Sleeping In My Car

 (Words & music by Per Gessle)


     Start with figure 1
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|----------7---9--7--------------
A|---7---9----9-------7------7-9--
E|-9---9-------------------9------
E|----------|      
B|----------|      
G|----------| Play 
D|7--9-7----| x2   
A|-------7--|      
E|----------|      

     Then
E|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|-----------| 
D|-----------| 
A|---7---9---| 
E|-9---9-----| 

     The chords for the verse are 
barred at these frets
 F# - 2, E - 0, B - 2, D - 5

 F#m
 I'll tell you what I've done
 E
 I'll tell you what I'll do
      F#m                  D
 Been driving all night just to get 
close to you
 F#m                       E
 Baby babe - I'm moving so fast
                   B   D
 You'd better come on

 F#m
 The moon is alright
 E
 The freeway's heading South
    F#m
 My Heart is going Boom!
 D
 There's a strange taste in my mouth
 F#m                          E
 Baby babe - I'm moving real fast
                B   D
 So try to hold on

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 Try to hold on!


     The chords for the chorus are 
barred at these frets
 F# - 9, C# - 9, D# - 6, B - 7

                F#           C#
 Sleeping in my car - I will undress
 you
                D#m          B
 Sleeping in my car - I will caress 
you
                F#              C#
 Staying in the back seat of my 
         B   C#
car making up


     Repeat figure 1
     Here is the chorus rhythm

    F#m
 So come out tonight
 E
 I'll take you for a ride
 F#m
 This steamy ol' wagon
 D
 The radio is getting wild
 F#m                        E
 Baby babe we're moving so fast
               B   D
 I try to hang on

 Try to hang on!


 Sleeping in my car - I will undress
 you
 Sleeping in my car - I will caress 
you
 Staying in the back seat of my car 
making love, oh yea!

 Sleeping in my car - I will posess 
you
 Sleeping in my car - certainly 
bless you
 Laying in the back seat of my car 
making up

     No guitar over this bit

 The night is so pretty and so young
 The night is so pretty and so young
 So very young

     Then
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|----------7---9--7--------------
A|---7---9----9-------7------7-9--
E|-9---9-------------------9------
E|-----------| 
B|-----------| 
G|-----------| 
D|7--9-7-----| 
A|-------7---| 
E|-----------| 

E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|----------7---9--7--------------
A|---7---9----9-------7------7-9--
E|-9---9-------------------9------
E|----------| 
B|----------| 
G|----------| 
D|-7-6------| 
A|-----9----| 
E|----------| 

     The rest is just choruses

 Sleeping in my car - I will undress
 you
 Sleeping in my car - I will caress 
you
 Staying in the back seat of my car 
making love to you

 Sleeping in my car - I will posess 
you
 Sleeping in my car - certainly 
bless you
 Laying in the back seat of my car 
making up

 I will undress you
 I will undress you

     F#          C#           B
 The night is so pretty and so young