Topic: song: Let Sleeping Dogs Lie. by Phill Williams
This is a song I wrote in 1979, I was shocked when I realised how old it is, it's called Let Sleeping Dogs Lie, because it started as a letter to an ex-girlfriend [a bit of a bunny boiler] who wouldn't let go, read on...
LET SLEEPING DOGS LIEPhill Williams
[F] YOU SAY THAT YOU'VE [Gm]LOVED ME
YOU'VE BEEN [Bb] LOVING ME ALL NIGHT [C]
[F] I CAN NEVER [Am] LOVE YOU
BUT FOR A [Bb] MOMENT OF MY TIME [Gm]
[Dm] YOU WERE JUST A [F augmented] LITTLE SWEET [Gm] EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE [Bb]
[F] I'VE HAD YOU AND [Gm] YOU'VE HAD ME
NOW [Bb] LEAVE THAT SLEEPING DOG LIE [F]
WE ARE LITTLE CHILDREN, (same chords for all verses)
SEARCHING FOR A HOME
INOCENT SWEET CHILDREN
IN THE DARK ALONE
I CAN'T TAKE YOU, BUT I CAN LEAVE YOU
THIS THING JUST AINT RIGHT
I'VE HAD YOU AND YOU'VE HAD ME
NOW LEAVE THIS SLEEPING DOG LIE
chorus
[Ab] I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU Bb]JUST WANT ME FOR [F] LOVING YOU [Eb]
[Ab] YOU'VE NEVER BEEN [Cm] FREE OF SIN
SO I CAN LIVE [Bb] WITHOUT YOU [F]
[Eb] LIVE WITHOUT YOU [C]
I'VE NEVER BEEN A STICKER (THIRD VERSE CHORDS AS VERSE 1)]
I LIKE TO CHANGE SOMETIMES
I MOVE AROUND FROM PLACE TO PLACE
`COS THAT IS WHAT I'VE FOUND
KEEPS ME FEELING KIND OF HAPPY
WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE LAST NIGHT
I'VE HAD YOU AND YOU'VE HAD ME
NOW LEAVE THAT SLEEPING DOG LIE
I'VE HAD YOU AND YOU'VE HAD ME...
NOW LEAVE THAT SLEEPING DOG LIE.
If you'd prefer to play it in C, the chords are ;
VERSE C-Dm-F-G|| C-Em-F-Dm||Am7-C augmented]-Dm-F...|| F-Dm- F- C
chorus Eb- F- C...[Bb]|| Eb-Gm-F-C-Eb-G.
Ask not what Chordie can do for you, but what you can do for Chordie.