Chords: Mr Sandman (Pat Ballard)

Subject: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From:
Date: 25 Oct 99 - 03:18 PM

It is not really a Folk-Song, but does anybody know the lyrics and the chords of the song: "Mr Sandman" as performed by the "Four Aces"? Thanks a lot!

Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: MISTER SANDMAN (Pat Ballard)
From: _gargoyle
Date: 26 Oct 99 - 02:57 AM

Mister Sandman copyright 1954 Edwin H. Morris and Company Music and Lyrics by Pat Ballard

Key of Bb - 2/4 time - chord changes gnereally, on the first beat

Brightly with numerous rests -

Bb,A7,D7,G7,C7,F7,Bb,Gb,F9,Bb,A7,D7,G7,CmCm7 Ebm6,Bb,C9,F7,Bb F9,Bb

If one were looking for another example of the "cycle of fifths/aka fourths" such as the one proffered by the noble Mr. Seed in a previous thread (Bill Baily) this could be it.

Mister(Bb)Sandman, (A7)bring me a dream
(D7)Make him the cutest that (G7)I've ever seen
(C7Give him two lips like (F7)roses and clover
(Bb)Then tell me that my lone-some (Bb)Sandman, (A7)I'm so alone
(D7)Don't have nobody to (G7)call my own
(Cm)Please (Cm7)turn on your magic (Ebm6)beam
(Ebm6)Mister (Bb)Sandman, (C9)bring me (F7)a (Bb)dream.

Mister Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over.
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mister Sandman, bring me a dream.

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From: Peter T.
Date: 26 Oct 99 - 10:11 AM

Thanks, gargoyle. Always wanted that.
yours, Peter T. P.S. Emmylou Harris remarked that this was the trickiest song she ever sang harmony on.

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From: Malles
Date: 26 Oct 99 - 05:10 PM

Thanks very much for the tips. you've been my last hope to get this.

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From: _gargoyle
Date: 26 Oct 99 - 11:13 PM

For all of its cyclic simplicity...it is the "scat-off-beat" that is so powerfully difficult...I recommend that you pickup a copy of sheet music...

The difficult parts for the accompaniest ...are the "rests".... you don't want to continue past "the lead" or it appears to the ear of the audience that "another voice" (human or insturmental) has taken over "the lead."

It is easy to understand her statment...some VERY complex rhythems are within a "standard" 2/4. (And a couple off tone harmonies)

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From: harpgirl
Date: 27 Oct 99 - 01:20 PM

...thanks gg...have wanted to do this song...do you have music to "When the Wind was Green?"...harp

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From: MTM
Date: 27 Oct 99 - 01:56 PM

Do you need the third verse?

Mister Sandman, bring me a dream.
Give him a pair of eyes with a come hither gleam.
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci,
And lots of wavy hair like Liberace.
Mister Sandman, someone to hold
Would be so peachy before we're too old,
So please turn on your magic beam.
Mister Sandman, bring me, please please please,
Mister Sandman, bring me a dream.

I don't know if Emmylou did this verse, but the Chordettes did.

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From:
Date: 27 Oct 99 - 09:53 PM

dear harp...as you should know...post it to a NEW THREAD...ie Lyr Req. " When the Leaves Were Green"

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From: harpgirl
Date: 27 Oct 99 - 10:00 PM

...what if I don't want to?

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From: M.Ted
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 09:33 AM

Again, for the record, chords in an easier, more normal(for folk musicians) key:

(Pick-up)G7
||C C/B7B7/E7 E7/A7+5 A7/
D7 D7/ G7 G7/C Am6/Ab7 G7/
|C C/B7B7/E7 E7/A7+5 A7/
Dm7 Dm7/ Dm7 Dm7/
Fm7 Fm7/Fm7 Fm7/
C A7/D9 G7/ C C||

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From: Mark Clark
Date: 23 Jan 04 - 10:43 AM

The On-Line Guitar Archive (OLGA) has a Chet Atkins style tab of this tune. Finger pickers might like to try working this out.

      - Mark

Subject: RE: Lyr + Chords Req: Mr Sandmann
From: GUEST,Peder
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 03:50 PM

Mister Sandman bring me a dream,
Make her complexion like peaches and cream.
Give her two lips like roses in clover.
Then tell me that my lonesome nights are over.

Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have no body to call my own.
Please turn on your magic beam.
Mister Sandman bring me a dream.

Mister Sandman, someone to hold.
Someone to love me, before I'm too old.
Give her a voice like Brenda Lee,
and lots of pretty hair like Sandra Dee.