Song: The sidewinder sleeps tonite
Artist: R.E.M.
Composers: Bill Berry, Peter Buck,
Mike Mills & Michael Stipe
Album: Automatic for the people
Tabbed by: DJ
7th May 2016
TUNING: Slightly sharp of concert pitch,
approx. +10 on a chromatic tuner
D = xx0232 Em = 022000 G/B = x20033
D/F# = xx4232 F = 133211 Am7 = x02010
G = 320033 C = x32010 Bm = x24432
Cadd9 * = x32033 Cadd9 = x32030 Em/B = x22000
Am = x02210 Cmaj7 = x32000 D/A = x00232
C/G = 332010
^ = Emphasise the beat
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[Intro]
D D/F# D D/F#
| / /__/ /__/ / |
G Cadd9 * G Am D D/F# D D/F#
| / / / / | / /__/ /__/ / |
G Cadd9 * G Am D D/F# D D/F#
Dee, dee, dee -dee! | / /__/ /__/ / |
C/G Em
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
F C
This here, is the place where I will be staying,
C Cadd9 Cmaj7 C F
| / / / / | There isn't a number,
F
You can call the pay-phone,
C C Cadd9 Cmaj7 C F
Let it ring a long, long, long, long time,
F Am
If I don't pick- up, ...hang up, ...call back,
C F C C Cadd9 Cmaj7 C
Let it ring some more! Oh----! | / / / / |
F
If I don't pick- up, ...pick- up,
Am C C
The sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil!
^ ^
[Chorus]
D D G
||: Call me when you try to wake her up,
^ ^ ^
Cadd9 * G/B Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x3]
^ ^ ^
C/G Em
Oh---------!
[Verse 2]
F
There are scratches all around the coin slot,
C C Cadd9 Cmaj7 C F
Like a heartbeat, baby, try - ing to wake up,
C
But this machine can only swallow money,
F
You can't lay a patch by com - puter design,
Am C
It's just a lot of stupid, stupid signs,
F C C Cadd9 Cmaj7 C
Tell her----, | / / / / |
F C
Tell---- her she can kiss my ass,
C Cadd9 Cmaj7 C F
Then laugh, and say that you were only kidding,
F Am
That way, she'll know that it's really, really,
C C
Really, really me,...me!
^ ^
[Chorus]
D D G
||: Call me when you try to wake her up,
^ ^ ^
Cadd9 * G/B Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x3]
^ ^ ^
C/G Em
Oh---------!
[Verse 3]
F
Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me,
C C Cadd9
To - day I need something more sub... sub...
Cmaj7 C F
Sub...sub - stantial,
F
A can of beans, or black-eyed peas,
C C Cadd9 Cmaj7 C
Some Nescafe and ice,
F
A candy bar, a fallen star,
Am C C
Or a reading from Doctor Suess!
^ ^
[Chorus]
D D G
||: Call me when you try to wake her up,
^ ^ ^
Cadd9 * G/B Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x3]
^ ^ ^
C/G Em
Oh---------!
[Bridge]
Bm
The cat in the hat came back,
Am Bm
Wreaked a lot of havoc on the way,
Am
Always had a smile, and a reason to pretend,
Bm
But their world ...has flat backgrounds,
Am C
And little need to sleep, but to dream,
Em Em
The sidewinder sleeps on his back!
^ ^
[Chorus]
D D G
||: Call me when you try to wake her up,
^ ^ ^
Cadd9 G/B Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x2]
^ ^ ^
D D G
I can al - ways sleep standing up!
^ ^ ^
Cadd9 * G/B Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!)
^ ^ ^
C/G Em Em
Oh---------! ^ ^
[Chorus]
D D G
||: Call me when you try to wake her up,
^ ^ ^
Cadd9 * G/B Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x2]
^ ^ ^
D D G
I can al - ways sleep standing up!
^ ^ ^
Cadd9 * G/B Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!)
^ ^ ^
C/G Em Em
Oh---------! ^ ^
[Chorus]
D D G
Call me when you try to wake her up,
^ ^ ^
Cadd9 * G/B Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!)
^ ^ ^
D D G
||: I can al - ways sleep standing up!
^ ^ ^
Cadd9 * G/B Am7
(Call me when you try to wake her!) :||[x2]
^ ^
[Coda]
C Em/B D/A
You got a boogie-boogie move on this one!
^ ^ ^ ^
