Mr. Sandman

Words & Music by Pat Ballard
Recorded by The Chordettes, 1954 (#1)


G7    CM7    CM7/6	    B7
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream;

E7	                    A7+5      A7
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen.

D7                     G7
Give him two lips like roses in clover,

C      C/B	      Am7      Am7/G	  Fdim(III)    G
  And tell him that his lonesome nights are over.


CM7	     CM7/6     B7
Sandman,   I'm so alone,

  E7	                A7+5    A7
Don't have nobody to call my own;

  Dm        Dm7	         Fdim(I)
Please turn on your magic beam;

      C  C/B   D9    G7   C 		 
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream.


Instrumental Interlude:

||:    C    C/B   Am7    Am7/G   Fdim(III)   G    :||


CM7	                              CM7/6       B7
Mr. Sandman (male voice: "Yesss?") bring me a dream 

E7	                           A7+5           A7
Give him a pair of eyes with a "come-hither" gleam

D7                             G7
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci 

C    C/B	  Am7  Am7/G	Fdim(III)     G
And lots of wavy hair like  Li - ber - a - ce

       CM7    CM7/6      B7
Mr Sandman, someone to hold 

E7	                A7+5          A7
Would be so peachy before I'm too old;

     Dm        Dm7	         Fdim(I)
So please turn on your magic beam,

     C  C/B  Am7	Am7/G   C 	  E7     A7+5 
Mr. Sandman bring me,     please, please, please,

     C  C/B   D9      G7   C
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream.



 
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