Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Difficulty: Intermediate Original by Sylvia Fine, performed by Harry Nilsson Verse: Eb EbMA7 Eb6 Eb Fm7 Gdim Fm7 Won’t you play the music so the cradle can rock to a lullaby in ragtime Fm FmM7 Fm7 Bb7 Fm7 Bb7#5 Eb Sleepy hands are creeping to the end of the clock, play a lullaby in ragtime Eb EbMA7 Eb7 Ab Abm6 You can tell the sandman is on his way by the way that they play F7 Cm7 F7 Bb7 Bb7#5 As still as the trill of a thrush in a twilight’s hush... so you can hear the Verse: Eb EbMA7 Eb6 Eb Fm7 Gdim Fm7 Rhythm of the ripples on the side of the boat as you sail a-way to dreamland Fm FmM7 Fm7 Bb7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb Eb7 High above the moon you hear a silvery note as the sandman takes your hand Ab Abm6 Eb C#7 C7 So rock-a-bye my baby, don’t you cry my baby, sleepy time is nigh Fm C7 Fm Fm7 Bb7 Eb Eb6 Won’t you rock me to a ragtime lull - a - by. Ab Abm6 Eb C#7 C7 So rock-a-bye my baby, don’t you cry my baby, sleepy time is nigh Fm C7 Fm Fm7 Bb7 Eb Eb6 Won’t you rock me to a ragtime lull - a - by.
