Jul182020

The Chicks – Sleep At Night Chord Progression on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsC F Am

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[Intro]
C F Am F

[Verse 1]
C
  Not that you asked
F                      Am          F
  But I'm getting past everything, everything
C
  I'm doing okay
F                    Am            F
  Just glad it's not yesterday, huh

[Pre-Chorus]
C                                   F
  My husband's girlfriend's husband just called me up
                 Am
How messed up is that?
                           F
It's so insane that I have to laugh
C                            F
  But then I think about our two boys trying to become men
Am                           F
  There's nothing funny about that

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[Chorus]
                    C           F
How do you sleep at night? (Oh)
                      Am        F
How do you tell those lies? (Oh)
                  C
Lookin' me in the eye (Oh)
                F
Livin' a double life
                             Am
Tell me, how do you sleep at night? (Oh)
                    F
How do you sleep at night?

[Verse 2]
C                    F
  You're only as sick as your secrets
Am               F
  So I'm telling everything
C                F
  Half of the shit you won't believe
Am                            F
  But I know it's not that unique to me

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[Pre-Chorus]
C                                 F
  Remember you brought her to our show
 at the Hollywood Bowl
Am                                F
  She said, "I love you, I'm such a fan"
C                              F
  I joked that you can love me as long
 as you don't love my man
Am                           F
  There's nothin' funny about that

[Chorus]
                    C          F
How do you sleep at night? (Oh)
                      Am        F
How do you tell those lies? (Oh)
                  C
Lookin' me in the eye (Oh)
                F
Livin' a double life
                             Am
Tell me, how do you sleep at night? (Oh)
                    F
How do you sleep at night?

[Bridge]
          C            F
So caught up in your story
           Am                 F
You don't care what you're ruining
          C            F
So caught up in your story
               Am   F
But you don't care

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[Chorus]
                    C     F
How do you sleep at night?
                      Am    F
How do you tell those lies?
                  C
Lookin' me in the eye
                F
Livin' a double life
                             Am
Tell me, how do you sleep at night?
                    F
How do you sleep at night?

[Outro]
C      F
Oh (Oh)
                      Am
How do you tell those lies? (Oh)
                      F
How do you tell those lies?
                  C
Lookin' me in the eye (Oh)
                F
Livin' a double life
                             Am
Tell me, how do you sleep at night? (Oh)
                    F          C
How do you sleep at night? (Oh)

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

This is the chords of Sleep At Night by The Chicks on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

Sleep At Night by The Chicks is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 3 chords: C, F and Am.

Most of the song cycles through C – F – Am – F (I – IV – vi – IV in C major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – lah – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes G, C, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.