Sleep On Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays479

Sleep On by Alison Krauss is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D/G, D/F#, D/E, D/C#, D/B, D/A, G, G/F#, G/E, G/B, A7, A, A7/G, F, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			Pickin' pattern for the song, basically just D but spiced up a little....  
 
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D D/G D/F# D/E 
 
           D   D/G  D/F#  
Could your heart 
D/E     D  D/C#  D/B  D/A 
Ever be mine 
     G    G/F#       G/E 
Your arms hold me so close to you 
G/B             D   D/A  D  D/E 
All through the night 
     D  D/G  D/F# 
Your eyes  
D/E       D  D/C#  D/B  D/A 
Gaze into mine 
      G           G/F# 
Sayin I should believe you 
  G/E       G/B         D 
I always do I dont know why 
 
          A7    
Cause you taught me a lesson 
    D 
The hard way one time 
A7                       D 
Told me you loved me but then changed your mind 
  A          A7/G 
I never told no one 
      D/F#         F         Em    C  G 
How I hurt down inside until now 
      D   C  G 
Sleep on 
 
           D   D/G  D/F# 
Could your heart  
D/E     D  D/C#  D/B  D/A 
Ever be mine 
   G    G/F#       G/E 
My arms hold you so close to me 
G/B             D   D/A  D  D/E 
All through the night 
   D  D/G  D/F# 
My heart  
D/E            D  D/C#  D/B  D/A 
Warned me this time 
      G           G/F# 
But I need to believe you 
   G/E       G/B         D 
So I do just for tonight  
 
          A7    
Cause you taught me a lesson 
    D 
The hard way one time 
A7                      D 
Promised to love me but then changed your mind 
  A          A7/G 
I never told no one  
      D/F#         F         Em    C  G 
How I hurt down inside until now 
      D   C  G 
Sleep on 
      D   C  G      
Sleep on 
      D   C  G 
Sleep on 
      D   C  G 
Sleep on 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante