ROBERT WYATT - HEAPS OF SHEEPS
from the 1997 album "Shleep"
Music and Lyrics by Alfreda Benge, Robert Wyatt, and Brian Eno
tabbed by Tha Funkinator (dwarfmuncher(at)gmail.com)
NOTES:
A lot of this song involves I-IV vamping that I wouldn't quite consider a chord change
(in this case, C# to F#). Play C# as [xx666x], then hammer on the middle and ring finger
in an Am7 shape like [xx867x]
[Verse 1]
C# F# C# F# C#
I realized my fist was clenched, I stretched my fingers to re___ - lax
C# F# C# F# C#
Still not sleep - y, I tried counting sheep
F#7 C#
One by one, leapt across the fence constructed for them
F#7 C#
Right to left, across the fence I had constructed
E C#
Having jumped, they refused further direction
[Verse 2]
C# F# C# F# C#
Each sheep where it land - ed, refusing to exit, remained
F# C# F# C#
Creating a vast wri - thing heap growing fast on the land
F#7 C#
Try as I might, I could not stop them entering, once again,
F#7 C#
Try as they might, not one could leave the stead
E C#
I realize my fists were clenched, I stretch my fingers...
[Verse 3]
C# F# C# F# C#
Each sheep where it land - ed, refusing to exit, remained
F# C# F# C#
Creating a vast wri - thing heap growing quickly at one side
F#7 C#
Try as they might, not one could leave the stead
F#7 C#
Try as they might, not one could leave the stead
E C#
No longer daring to close my eyes, still not sleepy
[CODA]
C# F# C#
Heaps of sheeps, heaps of sheeps... [repeat]
C# C#/G# C#
I realized my goose was cooked, I wandered ship-shape on the shore.
