Mr. Sandman
Lyrics and Music by Pat Ballard
Key: F
Copyright 1954
Chordettes Version

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File Created 10-10-25

Intro Chords:

F               Dm
Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom
Gm7             C7
Bom bom bom bom bom
Gm7             C7
Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom
F               C7+5
Bom bom bom bom bom

Verse 1:

    F        E7
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
A7                       D7
Make her the cutest that I've ever seen
G7                     C7
Give her two lips like roses and clover
F            F+               Db7          C7
Then tell me that my lonesome nights are o-ver

F        E7
Sandman, I'm so alone
A7                   D7
Don't have nobody to call my own
   Gm7                       Gm7-5
So Please turn on your magic beam
    F    F+   Gm7       C7F    C7
Mr. Sand-man,  bring me a dream

Intro Repeat:

Verse 2:

    F        E7
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
A7                       D7
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
G7                     C7
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
F             F+                Db7         C7
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over

F        E7
Sandman, I'm so alone
A7                   D7
Don't have nobody to call my own
   Gm7                       Gm7-5
So Please turn on your magic beam
    F    F+   Gm7      C7F    C7
Mr. Sand--man bring me a dream

Intro Repeat:

Verse 3:

    F              E7
Mr. Sandman (Yes?) Bring me a dream
A7                             D7
Give him a pair of eyes with a come-hither gleam
G7                           C7
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci
F           F+             Db7   C7
And lots of wavy hair like Liber-ache

    F        E7
Mr. Sandman, someone to hold (Someone to hold)
A7                    D7
Would be so peachy be-fore we're too old
   Gm7                       Gm7-5
So please turn on your magic beam
   F    F+  G7        F       F+      G7
Mr Sand-man bring us, please, please, please,
   F    F+   Gm7      C7F
Mr Sand-man, bring us a dream

Intro Repeat:

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