Sleep?s dark and silent gate ? Jackson Browne (Album: The Pretender) Intro: |A E/G# |F#m C#m/E |D |A/E E | A E/G# F#m Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder C#m/E D Where my life will lead me A/E E F#m A/G Waiting to pass under Sleep's dark and silent gate D E A I found my love too late D Running around day after day A/C# C#7/F Looking for the time to play F#m F#m/E F#m/D# While my old friends slipped away Esus Never should have had to try so hard E To make a love work out, I guess D E I don't know what love has got to do with happiness F#m A/E But the times when we were happy F#m/D# D Were the times we never tried A Sitting down by the highway A/C# D Looking down the road Waiting for a ride A I don't know where I've been A/C# D Wishing I could fly away Don't know where I'm going Wishing I could hide A A/C# D Oh God this is some shape I'm in A/E When the only thing that makes me cry E Is the kindness in my baby's eye A E/G# F#m Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder C#m/E D Where the years have gone A/E They have all passed under E F#m A/G D A Sleep's dark and silent gate Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) ? september 2007 Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com