Track 09
Sleep in a chair
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Sleep in a chair
Yes, that is of course exactly what I was trying to do in Bahrain airport. The opening lyric is a straightforward description, but then it gets all whistful....
words and music by Martin Stirrup 2003
Sleep in a chair
D
The suit I’m wearing’s badly and creased
E7(D) G
I’m in a room empty and bare
A
You know I’m feeling long- deceased
G D
After long hours trying to sleep in a chair
D
The pen I’m holding hurts my hand
E7(D) G
I need a comb dragged through my hair
F#m Em F#m Em
You know I don’t think I could stand
G D
Another night trying to sleep in a chair
E7 (D)
Oh how I need you by my side
F# G D
To lie there naked, sacred and free
E7(D)
The one thing left here is my pride
F# G E7 A
But it’s got me so tied up, it won’t let me be
D
If you could hear I’d beg you please
E7(D) G
Before I sink into despair
F#m Em F#m
Oh won’t you come, come and rescue me
Em G D
From one more long and lonely night trying to sleep in a chair