Intro Dm , Cmaj7, Dm7 X2
Dm
I dreamt I was in heaven
and I was sitting in a bar
A#maj7
With all the other angels,
Dm7
you were smoking a cigar
Dm
One hand on your hip
and one foot on a chair
A#maj7
And a golden ostrich feather
Dm7
that was planted in your hair
Dm, Cmaj7, Em7 X2
Dm
And if I really were an angel,
I'd float over your bed
A#maj7
Each night a different dream of me
Dm7
I'd plant inside your head
Dm
And if I were an angel,
I tell you what I'd do
A#maj7
I'd appear in a vision
Gsus2
and I'd give my wings to you
(--3--2--Em)see note below EmX2,Cmaj7,Gsus2,EmX2,Cmaj7,Asus2
At this point use standard chord positions i.e. Dm 022000
A#maj7 332000
Gsus2 002200
Also from the end of the verse descend the bass string before you hit
the Dm and A#maj7 chord i.E.,-3-2-Emx2, -3-2-0-A#maj7 , Gsus2
Gsus2 Csus4 Dm (Csus4 054035)(A# shape + little finger)
And I'd say "come closer
A# C
Fly into the light
F G? Dm
And please, please don't be stupid (see note below)
G? A#sus2
Let me sleep tonight
F G? Dm
And please don't be stupid
G? A#sus2
Let me sleep tonight"
G(320033) G?(200033) Em(020033)
NB. "please don't be stupid
G?(200033) A#sus2 (032033)
let me sleep tonight" X2
(highlight the bass string run with pick or thumb)
Dm
I dreamt you were a genie
and I found you in the sand
A#maj7
And you were trapped inside a bottle
Dm7
and I held you in my hand
Dm
And you said you'd grant me wishes
if you were ever freed
A#maj7
I said "an empty head when I go to bed
Gsus2
is all I ever need"
( bass string -3-2-0) Emx2,Cmaj7,Gsus2,Emx2,Cmaj7,Asus2
Dm
So I, of course, released you, hoping you would keep your word
A#maj7 Dm7
And you laughed the cruellist laugh that I had ever heard
Dm
And you said "about these wishes, it's too late to decide"
A#maj7 Gsus2
But I remembered that it was my dream... so I put you back inside
3-2-Emx2 3-2-0 A#maj7 Gsus2 X2 (see note above)
Dm
I dreamt I was a pirate
aboard a pirate ship
A#maj7
And for a hand I had a hook
Dm7
and for a heart I had a whip
Dm
And you were trapped inside your bottle
and I kept you down below
A#maj7
And you begged me to release you...
Gsus2
but I would not let you go
3-2- Dm X2 Cmaj7, Gsus2 X2
Dm
One night I was awoken
while we were out at sea
A#maj7
By a floating appartion
Dm7
glowing incadescently
Dm
And I could see you clearly
as all around was black
A#maj7
And you tore off both your wings, said
Gsus2
"Hey now you can have them back!"
Intrument break played over Em,Cmaj7,Gsus2 X2
Csus4 Dm
And you said "come closer
A# C
Fly into the light
F G? Dm
And please, please don't be stupid
G? A#sus2
Let me sleep tonight"
F G? Dm
No you said "please don't be stupid
G? A#sus2
Let me sleep tonight
tonight ... tonight....tonight" 3-2- Dm (once only)