This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
- T-rev
"SLEEP, SLEEP" by Claire Holley www.claireholley.com
From Downstream: A Weathervane Compilation (1998)
Rerecorded for her 2001 self-titled album
Written by Claire Chamblin Holley
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Capo 8th fret.
INTRO: G D/F# G D/F#
Em % A %
G D/F# G D/F#
Em % A % A4 %
D /C# /B /A
There's a fire just over the plain
G % A %
The captain of the show has gone for the day
D /C# /B /A
But leave this one to me, love
G % A % [REPEAT INTRO]
I'll put it out before you wake
D /C# /B /A
There's a time and a place for the sun
G % A %
But the stretlamp tonight has finally won
D /C# /B /A
And it shines so soft through the pines
G % A % G D/F# G D/F#
And plays with your face as you there lie
G D/F# G D/F#
Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep
Em7 % A4 %
I don't want these noises bothering you
G D/F# G D/F#
Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep
Em7 % A4 % %
You're so beautiful when you're gone
% *
When you sleep
SOLO: D /C# /B /A
G % A %
D /C# /B /A
G % A % % %
D /C# /B /A
There's a man on the night radio
G % A %
And he's played all the songs from Betty to Joe
D /C# /B /A
Now it's old Ray Charles on piano
G % A % G D/F# G D/F#
Singing scratchy and low of a love gone away
G D/F# G D/F#
Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep
Em7 % A4 %
I don't want these noises bothering you
G D/F# G D/F#
Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep
Em7 % A4 % %
You're so beautiful when you're gone
% *
When you sleep
OUTRO: D /C# /B /A
G % A %
D /C# /B /A
Em % A %
D /C# /B /A
Em % A % % %
G D/F# G D/F# G D/F#
Transcribed 2023-07-21 by T-rev
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3x0230 G6sus2
2x0230 Dadd9/F#
02x030 Em7
x02230 Asus4
xx0230 Dsus2
x4x230 D/C#
x2x230 D/B
x0x230 D/A
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