I Watch You Sleeping
Words and Music by Mike Batt
Sung by John Denver
from The Flower That Shattered The Stone (1990)
Unusual Chords
Bm7b5 x2x231
E7b9 xx2131
Bb/F xx3331
C/E xx2010
Bb/D xx0331
Ebadd9 x6536x
C7sus4 x3x311
C/G xxx010
D/F# xx4232
Cadd9 x32030
Am F Dm Bm7flat5 E7flat9 Am /
Am Bflat F
I watch you sleeping little angel face
Gm Bb/F C/E
And on behalf of the human race
Bb/D F
Welcome to this crazy place
Am Bflat F
I watch you sleeping innocent and free
Gm Bb/F C/E
I don't know what your dreams may be
Bb/D F Ebadd9 Bb
You don't know what you mean to me
Gm C
You have never heard thunder
Bb F
You have never seen the rain
Gm Dm
But you can still feel the wonder
Gm C
You can still feel the pain
Bb F
And sometimes you look at me
C Bb
So wise and so sure
Am C7sus4 C F
I could easily believe you have been here before
Am Bflat F
I watch you sleeping little angel face
Gm Bb/F C/E
And on behalf of the human race
Bb/D F /
Welcome to this crazy place
Instrumental
Bm C G
Am C/G D/F#
C/E G
Am D
I won't be here forever
C G
But as long as I'm a-round
Am Em Am D
I promise you- I will never let you down
C G D C
To help make a world you can feel worthy of
Bm D7 G
I will teach you to fly on the wings of my love
Bm C G
I watch you sleeping brave and unaware
Am C/G D/F#
You don't know yet so you don't care
C/E G
I want you to know it's hard out there
Bm C G
I watch you sleeping little angel face
Am C/G D/F#
And on behalf of the human race
C/E G
Welcome to this crazy place
Cadd9 Bm7
I watch you sleeping
Cadd9 Em
I watch you sleeping
Cadd9 Bm7
I watch you sleeping
Cadd9 Em
I watch you sleeping
Cadd9 Bm7
I watch you sleeping
Cadd9 Em
I watch you sleeping
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