The Starting Line - A Goodnights Sleep

      The Starting Line
A Goodnight's Sleep
Say It Like You Mean It
2002 Drive Thru Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -   022100
B -   x24442
C#m - x46654
A -   x02220
F#m - 244222


Intro: E

then

Bass:
E F#m C#m A x2

then
E B C#m B A


Verse 1:
E
  a better slumber
B
  was in your arms
C#m      B
   spent tangled up
A     E
in you a sudden
        B
mourning crashed
in the room
C#m        B
   with an uninvited
A
sudden change in
C#m A B     A   B C#m A B
you    what can i say?
A       B    C#m
where's that girl
     A         B
from last night
      A    B  C#m
whos slept on that
A        B
side and looks
     A    B
just like you do?


Chorus 1:
E
  you can sleep in
               B
your own bed tonight
 C#m         B
sleep away a silent
     A
pain screaming out my
    E
name you can sleep in
               B
your own bed tonight
  C#m
i hope for your sake
B
you don't wake up
   A
as broken as i am


Verse 2:
E
  for a lack of
      B
better words to
C#m       B
say all i said
        A
was goodnight
E           F#m
  once again
in self defense
  C#m
i wont sleep a
           A
wink to prevent
dreaming of you


(Repeat Chorus 1)


Interlude: Bass
E F#m C#m A


Chorus 2:
E
  sleep in your own
   F#m          C#m
bed   tonight i know
some day you
will wake up as
A
lonely as i am


Chorus 3:
E
  you can sleep in
               B
your own bed tonight
 C#m         B
sleep away a silent
     A
pain screaming out my
    E
name you can sleep in
               B
your own bed tonight
  C#m
i hope for your sake
B
you don't wake up
   A
as broken as i am
E
  you can sleep in
               B
your own bed tonight
  C#m
i know some day that
B
you will wake up
   A
as lonely as i am
E
  cause fate works
both ways
B
  cause fate works
both ways
C#m     B
  cause fate works
both ways
A
  so sleep in
            E(hold)
your own bed