The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

[Intro]
   C               Em
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D|-----2---------|-------------------| 
A|-3-------------|-----2-------------| 
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[Verse 1]
      F  F           F  F               C   C       C   C
This here is the place where I will be stayin'
F  F                           F  F                     C  C           C  C
There isn't a number you can call on the payphone, let it ring a long,long,
long, long time
F  F         F  F            Am  Am            C  C
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back let it ring some more
F  F        F  F            C   C              C  C
[Untranscribable Stipe yodel]
     F  F            F  F                    Am  Am                       C C
If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil

[Chorus 1]
D    G  C  Am (x3)
C  Em

[Verse 2]
          F  F                 F  F                       C  C        C   C
There's scratches all around the coinslot, like a heartbeat baby, tryin' to
wake up
F  F           F  F        C  C           C  C
But this machine can only swallow money, you can't lay a patch by computer
design
F  F        F  F      Am  Am        C  C
With just alot of stupid, stupid signs
F  F        F  F      C  C          C  C
["Tell her" yodeled]
F  F          F  F        C  C         C  C
Tell her she can kiss my ass and laugh and say that you were
F  F                           F  F             Am  Am
Only kidding, that way she'll know that it's really, really, really,
          C C
really me

[Chorus 2]
D    G  C  Am (x3)
C  Em

[Verse 3]
       F  F                         F  F            C  C
Baby eat some soup, does it really grab me today I need something more
C  C
sub-stub-sub-substantial
F  F               F  F                         C  C         C  C
A can of beans, some black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
     F  F                 F  F                 Am  Am            C C
A candy bar, a fall(*en/in'*) star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss

[Chorus 3]
D    G  C  Am (x3)
C  Em


[Bridge]
   Bm              Bm               Am               Am
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B|-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--| 
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| 
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A|-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------| 
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Bm               Bm                   Am             Am
The cat in the hat came back, and wrecked alot of havoc
Bm                                     Bm      Am       Am
On the way, always had a smile and a reason to pretend
Bm                                     Bm           Am                    C
That their world, was flat back brown, too little, need to sleep but to dream
                Em            Em
The sidewinder sleeps on his back

[Outro]
D    G  C  Am (x3)

  C                Em
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B|-------------1-|-0-------0-----| 
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A|-3-------------|-2-------2-----| 
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[Instrumental] (x3)
D    G  C  Am (x3)
C  Em

[Bridge]
C         Em                D       D
We got a boogy-woogy groove on this one

[Chorus]
D  D/F# D           D/F#        G5      C9   G5                 Am
   Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D  D/F# D           D/F#        G5      C9   G5                 Am
   Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her
D  D/F# D           D/F#        G5      C9   G5                 Am
   Call me when you try to wake her up, call me when you try to wake her