"THE SIDEWINDER SLEEPS TONIGHT"                                              

                                                                             

(intro)                                                                      

                                                                             

D////G//C//Am/                                                               

D////G//C//Am/                                                               

D////G//C//Am/                                                               

                                                                             

The transition to the verses:                                                

                                                                             

  C               Em                                                         

e---------0-----|---------0---------                                         

B-------------1-|-------------0-----                                         

G---------------|-------------------                                         

D-----2---------|-------------------                                         

A-3-------------|-----2-------------                                         

E---------------|-0-----------------                                         

                                                                             

                                                                             

{F, C, and A's are barre chords}                                             

                                                                             

F                                   C                                        

This here is the place where I will stay in                                  

      F                                                                      

There isn't a number, you can call the pay phone                             

C                                 F                                          

Let it ring a long long long long time                                       

                             Am                C                F    C       

If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more,  Ohhhhhhh...  

   F                                        Am                          C    

If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil 

                                                                             

                                                                             

D                    G            C       G         Am                       

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

D                    G            C       G         Am                       

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

D                    G            C       G         Am                       

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

                                                                             

C    Em  {Play using above riff}                                             

Ohhhh.....                                                                   

                                                                             

          F                        F                                         

There are scratches all around the coin slot                                 

                  C                                                          

Like a heart beat baby trying to wake up                                     

F                         C                                                  

But this machine can only swallow money                                      

                                                                             

you can't lay a patch by computer design                                     

F                 Am          C                                              

Just a lot of stupid, stupid signs                                           

                                                                             

                                                                             

F          C                                                                 

Tell her {yodeled}                                                           

F                        C                                   F               

Tell her she can kiss my ass and laugh and say that you were only kidding    

                                   Am                                 C      

That way she'll know that it was really, really, really, really me me        

                                                                             

D                    G            C       G         Am                       

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

D                    G            C       G         Am                       

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

D                    G            C       G         Am          C  Em        

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

                                                                             

      F                                                                      

Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me                                    

      C                                                                      

Today I need something more sub, stop, sub, sub, substantial                 

F                                          C                                 

A can of beans or black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice                      

F                                      Am               C                    

Candy bar, a fallen star, or a reading from Doctor Suess                     

                                                                             

                                                                             

D                    G            C       G         Am                       

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

D                    G            C       G         Am                       

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

D                    G            C       G         Am          C  Em        

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

                                                                             

Bridge:                                                                      

                                                                             

(*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking       

pattern is like this:                                                        

                                                                             

  Bm              Bm               Am               Am                       

e---------2------|---------2------|---------0------|---------0------|        

B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--|        

G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|        

D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------|        

A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|        

E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|        

                                                                             

The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*) 

                                                                             

Bm                            Am                     Bm                      

The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way.             

                                    Am                                       

Always had a smile, never reason to pretend,                                 

          Bm                                Am                   C           

Their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream       

               Em                                                            

The sidewinder sleeps on his back                                            

                                                                             

D                    G            C       G         Am                       

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

D                    G            C       G         Am                       

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

D                    G            C       G         Am         C  Em (*)     

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her              

                                                                             

(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition

 C                Em                                                         

e---------0-----|-0-------0-----|                                            

B-------------1-|-0-------0-----|                                            

G---------------|-0-------0-----|                                            

D-----2---------|-2-------2-----|                                            

A-3-------------|-2-------2-----|                                            

E---------------|-0-------2-----|                                            

                                                                             

D////G//C//Am/                                                               

D////G//C//Am/                                                               

D////G//C//Am/                                                               

                                                                             

C                         Em        D                                        

You got a boogie woogie groove on this one