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Sleeping Sickness

City And Colour
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Verse}
I awoke only to find my lungs empty and through the night
so it seems I'm not breathing and now my dreams
and I'm breaking down, i think I'm breaking down
and I'm afraid to sleep because of what haunts me
such as living with the uncertainty
that I'll never find the words to say
which would completely explain, just how I'm breaking down
{section: Chorus}
I've become a simple souvenir of someone's kill and like the sea
I'm constantly changing from calm to ill
as if the great divide could swallow me whole
oh how I'm breaking down
Play Chorus
Bride
Guitar 1
{sot}Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------10-----------|
B|----8-7-5--8-7-5-------------------10sbu12---12bd10-5h8-|
G|---------7------7--7/9----------7-----------------------|{eot}
{sot}D|-5/7-------------------7/9~-9-10--9---------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|{eot}
{sot}e|--------------------------------------10-----------7h8p7-----------|{eot}
{sot}B|-5\3/5--------5h8-7--8/10p8h10-10bu12---12bd10-8-10-----10-8\7h8p7-|
G|------7-4h7~-7-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|{eot}
{sot}e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------8~-10p8-8-10sbu12-|
G|-9p7-------------------------------------------------9----------|{eot}
{sot}D|----9\7-5---5-7-9\7-5-5-9\7-5--9\7--5h7sbu9~--------------------|
A|----------7----------7-------7----7-----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|{eot}
{sot}e|----------------------------------------|
B|-12bd10--10p8p7-5-3/5-------------------|
G|----------------------7-----------------|
D|-----------------------9\7-5-5~---------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|{eot}

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Arrangement source for Sleeping Sickness by City And Colour

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
Intro [Em] - [C] - [G] - [G/f#] - [Em] - [C] - [G]

{section: Verse}
[G/f#]  [Em]         [C]        [G]              [G/f#]        [Em]
I awoke only to find my lungs empty and through the night
        [C]          [G]              [G/f#]  [Em]
so it seems I'm not breathing and now my dreams
are nothing l[C]ike they were m[G]eant to be
         [G/f#]     [Em]            [C]          [G]
and I'm breaking down, i think I'm breaking down
   [G/f#]    [Em]               [C]             [G]
and I'm afraid to sleep because of what haunts me
[G/f#]   [Em]         [C]         [G]
 such as living with the uncertainty
  [G/f#]     [Em]                      [C]
that I'll never find the words to say
           [G]               [G/f#] [Em]            [C]          [G]  [G]/[F#]**
which would completely explain,   just how I'm breaking down

{section: Chorus}
[Gm]someone come, s[Em]omeone come and s[C]ave my life
maybe I'll sl[Gm]eep when I am d[Em]ead
but now it's like the n[C]ight is taking sides
and [Gm]all the worries[Em] that occupy the b[C]ack of my mind
could it b[Gm]e this mise[Em]ry will suff[C]ice?

[Em] - [C] - [G] - [G/f#] - [Em] - [C] - [G]

[G/f#]    [Em]               [C]      [G]                  [G/f#]       [Em]
I've become a simple souvenir of someone's kill and like the sea
                [C]        [G]               [G/f#]
I'm constantly changing from calm to ill
ma[Em]dness fills my heart and so[C]ul
     [G]                           [G/f#]      [Em]
as if the great divide could swallow me whole
            [C]         [G]    [G/f#]**
oh how I'm breaking down

Play Chorus

Bride

Guitar 1
[Gm] - [Em] - [C] - [C] x4 (Chorus Chords with same progression)
[Em] - [C] - [G] - [G/f#] - [Em] - [C] - [G] - [G]/[F#]**

{sot}Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------10-----------|
B|----8-7-5--8-7-5-------------------10sbu12---12bd10-5h8-|
G|---------7------7--7/9----------7-----------------------|{eot}
{sot}D|-5/7-------------------7/9~-9-10--9---------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|{eot}

{sot}e|--------------------------------------10-----------7h8p7-----------|{eot}
{sot}B|-5\3/5--------5h8-7--8/10p8h10-10bu12---12bd10-8-10-----10-8\7h8p7-|
G|------7-4h7~-7-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|{eot}

{sot}e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------8~-10p8-8-10sbu12-|
G|-9p7-------------------------------------------------9----------|{eot}
{sot}D|----9\7-5---5-7-9\7-5-5-9\7-5--9\7--5h7sbu9~--------------------|
A|----------7----------7-------7----7-----------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|{eot}

{sot}e|----------------------------------------|
B|-12bd10--10p8p7-5-3/5-------------------|
G|----------------------7-----------------|
D|-----------------------9\7-5-5~---------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|{eot}

[Gm]someone come, s[Em]omeone come and s[C]ave my life (save my life)
[Gm]someone come, s[Em]omeone come and s[C]ave my life (save my life)
[Gm]someone come, s[Em]omeone come and s[C]ave my life
could it b[Gm]e this mise[Em]ry will suff[C]ice?

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