The Rolling Stones – Whos Been Sleeping Here Chords on Piano & Ukulele

The Rolling Stones – Whos Been Sleeping Here Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsCC7sus4Fsus2FF5Eb/BbEbCsus4BbC/GC7C9F7sus4F7Cm

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[Intro]
C C7sus4 Fsus2 F Fsus2 F



[Verse 1]
F          F5  F
  What you say girl
        F5   F
You see what is
Eb/Bb Eb    Csus4
wrong
F5  F
You must be
F5 F
joking
You was led
 Eb/Bb Eb
along
F         Bb
  But the butler
    Bb
the baker
    Bb
The laughing
    C/G  C   C7
cavalier
     C
Will tell me now
C9
Who's been
sleeping
F    F7sus4   F
here
I want to
C     C9 F F7sus4
know
C
Tell me baby,
C7
who's been
         F
sleeping here

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[Verse 2]
         F7sus4
What you say girl
F
  Who'd you see
   that
Eb/Bb
night?  I don't
C
know
F5* F
    I was doing
F5*   F
Doing something
Eb    F
right
       Bb
Oh the soldier
    Bb
the sailor
    Bb
And then there's
the
Bb
three
     C      C7
muskateers
        C
They'll tell me
now
C7
Who's been
sleeping
F    F7sus4   F
here
Did I ever tell
you I
C
want to
     C7 F F  F7 C
know
          C7
Hey baby, who's
been
         F
sleeping here



[Verse 2]
F
Don't you
look like

Like a
     Eb/Bb   C
goldilocks
yeah
F5  F
    There must
be somewhere
F5* F
    Somewhere you
    Eb/Bb   F
can stop
Yes there's the
Bb
noseless old
Bb
newsboy
    Bb
The old british
Bb   C     C7
brigadier
           C7
But you'll tell
 me
C7
now
C7
Who's been
sleeping
F    F7sus4   F
here


[Instrument]
C7   C7  C7  C7
F    F   F   F
C    C   C7  C7
F    F   F   F
|C   C   C7  C
|C   C   C   Cm



[Verse 3]
C    F
       Who's been
F
eating
F
Eating off my
Eb/Bb    F
plate
F          F
  Who will tell me

Who'll
        Eb/Bb F
investigate
There's the
Bb
seargeants
    Bb
the soldiers
    Bb
The cruel old
Bb   C
grenadiers
            C
But they'll tell
 me
C    C
Now, who's been
 sleeping
F       F
here
 F
'Cause I want
   C
to know
C
Who's been
C
sleeping
C     F     F7
right here



[Outro] 3:21
F           C
Was it your mummy,
 your daddy
C7
Who's been
sleeping
F       F7
here?
F
Was it your
C
auntie,
 your uncle
C7
Who's been
sleeping
F       F7
here?
F7
Was it your
C
boyfriend,
your girlfriend
C7
Who's been
sleeping
F       F7   C
here?
 Fades away.

How to play Whos Been Sleeping Here: key, chords and progression

To play Whos Been Sleeping Here by The Rolling Stones, think in F major (one flat: B♭). It takes 15 chords: C, C7sus4, Fsus2, F, F5, Eb/Bb, Eb, Csus4, Bb, C/G, C7 and C9 and 3 more.

Most of the song cycles through F – C – C7 – F (I – V – V7 – I in F major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – soh – doh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes A, A7sus4, Dsus2, D, D5, C, Asus4, G, A7, A9 (85% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 15% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
C7sus4 chord on guitar (x35363)
C7sus4C F G B♭
Fsus2 chord on guitar (x-8-10-10-8-8)
Fsus2F G C
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
F5 chord on guitar (133xxx)
F5F C
Eb chord on guitar (x68886)
E♭E♭ G B♭
Csus4 chord on guitar (x33010)
Csus4C F G
Bb chord on guitar (x13331)
B♭B♭ D F
C7 chord on guitar (x32310)
C7C E G B♭
C9 chord on guitar (x3233x)
C9C E G B♭ D
F7sus4 chord on guitar (131311)
F7sus4F B♭ C E♭
F7 chord on guitar (131211)
F7F A C E♭
Cm chord on guitar (x35543)
CmC E♭ G

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Whos Been Sleeping Here chords: questions

What key is Whos Been Sleeping Here in?

Whos Been Sleeping Here by The Rolling Stones is in the key of F major (one flat: B♭).

What chords are in Whos Been Sleeping Here?

Whos Been Sleeping Here uses 15 chords: C, C7sus4, Fsus2, F, F5, Eb/Bb, Eb, Csus4, Bb, C/G, C7, C9 and 3 more.

What is the chord progression of Whos Been Sleeping Here?

The main progression is F – C – C7 – F (I – V – V7 – I).

Is Whos Been Sleeping Here easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes A, A7sus4, Dsus2, D, D5, C, Asus4, G, A7, A9 (85% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 15% without a capo).

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