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