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Sleeping In The Flowers

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
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Sleeping in the Flowers
by They Might Be Giants
VERSE
AmI got a Fcrush, Ccopy shop Eclerk
Am   F  C(hit Cchord and quickly mute)
But she won't look up at me
AmDon't want to be Fknown as the freak
C   E  Am(hit and mute)
Who just comes around to catch her eye
CHORUS
We could be Asleeping in the Dflowers, We could Bmsleep all afterEnoon
You'd proCclaim that your an Fisland, I proDmclaim that I'm one Etoo
A]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]=
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] D   Bm  E  
Then we float into the harbor, With just piers and boats around
C   F]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]=
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] Dm  E  
I declare that I am England, You declare that I have drowned
INTERLUDE
the guitar just plays one note on the high E string)
e5-5-5-55-55-5-55-5-5-5-55-55-5-5e This is the rythm I use with each =
G-------------------0-|----------------0-----|G
D---------------2--2--|------------2--2------|D
A---0---3---5---------|0-0-3---5-------------|A
E---------------------|----------------------|E
AmI got a Fride, Chome with a Edrunk guy
Am   F  C(hit and mute)
How ungreatful I must have seemed
AmHe showed Fme how, Cto spin my head Eround and round
Chorus and interlude
Solo(Play the chords for the verse over the solo)
Chorus(Extend the chorus to fade with this...)
We could be Asleeping in the Dflowers =
Tell my Bmboss that I've been Cfired
We'll be Asleeping in the Dflowers
tell my Bmboss i'm Cfired
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