The New Cities
Sleep
From "Kill the Lights" - 2011
Chords by blackoctober119
*Note: the recording uses barre chords, but if you want to use open chords, tune down to Eb.*
Intro: F#-G#m-E
F#-G#m-B
Verse:
F# G#m E F# G#m B
I can't sleep, I need some sleep
F# G#m E F# G#m B
My soul's worn thin, I'm drenched in sin
F# G#m E F# G#m B
When all is gone, will I find
F# G#m E F# G#m B
A place called home, a home of mine
Chorus:
E F# G#m B
But tonight, I won't mind, I'm awake, I'm alive
E F# G#m B
Need to swear to myself that I'll make it alright
E F# G#m B
Because night after night, it gets bolder and bright.
E F# F# G#m E
And now rest is just a notion I forgot
Pre-verse: F#-G#m-B
Verse:
F# G#m E F# G#m B
Darkness falls, I check my pulse
F# G#m E F# G#m B
Fast and fierce, while cities sleep
F# G#m E F# G#m B
I lie awake, I can't pretend
F# G#m E F# G#m B
For the life of me, I've made amends
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Chorus:
E F# G#m B
But tonight, I won't mind, I'm awake, I'm alive
E F# G#m B
Need to swear to myself that I'll make it alright
E F# G#m B
Because night after night, it gets bolder and bright.
E F# F# G#m E F# G#m B
And now rest is just a notion I forgot
F# G#m E F# G#m B
So awake, so awake, yeah
F# G#m E F# G#m B
So awake, so awake, yeah
F# G#m E F# G#m B
So awake, yeah, so awake, yeah
Verse:
F# G#m E F# G#m B
I can't sleep, I need some sleep
F# G#m E F# G#m B
My soul's worn thin, I'm drenched in sin
F# G#m E F# G#m B
When all is gone, then will I find
F# G#m E F# G#m B
A place called home, a home of mine
Chorus:
F# G#m E F# G#m B
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight I won't mind
F# G#m E F# G#m B
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight I won't mind
F# G#m E
Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
F# G#m B
I won't mind, I won't mind, I won't
F# G#m E F# G#m B
So awake, so awake, I won't mind
F# G#m E F# G#m B
So awake, so awake, yeah
I can't sleep...
