Intro Cm , Cmaj7, Cm7 X2
Cm
I dreamt I was in heaven
and I was sitting in a bar
G#maj7
With all the other angels,
Cm7
you were smoking a cigar
Cm
One hand on your hip
and one foot on a chair
G#maj7
And a golden ostrich feather
Cm7
that was planted in your hair
Cm, Cmaj7, Em7 X2
Cm
And if I really were an angel,
I'd float over your bed
G#maj7
Each night a different dream of me
Cm7
I'd plant inside your head
Cm
And if I were an angel,
I tell you what I'd do
G#maj7
I'd appear in a vision
Fsus2
and I'd give my wings to you
(--3--2--Em)see note below EmX2,Cmaj7,Fsus2,EmX2,Cmaj7,Asus2
At this point use standard chord positions i.e. Cm 022000
G#maj7 332000
Fsus2 002200
Also from the end of the verse descend the bass string before you hit
the Cm and G#maj7 chord i.E.,-3-2-Emx2, -3-2-0-G#maj7 , Fsus2
Fsus2 A#sus4 Cm (A#sus4 054035)(G# shape + little finger)
And I'd say "come closer
G# A#
Fly into the light
D# G? Cm
And please, please don't be stupid (see note below)
G? G#sus2
Let me sleep tonight
D# G? Cm
And please don't be stupid
G? G#sus2
Let me sleep tonight"
G(320033) G?(200033) Em(020033)
NB. "please don't be stupid
G?(200033) G#sus2 (032033)
let me sleep tonight" X2
(highlight the bass string run with pick or thumb)
Cm
I dreamt you were a genie
and I found you in the sand
G#maj7
And you were trapped inside a bottle
Cm7
and I held you in my hand
Cm
And you said you'd grant me wishes
if you were ever freed
G#maj7
I said "an empty head when I go to bed
Fsus2
is all I ever need"
( bass string -3-2-0) Emx2,Cmaj7,Fsus2,Emx2,Cmaj7,Asus2
Cm
So I, of course, released you, hoping you would keep your word
G#maj7 Cm7
And you laughed the cruellist laugh that I had ever heard
Cm
And you said "about these wishes, it's too late to decide"
G#maj7 Fsus2
But I remembered that it was my dream... so I put you back inside
3-2-Emx2 3-2-0 G#maj7 Fsus2 X2 (see note above)
Cm
I dreamt I was a pirate
aboard a pirate ship
G#maj7
And for a hand I had a hook
Cm7
and for a heart I had a whip
Cm
And you were trapped inside your bottle
and I kept you down below
G#maj7
And you begged me to release you...
Fsus2
but I would not let you go
3-2- Cm X2 Cmaj7, Fsus2 X2
Cm
One night I was awoken
while we were out at sea
G#maj7
By a floating appartion
Cm7
glowing incadescently
Cm
And I could see you clearly
as all around was black
G#maj7
And you tore off both your wings, said
Fsus2
"Hey now you can have them back!"
Intrument break played over Em,Cmaj7,Fsus2 X2
A#sus4 Cm
And you said "come closer
G# A#
Fly into the light
D# G? Cm
And please, please don't be stupid
G? G#sus2
Let me sleep tonight"
D# G? Cm
No you said "please don't be stupid
G? G#sus2
Let me sleep tonight
tonight ... tonight....tonight" 3-2- Cm (once only)