James Taylor – Sleep Come Free Me (Guitar)

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Words and Music by James Taylor from his 1979 album, "Flag." [Intro] Em D/E Em D/E [Verse 1]
                 Em      D/E                  D/A      A
Well, I've been lying in this dungeon since I was eighteen

D           B7               C
Ten lonely years of my life taken

F#m7           G              D         D/A    A
     I've been living in the pages of a magazine

                 B7       Em  D/F#  G
It breaks my heart to awaken
[Chorus]
E/G#    D/A  A  D  B7               Em   D/E  Em D/F#  G
Set me free,          sleep come free me

E/G#    D/A  A  D  B7           Em  D/E  Em  D/E
Set me free,          set me free
[Verse 2]
                 Em       D/E     D/A     A
Now the state of Alabama says I killed a man

D           B7               C
The jury reached the same conclusion

F#m7         G           D                D/A         A
I remember I was there, hell, with a tire iron in my hand

             B7          Em D/F#  G
The rest is all confusion
[Chorus]
E/G#    D/A  A  D  B7               Em   D/E  Em D/F#  G
Set me free,          sleep come free me

E/G#    D/A  A  D  B7           Em  D/E  Em  D/E
Set me free,          set me free
[Verse 3]
              Em    D/E       D/E   A
More like an animal and less like a man

D          B7              C
What they leave you ain't worth keeping

F#m7          G            D       D/A         A
Brother let me tell you, I got a clock with no hands

             B7                     Em D/F#  G
The only way out is through sleeping
[Chorus]
E/G#    D/A  A  D  B7               Em   D/E  Em D/F#  G
Set me free,          sleep come free me

E/G#    D/A  A  D  B7           Em  D/E  Em  D/E
Set me free,          set me free
[Verse 4]
            Em        D/E          D/E        A
You get to where you used to be, whoever you claim

D       B7       C
It's open to interpretation

F#m7         G      D          D/A         A
Just remember your number and abandon your name

             B7                     Em D/F#  G
And hold on to your imagination oh no no
[Chorus]
E/G#    D/A  A  D  B7               Em   D/E  Em D/F#  G
Set me free,          sleep come free me

E/G#    D/A  A  D  B7           Em  D/E  Em  D/E
Set me free,          set me free

           D/E  Em  D/E  Em  D/E   Em  D/E  Em  D/E  Em  D/E
Set me free