Intro F#m , Cmaj7, F#m7 X2
F#m
I dreamt I was in heaven
and I was sitting in a bar
Dmaj7
With all the other angels,
F#m7
you were smoking a cigar
F#m
One hand on your hip
and one foot on a chair
Dmaj7
And a golden ostrich feather
F#m7
that was planted in your hair
F#m, Cmaj7, Em7 X2
F#m
And if I really were an angel,
I'd float over your bed
Dmaj7
Each night a different dream of me
F#m7
I'd plant inside your head
F#m
And if I were an angel,
I tell you what I'd do
Dmaj7
I'd appear in a vision
Bsus2
and I'd give my wings to you
(--3--2--Em)see note below EmX2,Cmaj7,Bsus2,EmX2,Cmaj7,Asus2
At this point use standard chord positions i.e. F#m 022000
Dmaj7 332000
Bsus2 002200
Also from the end of the verse descend the bass string before you hit
the F#m and Dmaj7 chord i.E.,-3-2-Emx2, -3-2-0-Dmaj7 , Bsus2
Bsus2 Esus4 F#m (Esus4 054035)(D shape + little finger)
And I'd say "come closer
D E
Fly into the light
A G? F#m
And please, please don't be stupid (see note below)
G? Dsus2
Let me sleep tonight
A G? F#m
And please don't be stupid
G? Dsus2
Let me sleep tonight"
G(320033) G?(200033) Em(020033)
NB. "please don't be stupid
G?(200033) Dsus2 (032033)
let me sleep tonight" X2
(highlight the bass string run with pick or thumb)
F#m
I dreamt you were a genie
and I found you in the sand
Dmaj7
And you were trapped inside a bottle
F#m7
and I held you in my hand
F#m
And you said you'd grant me wishes
if you were ever freed
Dmaj7
I said "an empty head when I go to bed
Bsus2
is all I ever need"
( bass string -3-2-0) Emx2,Cmaj7,Bsus2,Emx2,Cmaj7,Asus2
F#m
So I, of course, released you, hoping you would keep your word
Dmaj7 F#m7
And you laughed the cruellist laugh that I had ever heard
F#m
And you said "about these wishes, it's too late to decide"
Dmaj7 Bsus2
But I remembered that it was my dream... so I put you back inside
3-2-Emx2 3-2-0 Dmaj7 Bsus2 X2 (see note above)
F#m
I dreamt I was a pirate
aboard a pirate ship
Dmaj7
And for a hand I had a hook
F#m7
and for a heart I had a whip
F#m
And you were trapped inside your bottle
and I kept you down below
Dmaj7
And you begged me to release you...
Bsus2
but I would not let you go
3-2- F#m X2 Cmaj7, Bsus2 X2
F#m
One night I was awoken
while we were out at sea
Dmaj7
By a floating appartion
F#m7
glowing incadescently
F#m
And I could see you clearly
as all around was black
Dmaj7
And you tore off both your wings, said
Bsus2
"Hey now you can have them back!"
Intrument break played over Em,Cmaj7,Bsus2 X2
Esus4 F#m
And you said "come closer
D E
Fly into the light
A G? F#m
And please, please don't be stupid
G? Dsus2
Let me sleep tonight"
A G? F#m
No you said "please don't be stupid
G? Dsus2
Let me sleep tonight
tonight ... tonight....tonight" 3-2- F#m (once only)