Sleep's dark and silent gate - Jackson Browne   (Album: The Pretender)


Intro:
|A    E/G# (143121@4) |F#m    C#m/E    |D       |A/E    E (022100@1)    |


    A (x02220@1)          E/G# (143121@4)            F#m (244222@1)    
Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder
C#m/E              DWhere (xx0232@1)my life will lead me
                A/E (002220@1)         E (022100@1)             F#m (244222@1)  A/GWaiting (302220@1)to pass under Sleep's dark and silent gate


D (xx0232@1)        E (022100@1)      AI (x02220@1)found my love too late
D (xx0232@1)            
Running around day after day
A/C# (042220@1)          C#7/F
Looking for the time to play
         F#m (244222@1)       F#m/E     F#m/D#
While my old friends slipped away


Esus
Never should have had to try so hard
          ETo (022100@1)make a love work out, I guess
D (xx0232@1)                               EI (022100@1)don't know what love has got to do with happiness
        F#m (244222@1)              A/EBut (002220@1)the times when we were happy
         F#m/D#            DWere (xx0232@1)the times we never tried


ASitting (x02220@1)down by the highway
A/C# (042220@1)           DLooking (xx0232@1)down the road

Waiting for a ride
             AI (x02220@1)don't know where I've been
                A/C# (042220@1) DWishing (xx0232@1)I could fly away

Don't know where I'm going

Wishing I could hide
A (x02220@1)         A/C# (042220@1)  DOh (xx0232@1)God this is some shape I'm in
         A/EWhen (002220@1)the only thing that makes me cry
       EIs (022100@1)the kindness in my baby's eye


    A (x02220@1)         E/G# (143121@4)             F#mSometimes (244222@1)I lie awake at night and wonder
C#m/E                DWhere (xx0232@1)the years have gone
                     A/EThey (002220@1)have all passed under
        E (022100@1)             F#m (244222@1)    A/G (302220@1)   D (xx0232@1)    ASleep's (x02220@1)dark and silent gate




Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - september 2007
Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com