Tuning:

R.E.M The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight Album: Automatic For The People (intro) D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ The transition to the verses: C Em e---------0-----|---------0--------- B-------------1-|-------------0----- G---------------|------------------- D-----2---------|------------------- A-3-------------|-----2------------- E---------------|-0-----------------

F, C, and A's are barre chords

^FThis here is the place where I will ^Cstay in There ^Fisn't a number, you can call the pay phone ^CLet it ring a long long long long ^Ftime If I don't pick up, hang up, ^Amcall back, let it ^Cring some more, ^FOhhhh^Chhh... If ^FI don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder ^Amsleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a ^Ccoil

^DCall when you try to ^Gwake her up, ^Ccall whe^Gn you try ^Amto wake her ^DCall when you try to ^Gwake her up, ^Ccall whe^Gn you try ^Amto wake her ^DCall when you try to ^Gwake her up, ^Ccall whe^Gn you try ^Amto wake her

^COhhhh^Em....

Play using above riff

. There are ^Fscratches all around the ^Fcoin slot Like a heart beat ^Cbaby trying to wake up ^FBut this machine can only ^Cswallow money

you can't lay a patch by computer design

^FJust a lot of stup^Amid, stupid s^Cigns

^FTell her C>yodeled} ^FTell her she can kiss my ^Cass and laugh and say that you were ^Fonly kidding That way she'll know that it was re^Amally, really, really, really me me ^C

Baby, ^Finstant soup doesn't really grab me Today ^CI need something more sub, stop, sub, sub, substantial ^FA can of beans or black eyed peas, some Nes^Ccafe and ice ^FCandy bar, a fallen star, or a reading ^Amfrom Doctor Suess^C

Bridge: (*During the bridge, Am and Bm are played as A barres, and the picking pattern is like this: Bm Bm Am Am e---------2------|---------2------|---------0------|---------0------| B-------------3--|-------------3--|-------------1--|-------------1--| G----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D-----4----------|-----4----------|-----2----------|-----2----------| A-2--------------|-2--------------|-0--------------|-0--------------| E----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| The C below is picked in the same pattern, i.e. A str, D str, e str, B str*)

^BmThe cat in the hat came back, ^Amwrecked a lot of havoc ^Bmon the way. Always had a smile, never reason to ^Ampretend, Their worl^Bmd has flat backgrounds and little ^Amneed to sleep but to ^Cdream The sidewinder ^Emsleeps on his back

^DCall when you try to ^Gwake her up, ^Ccall whe^Gn you try ^Amto wake her ^DCall when you try to ^Gwake her up, ^Ccall whe^Gn you try ^Amto wake her D G C G Am C Em (*) Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her

(*But now this transition thing changes to what we'll call the New Transition*) C Em e---------0-----|-0-------0-----| B-------------1-|-0-------0-----| G---------------|-0-------0-----| D-----2---------|-2-------2-----| A-3-------------|-2-------2-----| E---------------|-0-------2-----| D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/ D////G//C//Am/

^CYou got a boogie woogie gr^Emoove on th^Dis one

R.E.M. - The sidewinder sleeps tonight