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Song title:       Daysleeper
Original Album:   Up

Words and Music by Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe
Copyright © 1998 Warner Brothers Records
Published by Warner Music Publishing Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
A gorgeous song with a classic Stipe melody. Hope you like!
Guitar Figure 1 is the basis of the VERSEs. Timing is 3/4 (Waltz time).


INTRO:

[play: | C | Cmaj7 |]   [x4]

Guitar Figure 1

  C                        Cmaj7
|------------------------|-----------------3------|
|-1---------------1------|-0----------------------|
|-------------0-------0--|---------0--------------|
|---------2--------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & -|


VERSE:
Notes:
The chords in the VERSEs are picked as in Guitar Figure 1 above.

Chords:
C      x35553 or 332010
Cmaj7  x35453 or 332000

[Guitar Figure 1]    [Guitar Figure 1]
  C         Cmaj7     C     Cmaj7
Receiving department,   3 a.m.

[Guitar Figure 1]            [Guitar Figure 1]
C               Cmaj7         C       Cmaj7
Staff cuts have socked up the overage

 [Guitar Figure 1]       [Guitar Figure 1]
  C            Cmaj7      C              Cmaj7
Directives are posted, no call backs, complaints

[Guitar Figure 1][Guitar Figure 1]
C      Cmaj7      C    Cmaj7
  Everywhere is   calm


PRE-CHORUS1:
Chords:
D#  x68886    F7? 131211
Dm  x57765    G   355433 or 320033

D#                    Dm
Hong Kong is present, Taipei wakes up
F                 G
Talk of Circadian rhythm


CHORUS:
Chords:
C   x32010 or x35553    Em  022000 or x79987
Dm  xx0231 or x57765    G   320033 or 355433
Am  x02210 or 577555

  C     Dm         Am           Em
I see today with a    newsprint frame
   C        Dm       G
My night is coloured   headache-grey
   C        Dm  Am  Em     C       Dm  Am  Em     C       Cmaj7  C
Daysleeper,             daysleeper,            daysleeper


[play: | C | Cmaj7 | C |]


VERSE:
    C            Cmaj7    C                  Cmaj7
The bull and the bear are marking their territories
        C           Cmaj7      C                   Cmaj7
They're leading the blind with their international glories


PRE-CHORUS2:
D#                  Dm
I'm the screen, the blinding light
F                   G
  I'm the screen, I work at night


CHORUS:
Chords:
C   x32010 or x35553    Em  022000 or x79987
Dm  xx0231 or x57765    G   320033 or 355433
Am  x02210 or 577555

  C     Dm       Am           Em
I see today with    newsprint frame
   C        Dm       G
My night is coloured   headache-grey
      C        Dm  Am  Em  C    Dm  G     C
Don't wake me,     so      much        daysleeper


BRIDGE:
Chords:
C      x35553 or 332010
Cmaj7  x35453 or 332000

C           Cmaj7 C
I cried the other night
C       Cmaj7    C
I can't even say why
     C       Cmaj7  C
Flourescent, flat,    caffeine lights
C      Cmaj7   C
  It's furious balancing


[repeat PRE-CHORUS2]


CHORUS:
Chords:
C   x32010 or x35553    Em  022000 or x79987
Dm  xx0231 or x57765    G   320033 or 355433
Am  x02210 or 577555

  C     Dm       Am           Em
I see today with    newsprint frame
   C        Dm       G
My night is coloured   headache-grey
      C        Dm  Am  Em  C    Dm  G
Don't wake me,     so      much


CODA:
Chords:
C      332010 or x35553    Am  x02210 or 577555
Cmaj7  332000 or x35453    G   320033 or 355433
Dm     xx0231 or x57765

    C       Cmaj7    Dm    G
The ocean machine is set tonight
     C            Cmaj7      Dm      G
I'll squeeze into heaven and    Valentine
   C      Cmaj7       Dm      G      C       Dm  G
My bed is pulling me,    gravity, daysleeper
   C        Dm  Am    C       Dm  G
Daysleeper,        daysleeper,
   C        Dm  Am    C       Dm  G
Daysleeper,        daysleeper


[End on C]