Lullaby In Ragtime Ukulele chords by Harry Nilsson

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.