Sleepsong chords by Secret Garden

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

"Sleepsong" by Secret Garden

Verse 1:
DmDm              Bb majorBb     C majorC
Lay down your head, and I'll sing you a lullaby
 DmDm          Bb majorBb     C majorC
Back to the years of loo-li-lai-ley
     DmDm
And I'll sing you to sleep
     Bb majorBb     C majorC
And I'll sing you to morrow
 DmDm       Bb majorBb      A minorAm      DmDm
Bless you with love for the road that you go

Verse 2:
DmDm      Bb majorBb     G minorGm       A augmentedA
May you sail fair to the far fields of fortune
   DmDm      Bb majorBb       G minorGm      A minorAm
With diamonds and pearls at your head and your feet
  Bb majorBb      FF    G minorGm    A minorAm
And may you need never to banish misfortune
DmDm      Bb majorBb     A minorAm      DmDm
May you find kindness in all that you meet

Chorus:
      Bb majorBb    C majorC     A minorAm    Bb majorBb
May there always be angels to watch over you
  Bb majorBb       C majorC     DmDm
To guide you each step of the way
  Bb majorBb      C majorC    A minorAm      Bb majorBb
To guard you and keep you safe from all harm
Bb majorBb   C majorC     DmDm
Loo-li-loo-li-lai-ley

Instrumental:

FF F Bb majorBb C majorC (x2)

Bb majorBb FF Bb majorBb C majorC - DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb - Dm...

Verse 3:
DmDm           Bb majorBb       C majorC
May you bring love, and may you bring happiness
  DmDm    Bb majorBb     G minorGm      A minorAm
Be loved in return to the end of your days
   Bb majorBb      FF       Bb majorBb     A minorAm
Now fall off to sleep; I'm not meaning to keep you
     DmDm     Bb majorBb      A minorAm     DmDm
I'll just sit for a while and sing loo-li-lai-ley

(Back to Chorus, and repeat last line)


THE END!