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[Intro]
Amaj7
[Verse 1]
E7Mister       Amaj7      E7  A6Sandman,              Amaj7add13  G#7bring me a dream
     C#9#5/G#Make her the cutest that F#7I've ever seen
   B9Give her two lips like E7add13roses in cloverAadd9  
TAhen tell her that my lonesome F9nights are E13over
[Chorus]
Mister Amaj7add13Sandman,   G#7I'm so alone
      C#9#5/G#Don't have nobody to F#7call my own
BmPlease Bm7turn on your magic Bm-5/Abeam
                       B9E(#9)/+5 A  
Mister Sandman, bring me a        dream
[Verse 2]
E7Mister       Amaj7      E7  A6Sandman,              Amaj7add13  G#7bring me a dream
      C#9#5/G#Make it the cutest that F#7I've ever seen
   B9Give her the word that E7add13I'm not a roverAadd9  
TAhen tell her that my lonesome F9nights are E13over
[Chorus]
Mister Amaj7add13Sandman,   G#7I'm so alone
      C#9#5/G#Don't have nobody to F#7call my own
     Bm                  Bm7Bmdim5/A
Please turn on your magic beam
                       B9E(#9)/+5 A  
Mister Sandman, bring me a        dream
[Verse 3]
E7Mister       Amaj7      E7  A6Sandman,              Amaj7add13  G#7bring us a dream
      C#9#5/G#Give her a pair of eyes F#7with a congeal of gleam
B9Give her a lonely heart lE7add13ike HarlehatschiAadd9  
AAnd not so wavy hair like LiberF9atschiE13  
[Outro]
E7Mister       Amaj7     E7SA6andman,               Amaj7add13  G#7someone to hold
    C#9#5/G#Would be so peachy before F#7we're too old
B9So please turn on your magic E7add13beamAadd9  
                       B9E(#9)/+5  A  
Mister Sandman, bring us
APlease, pF9lease, please  bring E13us
Mister SaAndman,    bring us F9a dream         E13Yeah
End

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Mister Sandman

by Chet Atkins

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Amaj7

Amaj7add13

G#7

C#9#5/G#

F#7

E7add13

Aadd9

E13

Bm7

Bm-5/A

[Intro]

Amaj7

[Verse 1]

E7 Amaj7 E7 A6 Amaj7add13 G#7

Mister Sandman, bring me a dream

C#9#5/G# F#7

Make her the cutest that I've ever seen

B9 E7add13 Aadd9

Give her two lips like roses in clover

A F9 E13

Then tell her that my lonesome nights are over

[Chorus]

Amaj7add13 G#7

Mister Sandman, I'm so alone

C#9#5/G# F#7

Don't have nobody to call my own

Bm Bm7 Bm-5/A

Please turn on your magic beam

B9 A

E(#9)/+5

Mister Sandman, bring me a dream

[Verse 2]

E7 Amaj7 E7 A6 Amaj7add13 G#7

Mister Sandman, bring me a dream

C#9#5/G# F#7

Make it the cutest that I've ever seen

B9 E7add13 Aadd9

Give her the word that I'm not a rover

A F9 E13

Then tell her that my lonesome nights are over

[Chorus]

Amaj7add13 G#7

Mister Sandman, I'm so alone

C#9#5/G# F#7

Don't have nobody to call my own

Bm Bm7

Bmdim5/A

Please turn on your magic beam

B9 A

E(#9)/+5

Mister Sandman, bring me a dream

[Verse 3]

E7 Amaj7 E7 A6 Amaj7add13 G#7

Mister Sandman, bring us a dream

C#9#5/G# F#7

Give her a pair of eyes with a congeal of gleam

B9 E7add13 Aadd9

Give her a lonely heart like Harlehatschi

A F9 E13

And not so wavy hair like Liberatschi

[Outro]

E7 Amaj7 E7 A6 Amaj7add13 G#7

Mister Sandman, someone to hold

C#9#5/G# F#7

Would be so peachy before we're too old

B9 E7add13 Aadd9

So please turn on your magic beam

B9 A

E(#9)/+5

Mister Sandman, bring us

A F9 E13

Please, please, please bring us

A F9 E13

Mister Sandman, bring us a dream Yeah

End

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