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The National & St Vincent - Sleep All Summer
[Bass Intro]
[Verse 1]
Weary Asun, sleep toEnight, go cDrashing into the oEcean
ACut the line that tiEes the tide and Dmoon, ancient and bElue
AWe take our Eempty hearts and Dfill them up with Ebroken things
ATo hang on Ehumming wire like Dcheap lamps down a Edead end street
(Close your weary eyes until the wintertime)
[Bridge]
BmAnd every time we Eturn away Bmit hits me like a Etidal wave
I would Achange for you but, babe, that doesn't Emean I'm gonna be a better Dman
Give the Aocean what I took from you so Eone day you could find it in the Dsand
And hold it in your Ehands again
[Chorus]
ACold ways kill Ecool lovers
DStrange ways we used Eeach other
AWhy won't you Efall back in love with Dme?E  
AThere ain't no way we're gonna Efind another
DThe way we Esleep all summer
ASo why won't you Efall back in love with DmeE?
[Refrain]
    F#mCombing over EBroken Cross I Dheld on AyouA/G#  
    F#mHaunted by the Eghost of something DnewD  
[Instrumental]
A E A E
[Verse 2]
Curtains Afall, fashions Efade, an enDdless summer ovEer
AAnother tide to Elaunch an autumn Dmoon over the dEunes
AThere must be a Ebetter way to pull a Dwhole apart to keep a Eworld from caving Ain
AAnother way to Ewhile away from Dyou, frozen and Eblue
(Close your weary eyes until the wintertime)
[Bridge]
BmBut everytime we Eturn away it Bmsurges like a tidal Ewave
I would Achange for you but, babe, that doesn't Emean I'm gonna be a better Dman
Give the Aocean what I took from you so Eone day you could find it in the Dsand
And hold it in your Ehands again
[Chorus]
ACold ways kill Ecool lovers
DStrange way we Elove to suffer
AWhy won't you Efall back in love with Dme?E  
AThere ain't no way we're gonna fEind another
DThe way we Esleep all summer
AWhy won't you Efall back in love with Dme?E  
[Outro]
AWhy won't you Efall back in love with Dme?E  
AWhy won't you Efall back in love with Dme?E  
F#mWhy won't you Efall back in love with Dme?

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Sleep All Summer

by The National

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Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

A/G#

The National & St Vincent - Sleep All Summer

[Bass Intro]

[Verse 1]

A E D E

Weary sun, sleep tonight, go crashing into the ocean

A E D E

Cut the line that ties the tide and moon, ancient and blue

A E D E

We take our empty hearts and fill them up with broken things

A E D E

To hang on humming wire like cheap lamps down a dead end street

(Close your weary eyes until the wintertime)

[Bridge]

Bm E Bm E

And every time we turn away it hits me like a tidal wave

A E D

I would change for you but, babe, that doesn't mean I'm gonna be a better man

A E D

Give the ocean what I took from you so one day you could find it in the sand

And hold it in your hands again

[Chorus]

A E

Cold ways kill cool lovers

D E

Strange ways we used each other

A E D E

Why won't you fall back in love with me?

A E

There ain't no way we're gonna find another

D E

The way we sleep all summer

A E D E

So why won't you fall back in love with me?

[Refrain]

F#m E D A A/G#

Combing over Broken Cross I held on you

F#m E D D

Haunted by the ghost of something new

[Instrumental]

A E A E

[Verse 2]

A E D E

Curtains fall, fashions fade, an endless summer over

A E D E

Another tide to launch an autumn moon over the dunes

A E D E A

There must be a better way to pull a whole apart to keep a world from caving in

A E D E

Another way to while away from you, frozen and blue

(Close your weary eyes until the wintertime)

[Bridge]

Bm E Bm E

But everytime we turn away it surges like a tidal wave

A E D

I would change for you but, babe, that doesn't mean I'm gonna be a better man

A E D

Give the ocean what I took from you so one day you could find it in the sand

And hold it in your hands again

[Chorus]

A E

Cold ways kill cool lovers

D E

Strange way we love to suffer

A E D E

Why won't you fall back in love with me?

A E

There ain't no way we're gonna find another

D E

The way we sleep all summer

A E D E

Why won't you fall back in love with me?

[Outro]

A E D E

Why won't you fall back in love with me?

A E D E

Why won't you fall back in love with me?

F#m E D

Why won't you fall back in love with me?

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