O Sleep Chords
O Sleep by Lisa Hannigan is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, E7, Ab, Fm6, G, F, A, Am, C/E, Baug, Am7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C
C E7 Ab C
O Sleep, come for me I will go quietly
Fm6 C E7
where the roof doesn’t leak in my heart
C E7 Ab C
O Sleep, come for me I’m a boat, sprung a leak
Fm6 C G
I’ll hide and you’ll seek a new start
F C Ab C
for me. Until dawn I’ll be too gone
C A G G
to care how grey the day is
Am C/E F
The dreams that it chases away
C E7 C
they stay asleep.
Baug C Baug C
C E7 Ab C
O Sleep, come for me I will come willingly
Fm6 C E7
like a leaf from a tree in October
C E7 Ab C
O Sleep, come for me I wait hopefully
Fm6 C G
I was drunk on a dream now I’m sober
F C Ab C
From now until dawn it can’t be too long
C A G G
for me, I count the hours
Am C/E F C
‘til I sleep with your feet by my feet
Am Am7 F F
Am C D D
Am Am7 F F
Am C D D
F C Ab C
From now until dawn it can’t be too long
C A G G
for me, I count the hours
Am C/E F C
‘til I sleep with your feet by my feet
C E7 C
your breath on my cheek, asleep
C Baug C Baug C