{"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":86309,"song":"Sleeping In The Flowers","artist":"They Might Be Giants","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/86309-sleeping-in-the-flowers-chords-by-they-might-be-giants/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/86309?type=chord","rating":4.86857,"votes":11,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nFrom: Buzzsaw876@aol.com\r\nDate: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 22:26:39 -0400\r\n\r\nSleeping in the Flowers\r\nby They Might Be Giants\r\nTranscribed by Adam Lane\r\n\r\nThis doesn't sound totally right at parts, but it's a good guide.  If you=\r\n\r\ncan come up with anything better for the chorus, please repost it.  Also,=\r\n\r\nI don't have time to figure out the solo.  If there's any interest, maybe=\r\n\r\nsomeone could post that too.\r\n\r\nVERSE\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   I got a crush,   copy shop clerk[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch](hit [ch]C[/ch] chord and quickly mute)\r\n   But she won't look up at me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Don't want to be known as the freak[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch](hit and mute)\r\n   Who just comes around to catch her eye[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe could be sleeping in the flowers, We could sleep all afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou'd proclaim that your an island, I proclaim that I'm one too[/tab]\r\n        [ch]A[/ch] ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]=\r\n[tab]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen we float into the harbor, With just piers and boats around[/tab]\r\n    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch] ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]=\r\n[tab]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI declare that I am England, You declare that I have drowned[/tab]\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE\r\n(This part is tough to show rythm as there are no words, but basically\r\nthe guitar just plays one note on the high E string)\r\n\r\n[tab]e5-5-5-55-55-5-55-5-5-5-55-55-5-5e This is the rythm I use with each =[/tab]\r\n\r\n                                   dash or 5 Equals a sixteenth note\r\n                                   but I think you can figure it out\r\n\r\nThen the bass does somthing like this:\r\n\r\n[tab]G-------------------0-|----------------0-----|G\r\nD---------------2--2--|------------2--2------|D\r\nA---0---3---5---------|0-0-3---5-------------|A\r\nE---------------------|----------------------|E[/tab]\r\n\r\nRepeat these figures twice, then back to the verse\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   I got a ride, home with a drunk guy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch](hit and mute)\r\n   How ungreatful I must have seemed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   He showed me how, to spin my head round and round[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus and interlude\r\n\r\nSolo(Play the chords for the verse over the solo)\r\n\r\nChorus(Extend the chorus to fade with this...)\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe could be sleeping in the flowers =[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTell my boss that I've been fired[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll be sleeping in the flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\ntell my boss i'm fired[/tab]\r\n\r\n--PART.BOUNDARY.0.28505.emout05.mail.aol.com.812168794--","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nFrom: Buzzsaw876@aol.com\nDate: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 22:26:39 -0400\n\nSleeping in the Flowers\nby They Might Be Giants\nTranscribed by Adam Lane\n\nThis doesn't sound totally right at parts, but it's a good guide.  If you=\n\ncan come up with anything better for the chorus, please repost it.  Also,=\n\nI don't have time to figure out the solo.  If there's any interest, maybe=\n\nsomeone could post that too.\n\nVERSE\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS\n\n\n        A ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]=\n\n    C               F ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]=\n\n\nINTERLUDE\n(This part is tough to show rythm as there are no words, but basically\nthe guitar just plays one note on the high E string)\n\n\n\n                                   dash or 5 Equals a sixteenth note\n                                   but I think you can figure it out\n\nThen the bass does somthing like this:\n\n\n\nRepeat these figures twice, then back to the verse\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus and interlude\n\nSolo(Play the chords for the verse over the solo)\n\nChorus(Extend the chorus to fade with this...)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n--PART.BOUNDARY.0.28505.emout05.mail.aol.com.812168794--","chords":["Am","F","C","E","A","D","Bm","Dm","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]}}}