Sondre Lerche – Now She Sleeps Beside Me (Guitar)

Open D (D-A-D-F#-A-D)
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Avatars of Love (2022), track 10 ** GmM7 (G minor Major 7) is made of the notes G-Bb-D-F#, so it's like a blending of the GM7 and Gm7 chords together. Easiest way to play it is probably just something like 5x0454. ** DM9* is a cluster chord, meaning that a lot of notes are played together in a big chord. Sounds like he's playing a cluster on the D lydian scale: D-E-F#-G#-A-B-C#. ======================================== [INTRO] D G/D D D G/D D [VERSE I]
D                G/D  D
Now she sleeps beside me

     D                G/D D
In a lush four poster castle

        Bm             Bm9 Bm
We were taking turns exhaling

      Bm             Bm9 Bm
Two exhausted bodies flailing

       GM7                G GM7
Just a minute before this moment

      GM7             GmM7             D  G/D D
Now I cannot bear the thought of going home
D G/D D [VERSE II]
D                G/D  D
Now she sleeps beside me

      D             G/D D
I'm a visitor as of lately

   Bm              Bm9
We were in a poem, darkly lit

     Bm             Bm9  Bm
In a secret that we couldn't quit

  GM7                G GM7
A minute before this moment

      GmM7                         D  G/D D
Now I wonder if she'll ever let me stay
D D/G D [VERSE III]
G                G/D  D
Now shе sleeps beside me

       D               G/D D
A dark night of stolеn glances

        Bm                Bm9 Bm
We were blending with our alibis

    Bm              Bm9  Bm
And hoping we won't need them

       GM7
I just wonder if I'll get beyond

       GmM7                             DM9
A mere minute before this moment's also gone
DM9 D Gm/D D D Gm/D D [VERSE IV]
D                G/D  D
Now she sleeps beside me

      D              G/D     G
And I try my best to let her be

  Bm                 Bm9
A world rests on her shoulders

    Bm              Bm9
Her people need her kindness

       GM7
Just a minute before this moment

        GmM7                         D
She was pouring me an endless cup of tea
D G/D D D G/D D [VERSE V]
D                G/D  D
Now she sleeps beside me

   DM7
Or perhaps she's just pretending

    Bm9
Two performative wild creatures

        Bm/A
We were hanging in the balance

       GM7
Just a minute before this moment

         GmM7                       D
Now it's obvious a spell is cast on me
D G/D D D G/D D [VERSE VI]
D                G/D  D
Now she sleeps beside me

       DM9
A pale flamethrower in hiding

      Bm9
I'm a new man every time we meet

  Bm/A
I skip home, sunrise at my feet

    GM7
Our virtue is to be discreet

          GmM9                             DM9
Though we know each moment inches toward defeat
D Gm/D D D Gm/D D [VERSE VII]
D                G/D  D
Now she sleeps beside me

         D              G/D  D
She just made me forget everything

  N.C.      Bm9
I fled when she invited me

    N.C.        Bm9
Her lips longed to confide in me

      N.C.       GM7
She's morbid and hilarious
N.C. DM9* Her heart must beat vicariously through me
D   Gm/D D
N.C.

D   Gm/D D
N.C.
D G/D D D G/D D [VERSE VIII]
D                G/D  D
Now she sleeps beside me

        D             G/D D
We have drifted off a dozen times

       Bm           Bm9
To the edge of fantasising

         Bm              Bm9
When she wakes up we are fated to

  GM7
Become dream lovers of the past

     GmM7                                D
Or embrace the fire and rise up from the ash
D Dsus D D Dsus D [VERSE IX]
D                Dsus D
Now she sleeps beside me

             D                Dsus D
Though she's sleeping next to someone else

    Bm           Bm9
She suffers in a silent way

    Bm            Bm9
And I have barely slept for days

    GM7
But maybe we're just meant to be

      GmM7                           D
The unfinished poem whispered in our sleep
D Dsus D D Dsus D D Dsus D D Dsus D