{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1975173,"song":"While You Were Sleeping","artist":"Elvis Perkins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11442089-while-you-were-sleeping-chords-by-elvis-perkins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1975173?type=chord","rating":4.71728,"votes":43,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n   ([ch]G[/ch])     ([ch]Am[/ch])         ([ch]G[/ch])    ([ch]C[/ch]) strum C, [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|--3-----|-0-----------------|-------------------|\r\nB|-----3--|----1-----1--------|----1--------------|\r\nG|--------|-------2-----------|-------------------|\r\nD|--------|----------------2--|-------------------|\r\nA|--------|-------------------|-3-----------------|\r\nE|--------|-------------3-----|-------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile you were sleeping your babies grew[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe stars shined and the shadows moved[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTime flew the phone rang[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere was a silence when the kitchen sang[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIts songs competed like kids for space[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe stared for hours in our maker's face[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey gave us picks said \"go mine the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd go gold and come back when you're done\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh oh   Uh Oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile you were sleeping you tossed you turned[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou rolled your eyes as the world burned[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe heavens fell the earth quaked[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI thought you must be but you weren't awake, no[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou were dreaming you ignored the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou grew your power garden for your little ones[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you found brides for them on Christmas Eve[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey hung young Cain from the Adam trees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd danced uh oh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh Oh  Uh Oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile you were sleeping I tossed and I turned too[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI closed my eyes but the future burned through[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe planet turned a hair grey as I relived the day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile you were sleeping the money died[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMachines were harmless and the earth sighed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe wind you swept sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand gravity brought my love around[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe oceans rose sang about decay[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe witches flew and the mermaids stayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFull of dreams you overslept[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn keeping with the quiet through the walls I crept[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI walked on tip-toes sent darkness swirling over[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll the kitchen in the early morning[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh oh uh oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll never catch up to you who sleep so sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy yawns are useless my heart beats too loud[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo go to sleep my mind's too proud to bow out[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile you were sleeping the time changed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll your things were rearranged[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour vampire mirrors face to face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey saw forever out into space[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nand found you dreaming in black and white[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile it rained in all the colors of the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh oh uh oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI watched the tv's memories[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nchampion ships vanish to sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCan it be my honey bee-tween you and me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo I waited for the riddled sky to be[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsolved again by the sunrise[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I made a death soup for life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor my father's ill widowed wife[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDid you have that stranger's dream before you woke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause in your gown you had the butterfly stroke[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDid it escape you like some half-told joke[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen you reached for your plume of smoke[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it'll haunt you my honey bee[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnyone who's anyone has that same dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWere you falling were you flying and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwere you calling out or were you dying[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut thank god you're up now let's stay this way[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nElse there'll be no mornings and no more days[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Cause when were dreaming the babies grow[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe sun shines and the shadows flow[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTime flies the phone rings[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere is a silence when everybody tries to sing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh oh uh oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh oh uh oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUh oh uh oh[/tab]","plain_text":"Am    G  C    G  Am\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["G","Am","C","B","D","A","E","Dm","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}