Key: D major
Verse 1
B
E
B
E
B
F#
F#sus4
B
Sleep,
E
B
E
my son, my fine one,
B
F#
C#m
You've had your fill of play.
B
E
Rest your head now,
B
E
B
F#
B
as the sun bids farewell to the day
E
B
E
Clutch your blanket to your chest,
B
F#
C#m
as I stoop and kiss your brow
B
E
B
E
And I sing you to your rest,
B
F#
O sleep my lovely night.
B
E
My son, I'll see you always,
B
E
F#
your face round and bright.
B
E
Laughing through the summer days,
B
E
B
your voice true and light.
Heed, my son, the shining days
E
B
F#
as they go marching by.
B
E
F#
Till you see their golden rays
B
F#
B
E
B
E
through your father's eyes
B
F#
B
E
B
E
F#sus4
F#
F#sus4
B
E
B
E
Sleep, my son, my brave one,
B
F#
C#m
B
I sing you to your rest.
E
B
E
Far beyond the waves, son,
B
F#
Where dwell the loved and the blessed,
B
E
I will see you always,
B
E
F#
your face round and bright,
B
E
laughing through the summer days,
B
E
B
your voice true and light.
F#
B
E
I will mourn the shining days
B
F#
as they go dreaming by
B
E
F#
Golden days you'll never see
B
F#
B
through your father's eyes
F#
B
F#
B
through your Father's eyes
C#m
C#m
So he walked the rails again,
E
C#m
E
so he walked the rails again,
E
A
E
so he walked the rails again.
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