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


Copyright Belfry productions 1988