Sleepless Nights

Lyrics - Credits - Discography - Covers - Bootlegs - Chords

Lyrics Through the sleepless nights I cry for you And wonder who is kissing you Oh, these sleepless nights will break my heart in two Somehow through the day I don't give in I hide the tears that wait within Oh, these sleepless nights will break my heart again Why did you go, oh why did you go? Don't you know, don't you know I need you? I keep hoping you'll come back to me Oh let it be, please let it be My love, please take these sleepless nights from me Oh, these sleepless nights will break my heart in two

Credits Written by: Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant Produced by: Glyn Johns Musicians: Elvis Costello - vocals, piano, vibraphone, celeste Steve Donnelly - acoustic guitar B.J. Cole - pedal steel guitar Roy Babbington - bass Pete Thomas - drums Discography Albums: Kojak Variety (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2004 Singles: none Collections: none Alternate Versions: Sleepless Nights (live, solo) Goodbye Cruel World (reissue), Rykodisc/Demon, 1995 Goodbye Cruel World (Deluxe Edition), Rhino, 2004 Sleepless Nights (live, with Emmylou Harris) Club Date - Live in Memphis, 2005 Soundtracks: none Various Artists collections: Return Of The Grievous Angel: A Tribute To Gram Parsons, 1999 Covers Recorded by: none Performed by: none Bootlegs This section may be incomplete.

Chords

  E                   B7                    E   A7
Through the sleepless nights I've cried for you
              D  G#          C#m  E7
And wondered who  is kissing you
            A                     B                E  
Oh, these sleepless nights will break my heart in two

 E                   B7              E  A7 
Somehow through the day I don't give in
            D    G#              C#m  E7        
I hide the tears   that wait within
            A                     B              E
Oh, these sleepless nights will break my heart again
 
G#           C#m   G#          C#m     
Why did you go, oh why did you go?
 A               G#m       F#m
Don't you know, don't you know
C#m     E 
I need you?
 
E              B7                 E  A7
I keep hoping you'll come back to me
           D  G#             C#m E7
Oh let it be,  please let it be
    A                        B                E     E7
My love, please take these sleepless nights from me
            A                     B                E
Oh, these sleepless nights will break my heart in two

Internal links

• Elvis Costello Home Page: Sleepless Nights info page | lyrics
• Template: Sleepless Nights

External links

• Elvis Costello on Rhino Goodbye Cruel World resissue page Kojak Variety reissue page