Feb232022

The Moving Sounde – Im Sleeping Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

[Intro]
G Cmaj7 Ab Gm7 Fm7 Ab7 G7 N.C.

[Verse 1]
Cmaj7               Fmaj7
Desperate decisions that
                Cmaj7
I have to break
Caught in depression,
Fmaj7                    Cmaj7
the chance that I'll take
                 F
I have no reason but
lonely heartbreak
Cmaj7            Dm
Only my love did my
                 Ebmaj7
feelings at stake
                 Ab
Racing beside me a
             Fm  Ebmaj7
dream of the past
                      Ab
Holding you tight and just
            Fm  Ebmaj7
hoping will last
                     Ab
Seeing the future in the
               Dm7
shadows they cast
                   G
Love is not blind, it’s
not wearing a mask

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[Interlude]
Cm Bb Cm7 Bbmaj7 Dm Cmaj7
Dmaj7 Eb D N.C. C

[Chorus]
Cmaj7  Fmaj7
I’m sleeping,
Cmaj7  F
I’m sleeping,
Cmaj7   Fmaj7
I’m sleeping,
Ebmaj7              D
Come and wake me now
                  G
Come and take me now
          Em7 Am7 G C
It's time to go.

[Verse 2]
Cmaj7
I knew the secrets
   Fmaj7      F
to make ends meet
Cmaj7               F
You'd touch my hand but
             Cmaj7
in disbelieve
                       F
Trying our patience is the
                   Cmaj7
game we were playin'
                    Dm
Now that it's over, don't
                 Ebmaj7
leave me this way.
                   Ab
All my hopes lyin' dreams
       Fm   Ebmaj7
of the night
                 Ab
Closing my eyes, and
                Fm    Ebmaj7
just hoping you might
Reachin' for me with
    Ab            F   Dm7
the love you know who
                      G
Drops of the past but a
            Cm
future of ghost

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[Interlude]
Bb Cm Bb Dm Cmaj7 D Eb Bb N.C. C

[Chorus]
    Cmaj7 Fmaj7
I’m sleeping,
Cmaj7  F
I’m sleeping,
Cmaj7   Fmaj7
I’m sleeping,
Ebmaj7              Dm7
Come and wake me now
                  G
Come and take me now
          Em7 Dm7
It's time to go.

[Outro]
Em7 Dm7 Fm7 Gm7 Fm7 Gm7
Em7 Dm7 Em7 Dm7 Fm7 Gm7
Fm7 Gm7 Gmaj7 Am7 G7 N.C. A

How to play Im Sleeping: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Im Sleeping by The Moving Sounde on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Im Sleeping by The Moving Sounde keeps coming home to F major (one flat: B♭). You need 25 chords: G, Cmaj7, Ab, Gm7, Fm7, Ab7, G7, Fmaj7, F, Dm, Ebmaj7 and Fm and 13 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Ebmaj7 – Ab – Fm – Ebmaj7 (♭VIImaj7 – ♭III – i – ♭VIImaj7 in F major). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Ab, Gm7, Fm7, Ab7 and F are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.