Sleepwalkin Chords
by Rhett Miller
Sleepwalkin by Rhett Miller is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, G, D, A, Bm and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
Em G D A
Em G
D
She was a genius
She won awards and stuff
Bm A
I was intimidated
D
She had a prominent nose
She took off all her clothes
Bm A
I was infatuated
G Gm D
The love we'd share would go no where
D
But it would be none the less
G Gm D A
The time we spent I don't know where it went
D
We took the monorail
We had a pint of ale
Bm A
I got a little buzz on
D
Her movie made me cry
I could not tell her why
Bm A
Might be the pills I was on
G Gm D
I long to be the man that she
D
Wanted to be with
G Gm D A
The time we spent I don't know where it went
Em G
Don't mind me
D
I'm just sleep walking
A
Sleep walking
Em G
Don't mind me
Verse Chords x2 (D Bm A)
D
The night we broke it off
I had a lousy cough
Bm A
I had no strength to argue
D
I knew I'd rue the day
I let you slip away
Bm A
My genius, where are you
G Gm D
The love we had was small and sad
D
Like everything in my life
G Gm D A
The time we spent I don't know where it went
Em G
Don't mind me
D
I'm just sleep walking
A
Sleep walking
Em G
Don't mind me
D
I'm just sleep walking
A
Sleep walking
Em G
Don't mind me
D
I'm just sleep walking
A
Sleep walking
Em G
Don't mind me
D
(If anyone was curious, Rhett wrote this song about indie film director Lynn Shelton.
He said he was having trouble figuring out what to write about and flipped to a random
page in a magazine. It happened to be her and he had seen her movie she made.
For the record, I think Rhett would like to clarify, for the sake of his marriage,
he has never met Lynn Shelton. Let me know I messed anything up.
Happy playing)