Metallica - Enter Sandman
Originally in Em, with a lot of 4 in the melody (e.g. “gripping your *pill*ow tight”)
I play in Em capo 5
Intro, chords approximating the riffs
Slow part
Em→ Edim7
F’ing metal part
Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7G
EmSay your prayers, litFtle Emone
Don’t forget, my FsonEm
To include everyGone
EmI tuck you in, warm FwithEmin
Keep you free from FsinEm
Till the sandman, he Gcomes
F#mF#dim7Sleep with F#mone eye oF#dim7pen
F#mF#dim7Gripping your F#mpillow tF#dim7ight
F#mExiBt F#mlight B
F#mEnteBr Enight
F#mTake Bmy Ehand
Hard stop on “off”
We’re Goff to never-never land
Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7G
EmSomething’s wrong, shut Fthe Emlight
Heavy thoughts toFnighEmt
And they aren’t of Snow GWhite
EmDreams of war, dreams Fof Emliars
Dreams of dragon’s FfireEm
And of things that will Gbite, wh-yeah
F#mF#dim7Sleep with F#mone eye oF#dim7pen
F#mF#dim7Gripping your F#mpillow tF#dim7ight
F#mExiBt F#mlight B
F#mEnteBr Enight
F#mTake Bmy Ehand
We’re Goff to never-never land
Em
Solo on a verse and chorus
Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7G
Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7G
F#m→ F#dim7F#m→ F#dim7F#m→ F#dim7F#m→ F#dim7
F#m→ BF#m→ B
F#m→ BE
F#m→ BE
Spoken
EmNow I lay me down to sleep
Pray the lord my soul to keep
If I die before I wake
Pray the lord my soul to take
F#mHush little F#dim7baby, F#mdon’t say a F#dim7word
F#mAnd never mF#dim7ind that F#mnoise you heard F#dim7
F#mIt’s just the F#dim7beasts undeF#mr your beF#dim7d
F#mIn your clF#dim7oset, F#min your heF#dim7ad
F#mExiBt F#mlight B
F#mEnteBr Enight
F#mGrain Bof Esand
F#mExiBt F#mlight B
F#mEnteBr Enight
F#mTakeBmy Ehand
We’re Goff to never-never land
Em
Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7
Boo, Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7yeah yeah Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7
Em→ Edim7GYo, whoa
Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7We’re off to never-never land
Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7Em→ Edim7We’re off to never-never land