Sleeps Dark And Silent Gate Chords
by Bonnie Raitt
Sleeps Dark And Silent Gate by Bonnie Raitt is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A/C, Bm, F#m/A, G, A, D/C, Bm/F, F#7/Bb, D/A and Abm7(b5). Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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D A/C Bm
Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder
F#m/A G
Where my life will lead me
G A D
Waiting to pass under
A Bm D/C
Sleep's dark and silent gate
G A D
I found my love today
G
Running around day after day
Bm/F F#7/Bb
Looking for the time to play
Bm D/A Abm7(b5)
While my old friends slipped away
D/A
Never should have had to try so hard
A
To make a love work out, I guess
G D/A A
I don't know what love has got to do with happiness
Abm7(b5) D/A
But the times when we were happy
Abm7(b5) G
Were the times we never tried
D
Sitting down by the highway
G D
I don't know where I've been
G
Don't know where I'm going
D G
Oh God this is some kinda shape I'm in
D/A
When the only thing that makes me cry
A G A D
Is the kindness in my baby's eye
LEAD: A/C Bm F#m/A G D A 2x
D A/C Bm
Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder
F#m/A G
Where the years have gone
G A D
They have all passed under
A Bm D/C
Sleep's dark and silent gate
G A D
I found my love today
G A D
I found my love today
G A D
(I found my love) I found my love today
G A D
(I found my love) Don't know where I'm goin', don't know where I've been
G A D
(I found my love) I found my love today