Mr Sandman: The Chordettes.
#1 in 1954.
Intro
[A] [F#m] [Bm] [E] [A] [F#m] [Bm] [E]
(Bom-bom-bom...)
Verse 1
[A] [G#]
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream.
[C#7] [F#]
make him the cutest that I've ever seen.
[B] [E]
Give him two lips like roses and clover,
[A] [F] [E]
then tell him that his lonesome nights are over.
[A] [G#]
Sandman, I'm so alone.
[C#7] [F#]
Don't have nobody to call my own.
[Bm] [Dm]
Please turn on your magic beam,
[A] [B] [E] [A]
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream.
Interlude
[D] [Bm]
(bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-
[Em] [A]
bom-bom-bom.)
[D] [Bm]
(bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-
[Em] [A]
bom-bom-bom.)
Verse 2
[Bm] [D] [C#7]
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream.
[F#] [B]
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen.
[E] [A]
Give him the word that I'm not a rover,
[D] [A#] [A]
then tell him that his lonely nights are over.
[D] [C#7]
Sandman, I'm so alone.
[F#] [B]
Don't have nobody to call my own.
[Bm] [G] [Em] [Bb] [Gm7]
Please turn on your magic beam..
[Bm] [E] [D]
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream..
Interlude
[Dm] [A#]
(bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-
[C]
bom-bom-bom.)
[F] [Gm]
(bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-
[C]
bom-bom-bom.)
Verse 3
[A] [G#]
Mr. Sandman bring us a dream.
[C#7] [F#]
Give him a pair of eyes with a come-hither gleam.
[B] [E]
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci,
[A] [F] [E]
and lots of wavy hair like Liber..ace.
[A] [G#]
Mr. Sandman, someone to hold,
[C#7] [F#]
would be so peachy before we're too old.
[Bm] [D]
So please turn on your magic beam.
[A] [B] [A] [B7]
Mr. Sandman, bring us, please, please, please..
[A] [B] [E] [A]
Mr. Sandman, bring us a dream.
Outro
[A]
(bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
