John Cale Tabs

Buffalo Ballet

D A | G Em | D A | G Em
 
D       A    G             D
When Abilene was young and gay
D           A      G             D
And thunder storms filled up the day
    Em/G  D     Em/G       D
The cattle roamed outside the town
A                      B minor
Sleeping In the midday sun
G                      D
Sleeping In the midday sun
A                      B minor
Sleeping In the midday sun
G                      D
Sleeping In the midday sun
 
Then tracks were lain across the plains
By broken old men in torrid rain
The towns grew up, people were still
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
 
F       G           Bb       D
All join in and we'll all hold hands
F                   G         Bb      A
Yes, we'll all join in to help run the land
    G              D
But soldiers once, long, long ago
G                      D
Rode through the town, rode down those
A                      B minor
Sleeping In the midday sun
G                      D
Sleeping In the midday sun
A                      B minor
Sleeping In the midday sun
G                      D
Sleeping In the midday sun
 
Gold came and went, quickly spent
The people broke down and often drowned
From the wealth and of pain of old Abilene
Who was sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun
Sleeping in the midday sun

© 1999- Hans Werksman