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Intro:
|    A     E/G#|    F#m  C#m/    E|       D|    A/E        E|
SomeAtimes I lie aE/G#wake at night and F#mwonder
C#m/              E  D  
Where my life will lead me
Waiting to pass A/Eunder Sleep's Edark and silent F#mgateA/G  
DI found my Elove too Alate
DRunning around day after day
            A/C#  C#7/F  
Looking for the time to play
                  F#m  F#m/     E  F#m/D#  
While my old friends slipped away
EsusNever should have had to try so hard
To make a Elove work out, I guess
DI don't know what love has got to Edo with happiness
But the F#mtimes when we were A/Ehappy
         F#m/            D#  D  
Were the times we never tried
ASitting down by the highway
A/C#Looking down the Droad
Waiting for a ride
I don't know Awhere I've been
Wishing I could A/C#fly awaDy
Don't know where I'm going
Wishing I could hide
AOh God this A/C#is some Dshape I'm in
When the A/Eonly thing that makes me cry
Is the Ekindness in my baby's eye
SomeAtimes I lie E/G#awake at night and F#mwonder
C#m/                E  D  
Where the years have gone
They have all passed A/Eunder
Sleep's Edark and silent F#mgateA/G  D  A  

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Sleeps Dark And Silent Gate

by Jackson Browne

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

E/G#

F#m

C#m

A/E

A/G

A/C#

C#7

Esus

Intro:

A E/G# F#m C#m E D A/E E

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A E/G# F#m

Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder

C#m E D

Where my life will lead me

A/E E F#m A/G

Waiting to pass under Sleep's dark and silent gate

D E A

I found my love too late

Running around day after day

A/C# C#7 F

Looking for the time to play

F#m F#m E F#m D#

/ /

While my old friends slipped away

Esus

Never should have had to try so hard

To make a love work out, I guess

D E

I don't know what love has got to do with happiness

F#m A/E

But the times when we were happy

F#m D# D

Were the times we never tried

Sitting down by the highway

A/C# D

Looking down the road

Waiting for a ride

I don't know where I've been

A/C# D

Wishing I could fly away

Don't know where I'm going

Wishing I could hide

A A/C# D

Oh God this is some shape I'm in

A/E

When the only thing that makes me cry

Is the kindness in my baby's eye

A E/G# F#m

Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder

C#m E D

Where the years have gone

A/E

They have all passed under

E F#m A/G D A

Sleep's dark and silent gate

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