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Tired of Sleeping Chords

Music by: Suzanne Vega
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[Intro 1]
[G]
[Am][C][F][G]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Oh Mom,
the [Am]dreams are not so [A]bad
[Am]It's just [A]that there's so much to do
[Am]And I'm tired of sleeping
[Em][C][Em]

[Verse 2]
[Em]Oh Mom, th[Am]e old man is telling
me something
[A]His eyes are wide and [Am]his mouth is thin
And I [Em]just can't hear [Am]what he's [Em]say ing

[Verse 3]
[G]Oh [Am]Mom,[C][F]
[G]I w[Am]onder
when I'll be waking
It's [C]just that there's so much to do
[F]And I'm tir[G]ed of sleeping

[Verse 4]
[Em]Oh Mom,
the [Am]kids are playing in [A]pennies
They're up to their knees in [Am]money
And the dirt of [Em]the churchyard [C]steps[Em]

[Verse 5]
[Em]Oh Mom, that m[Am]an he ripped out his lining
[A]He [Am]tore [A]out a piece of his b[Am]ody
To show us [Em]his "clean [C]quilted
[Em]heart"

[Interlude 1]
[G][Am][C][F]
[G]

[Verse 6]
[G]Oh [Am]Mom,[G]
[Am]I wonder when I'll be waking
It's [C]just that there's so much to do
[F]And I'm tired of sle[G]eping

[Interlude 2]
[G][E][Esus4][E]
[Esus4][E][Esus4][E][Esus4]
[E][Esus4][E]

[Verse 7]
[Em]Oh Mom, the bird o[Am]n the string
[Esus4]is hanging
[A]Her bones are twisting and [Am]dancing
She's fighting [Em]for her [C]small [Em]life

[Verse 8]
[G]Oh Mom, I [Am]wonder when I'll be waking
It's [C]just that there's so much to do
[F]And I'm tired of sleeping
[G]

[Verse 9]
[G]Oh [Am]Mom, I wonder
when I'll be waking
It's [C]just that there's so much to do
[F]And I'm tir[G]ed of sleeping

[Outro 1]
[Dsus4][G][Am]
[C][F][G]
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