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Dream a Little Dream of Me – Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
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Composers: Fabian Andre/Wilbur Schwandt
Lyricist: Gus Kahn
B-Side of “Can Anyone Explain? (No, No, No!)” (1950)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Special chords
E-A-D-G-B-e
F#9 2-4-2-3-2-4
G9 3-5-3-4-3-5
Dm7-5 x-x-0-1-1-1
Db/F x-x-3-1-2-1
Edim7 x-x-2-3-2-3
Ab13 4-6-4-5-6-4
Abdim7 4-x-3-4-3-x
F/A x-0-3-2-1-x
Bdim7 x-2-3-1-3-x
F9 1-3-1-2-1-3
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Intro
| [F] [Fm] | [C/E] [Ebdim7] |
[C#m7] | [Dm7] [F#9] | [G9] |
(Scat vocals)
Verse 1
[C] [C/G] [Ab7] [G/D] [G7]
Stars shining bright above you
[C] [C/G] [A7]
Night breezes seem to whisper, I love you
[Dm7] [Dm7-5] [Fm]
Birds singing in the sycamore tree
[C/G] [Am7] [Dm7] [G]
Dream a little dream of me
Verse 2
[C] [C/G] [Ab7] [G7]
Say nighty-night and kiss me
[C] [C/G] [A7]
Just hold me tight and tell me you'll miss me
[Dm7] [Dm7-5] [Fm]
While I'm alone and blue as can be
[C/G] [Am7] [Dm7] [G] | [C] [Bb7] [C#7] |
Dream a little dream of me
Bridge
[Ab] [Bdim7] [Bbm7] [Eb7] [ [Ab] ]
Stars fading but I linger on dear (Oh, how you linger on ...)
[Ab] [Bdim7] [Bbm7] [Eb7]
Still craving your kiss (How you crave my kiss ...)
[Ab] [Fm] [Bbm7] [Eb7]
I'm longing to linger 'til dawn, dear
[Ab] [Fm] [Dm7] [G]
Just saying this (Give me a little kiss ...)
Verse 3
[C] [C/G] [Dm7] [G]
Swee-ee-ee-ee-ee-eet dreams 'til sunbeams find you
[C] [C/G] [A7]
Sweet dreams that leave all worries behind you
[Dm7] [Dm7-5]
But in your dreams whatever they be
[C/G] [Ab7] [G7] [C]
Dream a little dream of me - Bud, bud, buz, buz, buz, buz, buz
(break)
Bridge
[Db] [Bbm7] [Ebm7] [Ab7]
Stars fading but I linger on dear
(Scat vocals)
[Db/F] [Edim7] [Ebm7] [Ab7]
Still craving your kiss
(Scat vocals)
[Db] [Bbm7] [Ebm7] [Ab13]
See, I'm longing to linger 'til dawn dear
(Scat vocals)
[Db/F] [Bbm7] [G7] [C7]
Just saying this
(Scat vocals)
[Verse 4] + coda
[F] [Dm7] [G7] [C7]
Sweet dreams, dreamin' 'til sunbeams find you
[F] [Dm7] [D7]
Gotta keep dreamin' leave the worries behind you
(Keep dreamin' ...)
[G7] [Gm7-5] [Bbm]
But in your dreams whatever they be
[Am7] [Abdim7]
You gotta make me a promise, promise to me
[Gm7] [Gm7] [C7] | [F] [F/A] | [Bb7] [Bdim7] | [F] [F#9] [F9]
You'll dream, dream a little dream of me
