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How Do You Sleep? – John Lennon
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Written by: John Lennon
From: "Imagine" (1971)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS (basic tab for chorus pattern: see below)
E-A-D-G-B-e
Am/G 3-x-2-2-x-x
D5 x-x-0-2-3-x
C/D x-x-0-0-1-x
A5 x-0-2-2-x-x
G/A x-0-0-0-x-x
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[Verse]
Am Am/G F7
So Sgt. Pepper took you by surprise
E7 Am
You better see right through that mother's eyes
Am Am/G F7
Those freaks was right when they said you was dead
E7 Am
The one mistake you made was in your head
[Chorus]
| D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 |
Oooooooh [How do you sleep?]
| A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 |
How do you sleep?
| D C/D D | D C/D D | D C/D D | D C/D D |
Oooooooh [How do you sleep?]
| A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 |
How do you sleep at night?
[Verse]
Am Am/G F7
You live with straights who tell you you was king
E7 Am
Jump when your momma tell you anything
Am Am/G F7
The only thing you done was yesterday
E7 Am
And since you're gone you're just a-nother day
[Chorus]
| D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 |
Oooooooh [How do you sleep?]
| A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 |
How do you sleep?
| D C/D D | D C/D D | D C/D D | D C/D D |
Oooooooh [How do you sleep?]
| A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 |
How do you sleep at night?
[Solo] (slide)
| Am | Am/G | F7 | % | % | % |
| E7 | % | Am | % |
| Am | Am/G | F7 | % | % | % |
| E7 | % | Am | % |
[Chorus]
| D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 |
Oooooooh [How do you sleep?]
| A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 |
How do you sleep?
| D C/D D | D C/D D | D C/D D | D C/D D |
Oooooooh [How do you sleep?]
| A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 |
How do you sleep at night?
[Verse]
Am Am/G F7
A pretty face may last a year or two
E7 Am
But pretty soon they'll see what you can do
Am Am/G F7
The sound you make is muzak to my ears
E7 Am
You must-a learned something in all those years
[Chorus]
| D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 | D5 C/D D5 |
Oooooooh [How do you sleep?]
| A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 |
How do you sleep?
| D C/D D | D C/D D | D C/D D | D C/D D |
Oooooooh [How do you sleep?]
| A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 | A5 G/A A5 |
How do you sleep at night?
[Solo] (electric piano)
| Am | Am/G | F7 | % | % | % |
| E7 | % | Am | % |
| Am | Am/G | F7 | % | % | % |
| E7 | % | Am | % |
(repeat and fade)
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[Chorus] Riff
D5 C/D D5 D5 C/D D5 D5 C/D D5 D5 C/D D5
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----3---1---3---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----2---0---2---|--------%-------|--------%-------|--------%-------|
D|----0---0---0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A5 G/A A5 A5 G/A A5 A5 G/A A5 A5 G/A A5
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----2---0---2---|--------%-------|--------%-------|--------%-------|
D|----2---0---2---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----0---0---0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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