Verse:
 Eb                Eb7          Eb6        Eb        Fm7     Gdim Fm7
Won’t you play the music so the cradle can rock to a lullaby in ragtime
 Fm              Fm7             Fm7       Bb7           Fm7  Bb7   Eb
Sleepy hands are creeping to the end of the clock, play a lullaby in ragtime
 Eb              Eb7        Eb7     Ab            Abm6
You can tell the sandman is on his way by the way that they play
 F7             Cm7        F7                   Bb7      Bb7  
As still as the trill of a thrush in a twilight’s hush...    so you can hear the

Verse:
 Eb          Eb7            Eb6         Eb         Fm7 Gdim      Fm7
Rhythm of the ripples on the side of the boat as you sail a-way to dreamland
 Fm            Fm7             Fm7     Bb7         Fm7     Bb7        Eb Eb7
High above the moon you hear a silvery note as the sandman takes your hand
 Ab                    Abm6                   Eb     Db7     C7
So rock-a-bye my baby, don’t you cry my baby, sleepy time is nigh
          Fm    C7 Fm           Fm7    Bb7 Eb Eb6
Won’t you rock me  to a ragtime lull - a - by.


 Ab                    Abm6                   Eb     Db7     C7
So rock-a-bye my baby, don’t you cry my baby, sleepy time is nigh
          Fm    C7 Fm           Fm7    Bb7 Eb Eb6
Won’t you rock me  to a ragtime lull - a - by.
 Dit arrangement is de eigen interpretatie van de inzender, gedeeld voor privéstudie, educatie en niet-commercieel gebruik. Het onderliggende nummer, de songtekst en de muziek blijven eigendom van hun rechthebbenden. Om verwijdering aan te vragen, zie Juridische verklaring.