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John Butler Trio – How You Sleep At Night Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsFF/AF/CBb Dm C

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[Intro]
F F/A F/C
F F/A F/C

[Verse]
F                         F/A F/C
You left your mark on me
F                         F/A F/C
I'll leave my mark on you
F                           F/A F/C
This war we fight you'll see
F                          F/A F/C
Scorches all but the truth
Bb         Dm       C
Suffer now will the fool and
I've been wonderin'
Bb           Dm         C
How long you think this lasts

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[Chorus]
F
Do I dare to believe
in something more
     F
Yes, do I dare to believe
in something more
     Bb                  Dm
Than what you're telling me
       C
'Cause all I hear is lies
        Bb         Dm
Dressed up in fantasies
C
Travelling in disguise
   Bb            Dm
So Mr. won't you please
C
Look me in the eyes
Bb              Dm       C
Tell me how you sleep at night

[Verse 2]
F                         F/A F/C
Who's right and who is wrong
F                       F/A F/C
Chasing our tails again
F                         F/A F/C
What side the fence you on
F                           F/A F/C
True colours show their skin
Bb           Dm      Bb
Now what are we to do now
that we are
Bb        Dm      C
Neck deep in this mess

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[Chorus 2]
F
Do I dare to believe
in something more
     F
Yes, do I dare to believe
in something more
     F
Yes, do I dare to believe
in something more
     F
Yes, do I dare to believe
in something more
     Bb                  Dm
Than what you're telling me
       C
'Cause all I hear is lies
        Bb         Dm
Dressed up in fantasies
C
Travelling in disguise
   Bb            Dm
So Mr. won't you please
C
Look me in the eyes
        Bb      Dm       C
Tell me how you sleep at night
        Bb      Dm       C
Tell me how you sleep at night
Bb              Dm
Tell me how you sleep
C
Tell me how you sleep
        Bb      Dm
Tell me how you sleep
   C     F F/A
at night
        F/C                 F F/A
Tell me how you're sleeping.
        F/C                 F F/A
Tell me how you're sleeping.
        F/C                 F F/A
Tell me how you're sleeping.
        F/C                 F
Tell me how you're sleeping.

How to play How You Sleep At Night: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for How You Sleep At Night by John Butler Trio on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

How You Sleep At Night by John Butler Trio is built around F major (one flat: B♭), with 6 chords in all: F, F/A, F/C, Bb, Dm and C.

The backbone of the song is F – F/A – F/C – F (I – I – I – I in F major). In solfa, that is doh – doh – doh – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes D, G, Bm, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.