R.E.M. – The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (Ukulele)

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[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