The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

[Otro]
D    G  C  Am (x3)

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[Instrumental] (x3)
D    G  C  Am (x3)
C  Em

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

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