I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night

Words & Music by Harold Adamson & Jimmy McHugh
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1942
Introduced by Frank Sinatra in the film "Higher and Higher"; Academy Award Nominee



G7   C9      C      Am        Bm7-5   E7
 I couldn't sleep a wink last night

E7-5  A                G/B   A7   Am7   D7 
Be - cause we had that sil - ly fight.

D7-5  G7sus4                 Em
I    thought my heart would break, 

Fdim  Em7        Am7
The whole night through,

  D7sus4               D7
I  knew that you'd be sorry, 

    G7
And I'm sorry too.

G7-5  C9    C       Am      Bm7-5   E7
 I  didn't have my fav'rite dream,

E7-5  A             G/B   A7  Am7  D7
 The one in which I hold you tight,

D7-5 G7sus4            Em Fdim  Em7    Am7
 I    had  to call you up this morning,

          Cdim            F        E7+5    E7
To see if ev'rything was still all right.

A7-9   Dm7             Em Fdim  Em7     Am7
Yes, I had to call you up this morning,

 Gdim    D7               FM7  G6-9  C6/9
'Cause I couldn't sleep a wink last night.

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