While You Were Sleeping Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][G][C][G][Am][G][C][G][Am]

[Verse 1]
While [G]you
were sleep[C]ing your ba[G]bies [Am]grew
[G]The stars [C]shined and
[G]the shadows [Am]moved
[G]Time [C]flew [G]the phone [Am]rang
There [G]was a si[C]lence when
the kit[G]chen sang
[Am]Its song[G]s competed[C] like
[G]kids [Am]for space
[G]We stared for [C]hours in
[G]our maker?s [Am]face
They gave [G]us pick[C]s
said "go [G]mine the [Am]sun
And [G]go [C]gold and come back
[G]when you're [C]done"
[G]Uh [C]oh[G][Am]

[Verse 2]
While [G]you [C]were sleeping
[G]you tossed you [Am]turned
[G]You rolled your [C]eyes as the [G]world [Am]burned
The [G]heavens [C]fell the [G]earth [Am]quaked
I [G]thought [C]you must be but
you wer[G]en't [Am]awake, no
[G]You were dream[C]ing you ig
[G]nored [Am]the sun
You grew [G]your power [C]garden
for your little [G]ones[Am]
And [G]you found [C]brides for them
on [G]Christmas [Am]Eve
They [G]hung young [C]Cain from the [G]Adam [C]trees
[G]And dan[C]ced uh [G]oh[Am][G][C][G][Am]
While you were sleep[E]ing
I tossed and I [Am]turned too
I closed my [Dm]eyes but the future
[G]burned through
The planet [C]turned a hair [F]grey
as I relived [E]the day

[Verse 3]
[E]
While [G]you were [C]sleeping
the money [G]died[Am]
Ma[G]chines were [C]harmless
and the [G]earth [Am]sighed
[G]The[C] wind you swe[G]pt sou[Am]nd and
[G]grav[C]ity brought my [G]love
[Am]Around
[G]The oceans [C]rose sang [G]about de[Am]cay
The [G]witches [C]flew and the mer
[G]maids [Am]stayed
[G]Full [C]of dreams you over[G]slept
[Am]In keeping with the [G]quiet
[C]through the[G] walls I cre[Am]pt
I [G]walked on [C]tip-toes sent sent
[G]darkness [Am]swirling over all
[G]The kitchen
[C]In the ear[G]ly morning[C]
[G]Uh oh uh [C]oh[G]

[Verse 4]
[Am]I'll never catch up to[E] you
who sleep so [Am]sound
My yawns [Dm]are useless my
heart beats too [G]loud
To go to [C]sleep my mind's
too [F]proud to bow out
[E]While you were sle[G]ep
[C]ing the [G]time [Am]changed
[G]All your [C]things were [G]rearranged
[Am]Your[G] vampire mirro[C]rs face to[G] face[Am]
They [G]saw [C]forever out [G]into [Am]space
[G]and found you dream[C]ing
[G]In black and white
[Am]While it r[G]ained in all t[C]he
colors [G]of the [C]night
[G]Uh [C]oh [G]uh oh[Am]

[Verse 5]
I watched [E]the tv?s memor[Am]ies
champion [Dm]ships vanish to [G]sea
Can [C]it be my honey
[F]between you [E]and me
[G]So [C]I waited for the [G]riddled [Am]sky
to [G]be solved [C]again by
[G]Sunrise
[Am]And I made[G] a death[C] soup [G]for life[Am]
[G]For my [C]father?s ill [G]widowed [Am]wife
Did you have [E]that strangest
dream before you woke
[Am]'Cause in your gown you
[Dm]had the butter[D]fly [G]stroke
Did it escape [C]you like some half-told joke
[F]joke
When you reached for
your plume of smoke
[E]

[Verse 6]
And [G]it'll [C]haunt you my [G]honey bee
[Am]Anyone who's [G]anyone [C]has
that [G]same [Am]dream
[G]Were you fall[C]ing [G]were [Am]you flying
and were [G]you call[C]ing
Out [G]or were you dy[Am]ing
But thank [G]god you're up
[C]now let's [G]stay this [Am]way
Else there'll [G]be no [C]mornings
and no [G]more [Am]days
'Cause [G]when we?re [C]dreaming
the ba[G]bies grow
[Am]The star[G]s shin[C]e and the shad[G] ows[Am] flow
[G]Time [C]flies the [G]phone [Am]rings there
[G]is a si[C]lence
When everybody [G]tries to
[C]sing[G][C][G][Am]
[G]Uh [C]oh [G]uh[Am][G][C][G][Am][G][C][G]
[Am]oh[G]

[Outro 1]
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