Sleep Sweet Sleep Copyright 2003 Stan Lyness   up-tempo 4/4 male + female voices (or just male)	broadband listen
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C
  Sure we should discuss
F
  our relationship,
C
  what it means to us,
F
  an' where we're takin' it.
G                      G7
 Let's overanalyze our feelings, then
Am                        ( F     C )
 let's explore our feelings once again,
      G7                              Dm
But before we start the baring of and caring for the soul,
    Am                     C6
two physical needs must be brought under control:
   ( F           G7 )      ( F            G7 )
One: love, sweet love, gonna take us on a ride
     Am                        ( F )          C
Two: sleep, sweet sleep, waitin' on the other side.


C
  Sure I'd love to hear
F
  all about your day
C
  and the trials and tears
F
  all along the way,
G                               G7
 and you're so sweet to urge me to retell,
Am                     ( F      C )
 horrors from my working day of hell,

    G7                           Dm
But once we get started it could take us all night,
              Am                           C6
'n' we're too jazzed to do it justice, too tired to do it right
   ( F           G7 )         ( F )         ( G7    G9)
'til love, sweet love, comes to take us for a ride
   Am                        ( F )         C
to sleep, sweet sleep, waitin' on the other side.


INSTRUMENTAL VERSE

We'll take the time to say all the things that must be said,
once we've tackled two important tasks, both involving bed:
     ( F           G7 )      ( F )        ( G7    G9 )
First, love, sweet love, gonna take us on a ride
to sleep, sweet sleep, waitin' on the other side.


No, I couldn't say
how the sofa'd look
turned the other way
or in the upstairs nook,
no, you're right, we never can be sure,
'til we've rearranged the furniture,

but first, two needs just need to be expressed
 - there's stuff I just must get off of your chest -
  ( F           G7 )         ( F )         ( G7    G9 )
let love, sweet love, come an' take us for a ride
to sleep, sweet sleep, waitin' on the other side.


INSTRUMENTAL HALF VERSE

There's no better time for me and you
to attack our list of things to do

And we certainly can give them the attention they require
once we've cleared agenda items whose priorities are higher:
     ( F           G7 )      ( F )        ( G7    G9 )
First, love, sweet love, gonna take us on a ride
to sleep, sweet sleep, waitin' on the other side.


CODA:
I'm so wild 'bout my lovin' I'll do foreplay if I hafta
'cause the only thing sweeter is rollin' over after
( F           G7 )          ( F            G7 )
  love, sweet love, comes to' take us on a ride
to sleep, sweet sleep, waitin' on the other side.