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The Japanese Sandman

Words by R. B. Egan, Music by R. A. Whiting - 1920

Verse:
Fm           Edim	Fm          Db9   B9	C7	-
Fm           Edim	Fm         Bbm  Bdim	C7	-
Ab            Eb7	Ab          Bb7	Ab        Bbdim	C7
Fm           Edim	Fm          Db7   C7	Fm         F7	Bb         F7
Bb            C7	F	C7	F
Chorus:
F	-	D7	-
G7           C7	-	F	-
-	-	A	-
E7	-	A         Adim	Gm        C
F	F7	Bb	-
Bbm	-	Gm7	C7
F	-	Dm        Bb	G7         F
-            Dm6	C7	F	-    (to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Won't you stretch imagination for the moment and come with me,

Let us hasten to a nation lying over the western sea,

Hide behind the cherry blossoms here's a sight that will please your eyes,

There's a baby with a lady of Japan singing lullabies,

Night winds breathe her sighs.

 

Chorus:

Here's the Japanese Sandman, Sneaking on with the dew,

Just an old second hand man, He'll buy your old day from you,

He will take ev'ry sorrow, Of the day that is through,

And he'll give you tomorrow, Just to start life anew.

Then you'll be a bit older, In the dawn when you wake,

And you'll be a bit bolder, With the new day you make.

Here's the Japanese Sandman, Trade him silver for gold,

Just an old second hand man, Trading new days for old.

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Listen to Roy Smeck perform "Japanese Sandman" (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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