The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight Ukulele chords by R.E.M.

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Intro:

A|------------------|
E|---2---2----------|
C|-----2------------|
G|-2----------------|

G C Am D
G C Am D
G C Am
C Em

Verse 1:
F                   C
This here is the place where I will be stayin'
   F
there isn't a number you can call on the payphone,
C                  F
let it ring a long, long, long, long time,
               Am        C
if I don't pick up, hang up, call back let it ring some more
F     C
ooooooohoooooo yodel:
  F                    Am            C
if I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleep, sleep, sleeps in a coil

Chorus 1:
D        G
Call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
C  Em
oooh

Verse 2:
    F                     C               F
There's scratches all around the coinslot, like a heartbeat baby, tryin' to wake up
             C                     F
but this machine can only swallow money, you can't lay a patch by computer design
          Am       C
it's just a lot of stupid, stupid signs
F      C
"teeeeeeeell her" yodeled:
F            C
tell her she can kiss my ass then laugh and say that you were
F                      Am               C
only kidding, that way she'll know that it's really, really, really, really me, me

Chorus 1:
D        G
Call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
C  Em
ooooooh

Verse 3:
F                      C                     F
Baby instant soup, does it really grab me today I need something more sub-stub-sub-substantial
                      C
a can of beans, some black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
 F                Am         C
a candy bar, a falling star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss

Chorus 1:
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
C  Em
ooooooh

Bridge:
Bm
  The cat in the hat came back
Am               Bm
  wrecked alot of havoc on the way
                Am
always had a smile and a reason to pretend
        Bm
but their world has flat backgrounds
      Am          C
and little need to sleep but to dream
        Em
the sidewinder sleeps on his back

Chorus 2:
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
i can allways sleep standing up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
C  Em
ooooooh

Chorus 2:
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
i can allways sleep standing up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
C  Em
ooooooh

Chorus 3:
D        G
call me and try to wake her up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
i can allways sleep standing up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
D        G
i can allways sleep standing up
C        Am
call me and try to wake her up
C            Em   D
We got to moogie-moogie move on this one