R.E.M The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight Album: Automatic For The People (intro) D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ The transition to the verses: C Em e---------0-----|---------0--------- B-------------1-|-------------0----- G---------------|------------------- D-----2---------|------------------- A-3-------------|-----2------------- E---------------|-0----------------- {F, C, and A's are barre chords} F C This here is the place where I will stay in F There isn't a number, you can call the pay phone C F Let it ring a long long long long time Am C F C If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more, Ohhhhhhh... F Am C If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil D G C G Am Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her D G C G Am Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her D G C G Am Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her C Em {Play using above riff} Ohhhh..... F F There are scratches all around the coin slot C Like a heart beat baby trying to wake up F C But this machine can only swallow money you can't lay a patch by computer design F Am C Just a lot of stupid, stupid signs F C Tell her {yodeled} F C F Tell her she can kiss my ass and laugh and say that you were only kidding Am C That way she'll know that it was really, really, really, really me me D G C G Am Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her D G C G Am Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her D G C G Am C Em Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her F Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me C Today I need something more sub, stop, sub, sub, substantial F C A can of beans or black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice F Am C Candy bar, a fallen star, or a reading from Doctor Suess D G C G Am Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her D G C G Am Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her D G C G Am C Em Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her Bridge: (*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking pattern is like this: Bm Bm Am Am e---------2------|---------2------|---------0------|---------0------| B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--| G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------| A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------| E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*) Bm Am Bm The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way. Am Always had a smile, never reason to pretend, Bm Am C Their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream Em The sidewinder sleeps on his back D G C G Am Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her D G C G Am Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her D G C G Am C Em (*) Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her (*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*) C Em e---------0-----|-0-------0-----| B-------------1-|-0-------0-----| G---------------|-0-------0-----| D-----2---------|-2-------2-----| A-3-------------|-2-------2-----| E---------------|-0-------2-----| D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ C Em D You got a boogie woogie groove on this one