I Slept All Night By My Lover
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Afinação: D A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
by Greg Brown from "In the Dark with You"
Drop-D tuning
D A D G B E
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Gmaj9 0 5 4 0 3 5
Am x 0 2 2 1 0
C6 x 2 0 0 3 0
Em7 x 3 0 0 5 0
C x 3 2 0 1 0
Em9 5 x 4 0 3 0
[Intro]
Gmaj9 Am C6 Em7 C6
Am Gmaj9
Am Gmaj9
[Verse 1]
Gmaj9 Am
Lookin out my window, glad to see another dawn
C6 Em7 C6 Am Gmaj9 Am Gmaj9
A few cars strugglin through the snow
Gmaj9 Am
It's so hard to believe it could all be here and gone
C6 Em7 C6 Am Gmaj9 Am Gmaj9
So quickly that we wouldn't even know
C Em9 Am Gmaj9 Am Gmaj9
And I slept all night by my lover
[Verse 2]
Gmaj9 Am
She trembles in her sleep, deep in a bad dream
C6 Em7 C6 Am Gmaj9 Am Gmaj9
I touch her brow and she ceases shaking
Gmaj9 Am
Why should I sleep with such a lovely watch to keep
C6 Em7 C6 Am Gmaj9 Am Gmaj9
In an hour or so the children will be waking
C Em9 Am Gmaj9 Am Gmaj9
And I slept all night by my lover
[Verse 3]
Gmaj9 Am
Madmen with guns stalk the deer at night
C6 Em7 C6 Am Gmaj9 Am Gmaj9
And bring down the dark the whole world over
Gmaj9 Am
Even in my dreams, I see their shining eyes
C6 Em7 C6 Am Gmaj9 Am Gmaj9
And they pierce me and leave me with no cover
C Em9 Am Gmaj9 Am Gmaj9
And I slept all night by my lover
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
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