Let Me Sleep Beside You Chords
by David Bowie
Let Me Sleep Beside You by David Bowie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Bb, Gm and Eb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Main Riff
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----1---1---1-3-|
E|-1h3-1h3-1h3----|
F C
Du du du du du du du du dum dum
F C
Du du dum
Verse 1
C Bb F C
Baby, baby brush the dust of youth from off your shoulder
C Bb F C
Because the years of threading daisies lie behind you now
C Bb F C
Don't return to fields of green where rainbow secrets were told
C Bb F C
Place your ragged doll with all the toys and paints and beads
Gm F C
I will show you gain where the winner never wins
Bb F C
Let your hair hang down
Bb F C
Wear the dress your Mother wore
Bb F C
Let me sleep beside you
F C
Du du du du du du du du dum dum
F C
Du du dum
Verse 2
C Bb F C
Lock away your childhood and throw away the key
C Bb F C
For now the streets and city sounds will burn your eyes as coals
C Bb F C
You shall drink the oldest wine and velvet skies will linger
C Bb F C
Child, you're a woman now your heart and soul are free
Gm F C
I will hold a lighted lamp and we shall walk together
Bridge
Bb C Bb C
Your darkened eyes close free but your lips are void of mystery
F Eb Bb F
You could not imagine that it could happen this way...could you
Horns
C Bb F C
C Bb F C
Gm F C
I will give you dreams and I'll tell you things you'd like to hear
Bb F C
Let your hair hang down
Bb F C
Wear the dress your Mother wore
Bb F C
Let me sleep beside you
F C
Du du du du du du du du dum dum
F C
Du du dum
Bb F C
Let me sleep beside you
Main riff (x4)