Sleep When I'm Dead chords and lyrics - THE CURE

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[Verse 1]
[Am]"Sleep when [Em]I'm dead, you [Dm]angels"
"I'll [Am]sleep [C]when I'm [Am]dead"
I [Bm]said[Am]
"Sleep when I'm dead, you [Em]an g[F]els
"I'll [Am]sleep when I'm dead"
I [Dm]said[Bm][Em]
[Am]"Sleep when I'm dead, you angels"

[Interlude 1]
But until then"
[Am][Dm][Bm][Am][C][Em][Am][Dm][Bm][Am][C]
[Em][Am][Dm][D][Bm][Am][C][Em][Am][D][Bm][Am]
[C][Em]
[Am]They told

[Verse 2]
me I would live [D]forever
If [Bm]I kept it [Am]clean[C][Em]
[Am]They said I would be [D]the chosen one
[Bm]If I too[Am]k one for the tea[C]m[Em][Am]

[Verse 3]
Yeah, it's the [D]only [Bm]way to be[Am]
Never [C]think it [Em]isn't [Am]fair
That's [Bm]a green- eyed panic [Am]climb
To the [C]edge of [Em]nowhere

[Verse 4]
Give [Dm]it to the chicken
And see [Bm]if it ticks
Yeah, [G]give it to the kitten
And see [Em]if it sits
Then [F]give it to the wonderful
Won[G]derful me
And I [Am]will tell on my return
The way it is
[G]With all the happy boys an [Am]d girls
Yeah, the [Dm]whole [Bm]h- h- happy worl[Am]d
And the [C]love they [Em]feel [Am]for me
Yeah, the [D]love [Bm]they feel [Am]for m[C]e[Em]
[Am]"Sleep

[Verse 5]
when I'm dead, you [Dm]angels"
[Bm]"I'll [Am]sleep when I'm dead" I said
"Sleep when I'm dead, you [Dm]angels"
[Bm]"I'll slee[Am]p when I'm
dead" I [C]said[Em]

[Verse 6]
They [Am]told me I could run the [Bm]world
If I kept it [Am]quiet[C][Em]
[Am]They said I could be the m[D]an
[Bm]If I too[Am]k it out of sigh[C]t[Am]

[Verse 7]
In [D]a monkey [Bm]suit [Am]again
Having [C]fun with [Em]all your f[Am]riends
How [D]a cas[Bm]ual hour can [Am]pull
All this [C]world to [Em]pieces

[Verse 8]
[Dm]Give it to the bunny
And see [Bm]if she kicks
Yeah, [G]give it to the puppy
And [Em]see if he sticks
Then give [F]it to the wonderful
[G]Wonderful me
I'll let you [Am]know when I get back
Just how it [G]is with all the
other boys [Am]and girls
Yeah, [G]the whole, w- [C], other [Am]world

[Verse 9]
And the [G]way it [C]stirs in[Am]side
And the [G]why it never [C]burns at [Am]night
And the [G]way they [C]make the [Am]climb
And the [G]why they never [C]pray
for [Am]time
And the way I [C]show sur[Am]prise
And the why I [G]never close [C]my [Am]eyes
Yeah, [G]just how it is
[Am]"Sleep

[Verse 10]
when I'm dead, you [G]angels"
"I'll [F]sleep when I'm
dead" I [Dm]said[Em]
[Am]"Sleep when I'm dead, you [G]angels"
"I'll [F]sleep when I'm
dead" I [Dm]said[D][Em]
[E]"Sl[Am]eep when I'm dead, you ang[G]els"
"I'll [F]sleep when I'm
dead" I [Dm]said[Em]
[Am]"Sleep when I'm dead, you [G]angels"
"I'll [F]sleep when I'm [Dm]dead"
[Bm]But unti[Em]l then[Am]"

[Verse 11]
[Am]I sh[F]ould[Am] at least feel tired,
I think
Before I lay me down to dream