Sleeps Dark And Silent Gate
Bonnie Raitt
RockAdvanced for beginners10 chords
How to play it
Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.
D
A
C
Bm
F#mDiagram coming soon
G
F
F#7Diagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
Abm7Diagram coming soon
Chords & lyrics
Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.
Corrections welcomed D A/C Bm Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder F#m/A G Where my life will lead me G A D Waiting to pass under A Bm D/C Sleep's dark and silent gate G A D I found my love today G Running around day after day Bm/F F#7/Bb Looking for the time to play Bm D/A Abm7(b5) While my old friends slipped away D/A Never should have had to try so hard A To make a love work out, I guess G D/A A I don't know what love has got to do with happiness Abm7(b5) D/A But the times when we were happy Abm7(b5) G Were the times we never tried D Sitting down by the highway G D I don't know where I've been G Don't know where I'm going D G Oh God this is some kinda shape I'm in D/A When the only thing that makes me cry A G A D Is the kindness in my baby's eye LEAD: A/C Bm F#m/A G D A 2x D A/C Bm Sometimes I lie awake at night and wonder F#m/A G Where the years have gone G A D They have all passed under A Bm D/C Sleep's dark and silent gate G A D I found my love today G A D I found my love today G A D (I found my love) I found my love today G A D (I found my love) Don't know where I'm goin', don't know where I've been G A D (I found my love) I found my love today
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Chord set
D · A · C · Bm · F#m · G · F · F#7 · Bb · Abm7
Practice tip
Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.