Chords and lyrics for Who Needs Sleep by Barenaked Ladies

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Now I lay

C 

me down n

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ot to s

G 

leep

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I just ge

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t tangled i

D 

n the sh

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eets

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I swim  

C 

in sweat thre

D 

e inches  

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deep

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I just  

C 

lay back and  

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claim 

 

def

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eat

 

Am 

Lid’s down, c

F 

ount sheep, count h

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eartbeats

 

The  

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only thing that  

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counts is that I won’t

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sleep

F 

Countdown, I l

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ook 

 

around

 

C 

Who needs sleep

 

Well you’re n

F 

ever gonna get it

C 

Who needs sleep

 

Tell me w

F 

hat’s that for

C 

Who needs sleep

 

You have to  

F 

live with what you’re getting

 

There’s a guy

G 

‘s been awake since the second World War

 

C 

So much joy in l

G 

ife so many pl

C 

easures all ar

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ound

 

But the p

C 

leasure of i

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nsomnia is o

C 

ne I’ve never  

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found

 

With a

C 

ll life has to  

G 

offer there’s so  

C 

much to be en

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joyed

 

But the pl

C 

easures of in

G 

somnia are on

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es I can’t av

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oid