Josh Ritter - Nightmares
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Capo: 2
Tuning:
Fmaj7:x33210
[Intro]
C/G Fmaj7 G
C/G Fmaj7 G
C/G Fmaj7 G
C/G Fmaj7 G
[Verse 1]
C/GI know where the nigFmaj7htmares sleGep
C/GOn what fodder do tFmaj7hey feed G
C/GFor two long weeks I stFmaj7ayed awakGe
C/Guntil I saw one cFmaj7ross your facGe I...
C/G Fmaj7 G
C/G Fmaj7 G
[Verse 2]
C/GI knew that you had Fmaj7been untruGe
C/GI didn't know how, bFmaj7ut I knew Gthe
C/GWho you spoke to Fmaj7in your drGeams, was
C/GNever how you sFmaj7poke to meG now
[Chorus]
C/GI know where the nigFmaj7htmares slGeep
C/GOn what fodder do thFmaj7ey feed G
C/GI followed them back dFmaj7own to helGl
C/GAnd I spent some time down Fmaj7there myseGlf
C/G Fmaj7 G
C/G Fmaj7 G
[Verse 3]
C/GNightmares have their Fmaj7dreams as Gwell
C/GAnd when they sleep theyFmaj7 go to helGl
C/GAnd they drink their fill on Fmaj7lakes of bGlood
C/GCanter 'cross the skFmaj7ull-paved Gmud
C/GAnd nurse their little cFmaj7olts on flGies
C/GTheir coltish teeth like kFmaj7itchen kniGves
C/GAnd look down from aFmaj7bysmal cliGffs
C/GTheir dead hair by the lFmaj7ead wind rGiffed
C/GOn denizens too Fmaj7deep to seGe
C/GWhose own dreams nigFmaj7htmares' nGightmares be
[Chorus]
C/GI know where the nFmaj7ightmares slGeep
C/GOn what fodder dFmaj7o they feeGd
C/GI'd been awake so Fmaj7long by thGen
C/GThey thought that I was Fmaj7one of theGm
C/G Fmaj7 G
C/G Fmaj7 G
C/G Fmaj7 G
C/G Fmaj7 G
[Verse 4]
C/GNightmares cannotFmaj7 be ribcagGed
C/GMidnight's just a Fmaj7steeple chGase
C/GDown silver needles Fmaj7half will Ggo
C/GPin your navel toFmaj7 your soulG
C/GThe other half will Fmaj7go insteadG
C/GA'gallop 'cross the Fmaj7kicked up Gbed
C/GAnd find the one who's sFmaj7leeping soGund
C/GAnd drag him down, oh Fmaj7drag him dGown
C/GDrag him down, oh drFmaj7ag him dowGn
C/GDrag him down, oh drFmaj7ag him dowGn
C/GDrag him down, oh drFmaj7ag him dowGn
[Verse 5]
C/GDrag him down where Fmaj7I got tookG
C/GAnd though he may not Fmaj7want to loGok
C/GI'll sift hell for an eFmaj7qual pain G
C/GShard-borne beetles Fmaj7boiling raGin
C/GI/ll prop his eyes and Fmaj7down them Gfeed
C/GThe same hell he firstFmaj7 fed to me Gnow
[Chorus]
C/GI know where the nigFmaj7htmare sleGep
C/GOn what fodder do thFmaj7ey feed G
C/GI followed one back Fmaj7down to heGll
C/GAnd spent some time downFmaj7 there mysGelf
[Outro]
C/GI know where the nigFmaj7htmares slGeep
C/GI know where the nigFmaj7htmares slGeep
C/GI know where the nigFmaj7htmares slGeep
C/GI know where the nigFmaj7htmares slGeep
C/GI know where the nigFmaj7htmares slGeep
C/GI know where the nigFmaj7htmares slGeep