Crying In My Sleep
Written by Jimmy Webb ©1977
Guitar Capo 1st Fret D F#m Em G A F#m/A Bm ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ |||||| ******2fr |||||| |||||| |||||| ******2fr ******2fr |||*|* |||||| |**||| |*|||| ||***| |||||| ||||*| ||||*| |**||| |||||| *||||* |||||| |**||| ||**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| *||||| |||||| D F#m Em F#m G F#m Em A (Intro) D Em I took a walk around the yard F#m Dug the flowers til it got too hard F#m/A Bm I smoked my first pack of cigarettes today G And I watched the children play D Em And then I went down, down to Lucy's old Cafe F#m Put a half a case away F#m/A Bm I took a sleeping pill and tried to watch TV G F#m Em A But you know baby the leading lady looked too much like you for the likes of me Bm F#m G And I woke up crying in my sleep F#m Bm Em A I was talking to your pillow Bm F#m G F#m And I reached out to touch your hand Em Bm And knocked the phone off the nightstand F#m G And the operator said, "May I help you please?" Em F#m G No thanks baby there's nothing you can really do for me A D A G I just had a bad dream, that's all that's wrong with me A D A G A I just had a bad dream D Em Went out to loosen up the car F#m Somehow I wound up at the rainbow bar F#m/A Bm I had a scotch and soda on the run G But I didn't get too far D Em And then I ran down, down some friends I used to know F#m Dragged them out to see the show F#m/A Bm I drew myself a bath and I tried to read your book G F#m Em A But you know baby this time it just didn't seem quite worth the time it took Bm F#m G And I woke up crying in my sleep F#m Bm Em A I was talking to your pillow Bm F#m G F#m And I reached out to touch your hand Em Bm And knocked the phone off the nightstand F#m G And the operator said, "May I help you please?" Em F#m G No thanks baby there's nothing you can really do for me A D A G I just had a bad dream, that's all that's wrong with me A D A G A I just had a bad dream, that's all that's wrong with me D A G A Crying in my sleep D A G A Crying in my sleep (I woke up crying) D A G A Crying in my sleep (Crying trying to find her) D A G A Crying in my sleep (I woke up crying) D A G A Crying in my sleep (Crying trying to find her) D A G A D Crying in my sleep