Bon Jovi – I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
124 bpm 4/4 8th Note Strumming
[Keep The Faith 1992]
Intro
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Hey… Hey… Hey-yyy… Yea… Yea… Yea-aaa…
Verse 1
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Se-eee-ven days of Saturday is all that I need…
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Got-ttt no use for Sundays ‘cause I don't rest in peace…
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I-iii don't need no Monday or the rest of the week…
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I spent a lot of time in bed but baby I don't like to sleep… No…
Pre Chorus 1
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I won't lie-eee to you… I'm never gonna cry to you…
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I'll probably drive you wi-iii-ld eight days a week-kkk-kkk…
Chorus 1
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Until I'm six feet under baby I don't need a bed…
F C
Gonna live while I'm alive… I'll sleep when I'm dead…
C F. C.
Till they roll me over and lay my bones to rest…
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Gonna live while I'm alive… I'll sleep when I'm dead…
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Alright… Listen up…
Verse 2
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So you're looking for some action I got everything you need…
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Keep your motor running baby I was built for speed…
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This ain't no slumber party got no time for catching Z's…
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If they say that it ain't healthy well then living's a disease…
Pre Chorus 2
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‘cause… we're never gonna die baby…
G G
Well come on let me drive you crazy…
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We'll make every ni-iii-ght
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another New Year’s Eve-eee-eee-eee…
Chorus 2
C F. C.
Until I'm six feet under baby I don't need a bed…
F C
Gonna live while I'm alive… I'll sleep when I'm dead…
C F. C.
Till they roll me over and lay my bones to rest…
F C
Gonna live while I'm alive… I'll sleep when I'm dead…
C C
Sleep when I’m dead… Sleep when I’m dead…
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Gonna live while I'm alive… I’ll sleep when I’m dead…
Solo
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Bridge
C C
Se-eee-ven days of Saturday is all that I need…
C C
Got-ttt no use for Sundays ‘cause I don't rest in peace…
C C
I-iii was born to live you know I wasn't born to die…
C C
but if they party down in heaven I'll be sure to be on time…
Chorus 3
C F. C.
Until I'm six feet under baby I don't need a bed…
F C
Gonna live while I'm alive… I'll sleep when I'm dead…
C F. C.
Till they roll me over and lay my bones to rest…
F C
Gonna live while I'm alive… I'll sleep when I'm dead…
C F. C.
I feel like I'm exploding going out of my head…
F C
Gonna live while I'm alive… I'll sleep when I'm dead…
C F. C.
Till I'm six feet under and they lay my bones to rest…
F C
Gonna live while I'm alive… Gonna sleep when I'm dead…
C C
Sleep when I’m dead… Sleep when I’m dead…
C C
Gonna live while I'm alive… I’ll sleep when I’m dead…
Outro (Fade Ending)
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