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[NOTES] 
1) Strum pattern of verses follows the sung lyrics.
2) Am7 in "one eye open" is the two-finger version--same as Am but lift ring finger on "-pen" syllable.
3) On the instrumental bridge and outro: Between the Em and Am chords, pluck the two non-open notes--
   the low D and low A strings--of the Em chord before going to Am. You can actually hit any two notes
   of the Em chord, as long as the first one is higher.
   It's just an easier version of the intro, since this is for novices.
4) In the verses, damp the strings for all chords except the final G, which you strum a few times.

[INTRO]

In Em chord position: Open low E string, D string, G string, D string , open low A, D string.
then low E again. (x3)
Then use ring finger rapidly on/off low E string to finish riff. (Pluck or hammer-on.)

[Pause for emphasis/suspense.)

[VERSE 1]

            
Say your praye

           
rs, little one

            
Don't forget, 

    
my son

            
To include eve

     
ryone  

            
I tuck you in,

                  
 warm within

            
Keep you free 

  
from sin

            
Till the Sandm

         
an, he comes

[PRE-CHORUS] 
(Legato/gently)

            
Sleep with one

             
 eye o-       


pen

(Now strum the D downward twice hard and mute it)

D   (x2)

N.C. 
Gripping your pillow tight

[CHORUS]

            
Ex-           

             
  it          

            
          ligh

 
t

(Optional: Sounds cool if you pluck the open low E repeatedly to fill here)

            
En-           

             
ter           

           
      night

            
Take          

             
   my         

        
           han

d

Em                       N.C.
    Off                         to Never-Never Land

[INSTR BRIDGE] 

   
   
   
  

[VERSE 2]

            
Something's wr


ong, shut the 

light

           
Heavy thoughts


 to-   night

         
And they aren'

t Snow White

            
Dreams of war,

            
 dreams of lie

s

            
Dreams of drag

     
on's fire

            
And of things 

         
that will bite

[PRE-CHORUS]

            
Sleep with one

      
 eye o-pen

     
(hard strike t

wice, then mut

e before singi

ng:)

N.C.
Gripping your pillow tight

[CHORUS]

           
Ex-    it     

            
           lig

ht

[Optional: Sounds cool if you hit the low E repeatedly to fill here]

                                

En-             ter                    night

           
Take       my 

           
        hand

Em   N.C.
Off           to Never-Never Land       

[INSTR BRIDGE] 

   
   
   
  

[SPOKEN INTERLUDE]

(Softly strum over lyrics, spoken menacingly:)

       
Now I lay me d

own to sleep

 
I pray the Lor

d my soul to k

eep

 
If I die befor

e I wake
 
I pray the Lor

d my soul to t

ake

[VOCAL BRIDGE]

            
Hush, little b

      
aby; don't say

 a word

            
And never mind

      
 that noise yo

u heard

            
It's just the 

      
beasts under y

our bed

             
In your closet

            (
, in your head

[CHORUS]

            
Ex-           

             
  it          

            
            li

  
ght

[Optional: Pluck open low E x7]

       
Enter         

              

night

       
Take my       

  hand
Em                  N.C.
Off           to Never-Never Land

[OUTRO]

   
   
   
  

(End song on hard downward strum of the Em.)

(Now let loose an evil laugh. Children will cry, mommies will glare at you,
young ladies will fan themselves...
Your work here is done.)

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