#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Sleep by Midnight Oil from the album "Red Sails in the Sunset" the verse has no guitar, but the bass line goes: (key of Gm) e|-------------------------------| B|-------------------------------| G|-----------------2-------3-----| D|-------------0-----------------| A|---------1---------------------| E|-1---3-------------------------| INTRO: Dm Am F C LYRICS: So you got the blues The evening wore out your shoes To a shuffling beat It's a colourful crowd Spray can information Cover the lonely station Checkpoint for the state of the nation So you got the blues The evening wore out your shoes Dm Am F C On the missionbeat beat Dm Am F C The radio drug Dm Am F C Wayward destinations Dm Am F C Secondhand sensations CHORUS: Dm Take this heart Dm Am F Break this heart C Wrap it up So you got the blues The evening wore out your shoes In the back of the cell The plug and the cord Shoulder dislocation Bruised in isolation CHORUS BRIDGE: Am Em G Am Am F Dm Sleep, sleep Am Em G Am Am F Dm Dm Sleep, sleep Dm Am F C Dm Am F C In the eye of the storm Writing on walls Cross my heart confusion We're all looking for a new solution Dm Am F C It's the heat of the land Dm Am F C Swallowing sweat Dm Am F C Say those dreams can shake me Dm Am F C Dawn come down and save me CHORUS BRIDGE So you got the blues The evening wore out your shoes So you got the blues The evening wore out your shoes So, so you got the blues End. Jonathan Hart Oils@total.net
