Sleeping In The Shade Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]
[Bb]Hit[Dm]
[C]him, quick as a gun,
Hit him, quick as a gun,
[Csus4]Hit him, [Bb]quick as a gun ,[Dm]
Hit [Bb]him,[Dm]
[C]Sleepin' in the shade on a
summer's day,
Dreamin' about a friend who went
[G]earthly to a [C]grave,
Now she's [Bb]under a tree
and out [Dm]of the sun
In a place depressed from
a world far gone
Coming [C]up in life, doing what she liked
[Am]Had [C]her head on right with
her goals [G]in sight
[C]Where [Csus4]light, where lo[Bb]ve,
on [Dm]earth and above
I rose without thorns from a puddle of mud
She was [C]20 and I was 18
Had our classes together at
LACC
She [Csus4]was always drawing [Bb]shoes
instead [Dm]of flowers and reeds
And just a couple years later,
people wore them shoes on their feet
[C]Hit and run, quick as a gun
Hit and run, quick as a gun
[Bb]Hit and run, quick as a gun
[Dm]Hit and run
Sleep[C]ing in the shade on
a summer's [Dm]day
[C]Dreaming about a friend
who went [G]early to a [Bb]grave
Now she's under a tree
and out [Dm]of the sun
In place to rest from a world far gone
Slip[C]pin' in the shade on a summer [Am]day[C]
[Csus4][Bb][C][Dm]
[C]
[Csus4][C][Dm]
[C][Dm]
She [C]taught me about living,
laughing and loving
During [Dm]lunch I was at
her mom's apartment
Dream [Bb]hard and play [F]hard and love [C]hard
and work hard [Dm]and love hard and dream hard
Her [C]soul and spirit had a
strong effect on me
But [Dm]soon I started doing what I love,
[Csus4]wandering[Dm]
[C]I remember her laugh,
white teeth [G]and olive skin
And [C]her favorite [G]line, live this life to win
[C]When [Csus4]I saw her[Bb],
before I [Dm]left on my journey
[C]She told me [Dm]fly high and send
me [Bb]across in time
[C]Sleeping in the shade on
a summer's day
Dream[Dm]ing about a f[Bb]riend
who went early to her grave
Now she's under a tree and out of the sun
In a place [Dm]to rest, I'm a world far gone
Sleep[C]ing in the shade
on a summer day
Sleep[Csus4]ing in the shade[Bb]
on a [C]summer [Dm]day
Sleep[C]ing in the shade
on a summer day
Sleep[Csus4]ing in the shade[Bb]
on [C]a summer [Dm]day
Got [C]a letter in
Lisbon, six months later
But [Dm]it wasn't from her,
it was [C]from her brother
Said [Dm]on her birthday,
friends asked [C]her out
El
[Dm]Cho lo on
Weston, [C]her favorite, without doubt
Margaritas for margarita,
or vegetarian fajitas
Happy [Dm]birthday sung [C]in
Spanish by iridescent señoritas
[Csus4]Blew out the [Dm]candles
and laughed out loud
Said I got something in the car,
I wanna show you all
[C]But on our way back to the lot, walking the cross[Dm]walk,
got taken out with a truck that didn't even [C]stop
As he [Am]dragged it down [C]the block[Dm]
[C]A young, beautiful life, age 24,[G]
re[Dm]duced to three bumps on a [C]truck's floorboard
Hit and [Am]run, [C]quick as a [Dm]gun
[C]Hit and [Am]run, quick as a gun
Sleep[C]ing in the shade on
a summer's day
Slip[Csus4]pin' in the shade
on a [C]summer's
[Dm]Slippin'[C] in the shade
on a summer's day
Slip[Csus4]pin' in the shade
[Bb]on a[Dm] summer's day
Slip[C]pin' in the shade on
a summer's day
Slip[Csus4]pin' in the shade on a[Bb] summe[Dm]r's day[C]
[G][Csus4]
[C][Dm]
[C]
[Bb][Csus4][Dm][Bb][Dm]
[C]
[Dm][Bb][Dm]
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