...MIDNIGHT LULLABY... by Tom Waits
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*from 'Closing Time' (1973)*
1st
(Original Key: Ab)
Intro:
Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x4)
Verse 1:
Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye,
Hush-a bye, my baby; no need to be crying.
Bridge 1:
You can burn the midnight oil with me, as long as you will.
Bm A7 Am7 D+ (Gmaj7)
Stare out at the moon upon the window-sill and dream...
Verse 2:
Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye,
Hush-a bye, my baby; no need to be crying.
Bridge 2:
There's dew drops on the window-sill, gumdrops in your head.
Bm A7 Am7 D+ (Gmaj7)
Slipping into dream land; you're nodding your head, so dream...
Solo:
Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x4)
Bm A7, Am7 D, Bm A7, Am7 D+
Gmaj7, Cmaj7 (x2)
Verse 3:
Dream of West Vir-ginia, or of the British Isles.
'Cos when you are dreaming, you see for miles and miles.
Bridge 3:
When you are much older, re-member when we sat.
At midnight on the window-sill and had this little chat...
Coda:
And dream...
Come on and dream,
Come on and dream.
And dream...
And dream...
Come on and dream.
Outro:
Gmaj7 Em7, C Am7 (x3), Gmaj7
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)