Intro A#m , Cmaj7, A#m7 X2
A#m
I dreamt I was in heaven
and I was sitting in a bar
F#maj7
With all the other angels,
A#m7
you were smoking a cigar
A#m
One hand on your hip
and one foot on a chair
F#maj7
And a golden ostrich feather
A#m7
that was planted in your hair
A#m, Cmaj7, Em7 X2
A#m
And if I really were an angel,
I'd float over your bed
F#maj7
Each night a different dream of me
A#m7
I'd plant inside your head
A#m
And if I were an angel,
I tell you what I'd do
F#maj7
I'd appear in a vision
D#sus2
and I'd give my wings to you
(--3--2--Em)see note below EmX2,Cmaj7,D#sus2,EmX2,Cmaj7,Asus2
At this point use standard chord positions i.e. A#m 022000
F#maj7 332000
D#sus2 002200
Also from the end of the verse descend the bass string before you hit
the A#m and F#maj7 chord i.E.,-3-2-Emx2, -3-2-0-F#maj7 , D#sus2
D#sus2 G#sus4 A#m (G#sus4 054035)(F# shape + little finger)
And I'd say "come closer
F# G#
Fly into the light
C# G? A#m
And please, please don't be stupid (see note below)
G? F#sus2
Let me sleep tonight
C# G? A#m
And please don't be stupid
G? F#sus2
Let me sleep tonight"
G(320033) G?(200033) Em(020033)
NB. "please don't be stupid
G?(200033) F#sus2 (032033)
let me sleep tonight" X2
(highlight the bass string run with pick or thumb)
A#m
I dreamt you were a genie
and I found you in the sand
F#maj7
And you were trapped inside a bottle
A#m7
and I held you in my hand
A#m
And you said you'd grant me wishes
if you were ever freed
F#maj7
I said "an empty head when I go to bed
D#sus2
is all I ever need"
( bass string -3-2-0) Emx2,Cmaj7,D#sus2,Emx2,Cmaj7,Asus2
A#m
So I, of course, released you, hoping you would keep your word
F#maj7 A#m7
And you laughed the cruellist laugh that I had ever heard
A#m
And you said "about these wishes, it's too late to decide"
F#maj7 D#sus2
But I remembered that it was my dream... so I put you back inside
3-2-Emx2 3-2-0 F#maj7 D#sus2 X2 (see note above)
A#m
I dreamt I was a pirate
aboard a pirate ship
F#maj7
And for a hand I had a hook
A#m7
and for a heart I had a whip
A#m
And you were trapped inside your bottle
and I kept you down below
F#maj7
And you begged me to release you...
D#sus2
but I would not let you go
3-2- A#m X2 Cmaj7, D#sus2 X2
A#m
One night I was awoken
while we were out at sea
F#maj7
By a floating appartion
A#m7
glowing incadescently
A#m
And I could see you clearly
as all around was black
F#maj7
And you tore off both your wings, said
D#sus2
"Hey now you can have them back!"
Intrument break played over Em,Cmaj7,D#sus2 X2
G#sus4 A#m
And you said "come closer
F# G#
Fly into the light
C# G? A#m
And please, please don't be stupid
G? F#sus2
Let me sleep tonight"
C# G? A#m
No you said "please don't be stupid
G? F#sus2
Let me sleep tonight
tonight ... tonight....tonight" 3-2- A#m (once only)