Barenaked Ladies - Who Needs Sleep?

(Steven Page, Ed Robertson)

Tabbed by: Ben Evans (barrington@tmbg.org)

INTRO: [G]   [C]   [D]   [G]  (x4)

[G]Now I lay [C]me down [D]not to [G]sleep
[G]I just get [C]tangled [D]in the [G]sheets
[G]I swim in [C]sweat three [D]inches [G]deep
[G]I just lay [C]back and [D]claim de[G]feat

INTRO (1/2)

[G]Chapter [C]read and [D]lesson [G]learned
[G]I turned the [C]lights off [D]while she [G]burned
So [G]while she's [C]three hun[D]dred de[G]grees
[G]I throw the [C]sheets off [D]and I [G]freeze

PRE-CHORUS:
[Em]Lids down, I [Am]count sheep
I count [D]heartbeats
The only thing that counts is
that I [Em]won't sleep
I [Am]countdown, I [D]look around

CHORUS:
[G]Who needs sleep?
Well you're [C]never gonna get it
[G]Who needs sleep?
Tell me [C]what's that for
[G]Who needs sleep?
Be [C]happy with what you're getting
There's a [D]guys who's been awake since the Second World War

CHORUS

INTRO (1/2)

[G]My hands are [C]locked up [D]tight in [G]fists
[G]My mind is [C]racing [D]filled with [G]lists
Of things to [C]do and [D]things I've [G]done
[G]Another [C]sleepless [D]night's be[G]gun

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS (x2)

BRIDGE:
[C]So much joy in [G]life so many [C]pleasures all a[G]round
But the [C]pleasure of in[G]somnia is [C]one I've never [G]found
With [C]all life has to [G]offer there's so [C]much to be en[G]joyed
But the [C]pleasures of in[G]somnia are [C]ones I can't a[G]void

PRE-CHORUS

Hala Hala Hala

CHORUS (x6)