Sleep of the Just Elvis Costello
Sleep of the Just<br/> <br/> G Bm<br/> The soldier asked my name and did I come here very often<br/> Em C<br/> Well I thought that he was asking me to dance<br/> G Bm<br/> In my holy coat and hat and him in his red bonnet<br/> Em C<br/> We'd have made a lovely couple but we never had the chance<br/> <br/> [chorus:]<br/> G C<br/> And now you say that you've got to go<br/> G C<br/> Well if you must you must<br/> G C D G C G D<br/> I suppose that you need the sleep of the just<br/> <br/> Well it was a powerful day and there were black crows in the road<br/> And I kept my strong opinions to my chest<br/> I suppose I should have told them that I was on fire for you<br/> When the bus burst into flames outside some place, 'The Poet's Rest'<br/> <br/> [Repeat chorus; come out like this:] G C G G7<br/> <br/> C Bm<br/> A girl woke up in a naked light and said <br/> C G<br/> He even looked like her brother in the army but she never mentions him<br/> B7 Em<br/> He'll be tucked up in his bed tonight with his dirty-pictures girl<br/> C <br/> Saying, 'You're some mother's daughter you know or is it <br/> <br/> D D/C D/B D/A<br/> immaterial girl?'<br/> <br/> Now she's pinned up upon the barracks wall in her home town<br/> All the soldiers taking turns with their attentions<br/> And as they speculate what she'd look like beneath that thin nightgown<br/> His family pride was rising up as he cast his eyes down<br/> <br/> [Last chorus: come out of it with Em then repeat verse chords<br/> to fade]<br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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