
And [Em] a bird's coming back [G] to life
[F#] [A#] [B]
[Bm] Handfuls of [A] hate and a [G] bittersweet [F#] devotion
[A#m] I [Bm] am pushing [A]
cobwebs and I'm [G] floating in [F#]
myself
[A#m] [Bm] Who will find me [G#]
under [E] this [A] mean tree?
[D] How could the [Em]
clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#]
rain?
[C#] How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m]
change?
[C#] I had a moonbeam [Em]
slip over [G] you
[F#]
[C#] [D] And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G] life
[F#]
[A#m] You've [Bm] been a thousand [A]
days and [G] I won't need [F#] no other [F#] light
You could [Bm] die a thousand [A] ways and [G] I'd still love you [F#] back [A#m] alive
[Bm] Without a lover to [A] wake me and my [G] loneliness like [F#]
quitsane
[Bm] Who will find [E] me under this mean [A] tree?
[D] How could the [Em]
clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#]
rain?
[D] How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m] change?
[C#m] I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] you
[F#]
[C#] [D] And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G] life
[F#]
[C#] I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] [F#]
you
[C#] [D] And a [Em] bird's coming back to life
Coming back [F#m]
to [Em] life
[Bm]
[Em] [Bm]
[G] [Bm]
[C#] [F#]
I [Bm] am lost to the [A] longing
I [G] am molded by [F#] the [A#] memory
Had [Bm] to shut down half my [A] mind
Just [G] to feel the space you [F#] left behind
[Bm]
I am moving [A] cobwebs
And [G] I'm floating into [A#] myself
[Bm]
Who will find [E] me under this [A] mean [B] tree?
[E] How could [Em] the clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#] rain?
[A#] [D]
How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m] [C#] change?
I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G]
you
[F#] [C#] [D] And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G]
life
[F#] I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G]
[F#] you
[C#m] [D]
And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G]
[F#] life
[Bm]
How could [Em] the clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#] [A#m] rain?
[Bm]
How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [F#] change?
[A#] I [D] had a [Em] moonbeam slip over [G]
you
[F#] [C#m] [D]
And [Em] a bird's coming back [G] to life
[F#] [A#] [B]
Key:
G
F#
Em
Bm
D
G
F#
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What [Bm] can we scrape [A] together _ from [G] our love-worn [F#] emotions?
_ _ _ [Bm] _ Handfuls of [A] hate _ and a [G] _ bittersweet [F#] devotion
_ [A#m] I [Bm] am pushing [A]
cobwebs and I'm [G] floating in [F#]
myself
[A#m] _ [Bm] Who will find me [G#]
under [E] this [A] mean tree? _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ How could the [Em]
clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might _ [F#]
rain?
[C#] _ _ _ How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might _ [A#m]
change?
[C#] I had a _ moonbeam [Em]
slip over [G] _ _ you
[F#] _
_ [C#] _ [D] And a _ _ [Em] bird's coming back to [G] _ life
_ [F#] _
_ [A#m] You've [Bm] been a thousand [A]
days and [G] I won't need [F#] no other [F#] light
You could [Bm] die a thousand [A] ways _ and [G] I'd still love you [F#] back [A#m] alive
[Bm] Without a lover to [A] wake me and my [G] loneliness like [F#]
quitsane
_ [Bm] Who will find [E] me under this mean [A] tree? _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ How could the [Em]
clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#]
rain?
_ _ [D] _ How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m] change?
_ [C#m] I [D] had a _ _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _ you
_ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ [D] And a _ _ [Em] bird's coming back to [G] _ life
_ [F#] _
_ [C#] I [D] had a _ _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _ _ _ _ [F#]
you
[C#] _ [D] And a _ _ [Em] bird's coming back to life
Coming back _ [F#m] _
_ to [Em] _ life
_ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ I _ _ _ [Bm] am lost to the [A] longing
_ I [G] am molded by [F#] the [A#] memory
Had [Bm] to shut down half my [A] mind
Just [G] to feel the space you [F#] left behind
_ [Bm]
I am moving [A] _ cobwebs
And [G] I'm floating into _ [A#] myself
_ [Bm]
Who will find [E] me under this [A] mean [B] tree?
_ _ [E] How _ _ _ could [Em] the clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#] rain?
[A#] _ _ [D] _
_ How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m] _ [C#] change?
I [D] had a _ _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _
_ you
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ [D] And a _ _ [Em] bird's coming back to [G] _
life
[F#] I _ _ [D] had a _ _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _
_ _ [F#] you
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] _
_ And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G] _
_ _ _ [F#] life
_ _ [Bm] _
_ How could [Em] the clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#] _ [A#m] rain?
_ [Bm] _
_ How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [F#] change?
[A#] I [D] had a _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _
_ you
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _
_ And [Em] a bird's coming back [G] to life
_ [F#] _ _ [A#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
What [Bm] can we scrape [A] together _ from [G] our love-worn [F#] emotions?
_ _ _ [Bm] _ Handfuls of [A] hate _ and a [G] _ bittersweet [F#] devotion
_ [A#m] I [Bm] am pushing [A]
cobwebs and I'm [G] floating in [F#]
myself
[A#m] _ [Bm] Who will find me [G#]
under [E] this [A] mean tree? _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ How could the [Em]
clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might _ [F#]
rain?
[C#] _ _ _ How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might _ [A#m]
change?
[C#] I had a _ moonbeam [Em]
slip over [G] _ _ you
[F#] _
_ [C#] _ [D] And a _ _ [Em] bird's coming back to [G] _ life
_ [F#] _
_ [A#m] You've [Bm] been a thousand [A]
days and [G] I won't need [F#] no other [F#] light
You could [Bm] die a thousand [A] ways _ and [G] I'd still love you [F#] back [A#m] alive
[Bm] Without a lover to [A] wake me and my [G] loneliness like [F#]
quitsane
_ [Bm] Who will find [E] me under this mean [A] tree? _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ How could the [Em]
clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#]
rain?
_ _ [D] _ How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m] change?
_ [C#m] I [D] had a _ _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _ you
_ [F#] _
_ [C#] _ [D] And a _ _ [Em] bird's coming back to [G] _ life
_ [F#] _
_ [C#] I [D] had a _ _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _ _ _ _ [F#]
you
[C#] _ [D] And a _ _ [Em] bird's coming back to life
Coming back _ [F#m] _
_ to [Em] _ life
_ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ I _ _ _ [Bm] am lost to the [A] longing
_ I [G] am molded by [F#] the [A#] memory
Had [Bm] to shut down half my [A] mind
Just [G] to feel the space you [F#] left behind
_ [Bm]
I am moving [A] _ cobwebs
And [G] I'm floating into _ [A#] myself
_ [Bm]
Who will find [E] me under this [A] mean [B] tree?
_ _ [E] How _ _ _ could [Em] the clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#] rain?
[A#] _ _ [D] _
_ How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [A#m] _ [C#] change?
I [D] had a _ _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _
_ you
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ [D] And a _ _ [Em] bird's coming back to [G] _
life
[F#] I _ _ [D] had a _ _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _
_ _ [F#] you
_ [C#m] _ _ [D] _
_ And a [Em] bird's coming back to [G] _
_ _ _ [F#] life
_ _ [Bm] _
_ How could [Em] the clouds chase us into [G] thinking it might [F#] _ [A#m] rain?
_ [Bm] _
_ How could [Em] the need to save us into [G] thinking things might [F#] change?
[A#] I [D] had a _ [Em] moonbeam slip over [G] _
_ you
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [D] _
_ And [Em] a bird's coming back [G] to life
_ [F#] _ _ [A#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _