Sleep Awake Chords
Sleep Awake by Mother Mother is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords A#, Dm, Asus4, A7, F and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro and Verse:
Pick or play chords as follows:
A# Dm
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|---(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)~-----|---(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)~-----|
|----0----0----0----0----0----0~------|----0----0----0----0----0----0~------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-1----1----1----1----1----1----------|-0----0----0----0----0----0----------|
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(let ring) (let ring)
A# Dm Asus4 A7
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|---(3)---(3)---(3)---(3)---(3)---(3)---(3)---(3)--|---(3)--(3)--(3)--(3)--(2)--(2)~-----|
|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|----0----0----0----0----0----0~------|
|-------------0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0------|-------------------------------------|
|-1-----1------------------------------------------|-0----0----0----0----0----0----------|
|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
(let ring)
Verse
A#
Protecting you
Dm
Protecting me
A# Dm Asus4 A7
I throw the evidence into a trunk and drop it in the sea
A#
Lie awake
Dm
I sleep awake
A# Dm
I sleep with one eye on the bedroom door,
Asus4 A7
The other on the cake
A#
Protecting me
Dm
Protecting you
A# Dm Asus4 A7
Carving away our fingerprints out of our fingertips until they're smooth
F
Lie awake
A7
I sleep awake
A# Dm
I sleep with one eye on my royal flush
Asus4
The other on the take
A7
I sleep awake
Verse
A#
Protecting this
Dm
Protecting that
A# Dm Asus4
Calling a deadbeat with his dead boat wrapped around his artifact
A7
Protecting that
A#
Lie awake
Dm
I sleep awake
A# Dm Asus4 A7
I sleep with one hand on my 45, the other 'round my baby's waist
F
Lie awake
A7
I sleep awake
A# Dm
I go to bed with all my lights turned on
Asus4
So I don't slip away
A7
I stay awake
A# Dm
Out on the street I keep a started car
Asus4 A7
Who only waits for me, conveniently
A#
Breakdown
F A Dm A# (repeat)
F A
Lie awake
Dm A#
I sleep awake
F A
Lie awake
Dm A#
I sleep awake
F A Dm A#
Ahhh...ahhh...
Outro Pick intro again
End with:
F
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|--------------1~--|
|-----------2------|
|--------3---------|
|-----3------------|
|--1---------------|
(let ring)