I Wish I Could Sleep Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Gsus4][C][Gsus4][C][Bm][Em]
[Am][G]

[Verse 1]
Close down [C]the curb,
[Gsus4]pull down the blinds[G]
Took a sleepin' [C]pill to
[Gsus4]help sleep come to my mind
[G]Cause it's thr[C]ee a .m. and
[Bm]I'm wide awake
Think[Am]in' of you again
[G]How you sai[C]d goodbye and like sui[Bm]cide
My [Am]love life came to
an unexpected [D]en [C]d[D]
Oh, [G]one and two, [Bm]three and four,
[Em]I'm just countin' [C]sheep
Oh [Bm]Lord, I [Am]wish I could sleep
[G]Five and six and [Bm]seven and eight,
[Em]I'm still countin' sheep
[C]Oh, [Bm]love, I [Am]wish that I could
[G]sleep[F][Gsus4]
[G]I felt happy F[Gsus4]ri day
When I heard you [G]say
That you'd like to [C]be
[Gsus4]The man I'll [C]marry somed[G]ay
Now it's [C]4 a .m. and it's T[Bm]uesday night
My [Am]life is filled with [G]gloom
I can't [C]understand how my [Bm]lifetime plans
Are [Am]ending so fast all in just one
af[C]ternoon[D][C][D]
Oh, [G]one and two, [Bm]three and four
[Em]I'm just counting sheep
[C]Oh Lor[Bm]d, how I w[Am]ish that I could sle[G]ep
Five and six and seven and [Em]eight,
I'm still counting [C]sheep
Oh [Bm]Lord, I [Am]wish that I could
[G]sleep[Gsus4]
[Bm]I want to sleep to escape from
real[Em]ity and in m[Bm]y dreams
I can make believe
that you're [Em]still here with [D]me,
yeah [C]the way that it used to [D]be
[G]1 and 2 and 3[Bm] and 4,
[Em]I'm just counting sheep
[C]Oh Lor[Bm]d, I wis[Am]h I could sle[G]ep
5 and 6 and [Bm]7 and 8,
[Em]I'm still counting sheep
[C]Oh Lor[Bm]d, I wis[Am]h I could sle[G]ep
[C]Oh Lor[G]d, I w[Bm]ish [Am]I could sleep
[G]Won[C]'t somebody hel[Bm]p me now
[Am]Won't somebody help me