• Song:

    Sleep Forever

  • Artist:

    Portugal The Man

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Sleep Forever - Portugal. The Man
In the Mountain, In the Cloud
John Baldwin Gourly
>written out by jpgrkowalski@gmail.com

Chords used: D F# Bm C G E G7
strum pattern is pretty relaxed

DAs (xx0232@1)I finally meet my end
  F#I (244322@1)won't be scared, I won't defend
    BmThe (x24432@1)things I've done
        C (x32010@1)               GI (320003@1)don't need him like you do
        C (x32010@1)               GI (320003@1)don't fear him like you do

DAs (xx0232@1)my world revolves the sun
  F#I (244322@1)hope the light that I become
    BmCan (x24432@1)sleep for once
        C (x32010@1)               GI (320003@1)won't leave it like you do
        C (x32010@1)              GI (320003@1)won't lead it like you do
        C (x32010@1)                GI (320003@1)won't leave it like they do
        C (x32010@1)                EI (022100@1)don't need him like they do

D (xx0232@1)            F# (244322@1)
I just want to sleep forever
      BmNever (x24432@1)see tomorrow
   C (x32010@1)     GOr (320003@1)lead or follow
D (xx0232@1)             F#I (244322@1)don't want to work forever
BmKnow (x24432@1)what I know
   C (x32010@1)    GOr (320003@1)beg or borrow

DJust (xx0232@1)like our mothers
                F#Who (244322@1)gave us our homes
                       BmWe'll (x24432@1)be just like our fathers
                  C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)go out on our own

D'Cause (xx0232@1)we are the colors
                F#Of (244322@1)all that you see
                       BmWe'll (x24432@1)be just like our brothers
                C (x32010@1)     GAnd (320003@1)take to the streets
                G7And (320001@1)take to the streets

D (xx0232@1)            F#I (244322@1)just want to sleep forever
      BmNever (x24432@1)see tomorrow
   C (x32010@1)     GOr (320003@1)lead or follow

DAs (xx0232@1)my world it hides behind
    F#The (244322@1)words only your wars define
     BmThey (x24432@1)read a lot like news
      C (x32010@1)               GBut (320003@1)I fear it more than you
  C (x32010@1)               EI (022100@1)fear it more than you

D (xx0232@1)            F#I (244322@1)just want to sleep forever
      BmNever (x24432@1)see tomorrow
   C (x32010@1)     GOr (320003@1)lead or follow
D (xx0232@1)             F#I (244322@1)don't want to work forever
BmKnow (x24432@1)what I know
   C (x32010@1)    GOr (320003@1)beg or borrow

DJust (xx0232@1)like old lovers
                F#Who (244322@1)never leave home
                 BmWe'll (x24432@1)forget the city
                 C (x32010@1)   GWe'll (320003@1)forgot the roads

D'Cause (xx0232@1)we are all rebels
                    F#Never (244322@1)do what we're told
                BmWe (x24432@1)may not grow money
                C (x32010@1) GBut (320003@1)man we grow old
            G7Man (320001@1)we grow old

D (xx0232@1)            F#I (244322@1)just want to sleep forever
       BmNever (x24432@1)see tomorrow
   C (x32010@1)     GOr (320003@1)lead or follow
D (xx0232@1)             F#I (244322@1)don't want to work forever
BmKnow (x24432@1)what I know
   C (x32010@1)    GOr (320003@1)beg or borrow

DJust (xx0232@1)like our mothers
            F#Who (244322@1)gave us homes
                       BmWe'll (x24432@1)be just like our fathers
                  C (x32010@1)  GAnd (320003@1)go out on our own

D'Cause (xx0232@1)we are the colors
                F#Of (244322@1)all that you see
                       BmWe'll (x24432@1)be just like our brothers
                C (x32010@1)     GAnd (320003@1)take to the streets

D'Cause (xx0232@1)we are all children
                F#Yeah (244322@1)we are all man
              BmIt (x24432@1)may not be much
                  C (x32010@1) GBut (320003@1)we do what we can

DDon't (xx0232@1)need no preacher
           F#To (244322@1)make us believe
                  BmThat (x24432@1)everything's perfectly
               C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)DFucked (xx0232@1)up like me



and that's that.
lyrics came from 
special thanks to my friend Kelsey for turning me onto this band.
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