The Beach Boys – I Went To Sleep (Guitar)

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Chords

The song is played in a waltz time, 3/4, so the chords are played in a fingerstyle manner, with the 1 beat on the lowest/root note, and the 2 and 3 beat on the rest of the chord. Credits to Francis Greene for the chords. Fingerplucking pattern:

   A       Em7   2x
E|-------|---3-3-|
B|---2-2-|---3-3-|
G|---2-2-|---4-4-|
D|---2-2-|-2-----|
A|-0-----|-------|
E|-------|-------|

A:     x-0-2-2-2-x
Em7:   x-x-2-4-3-3
F#9/A: x-1-2-1-2-x
Bm7:   x-2-4-2-3-x
F#9/C#:x-4-4-6-5-x
Bm7/A: x-0-4-2-3-x or 5-x-7-7-7-x
Dmaj9: x-5-4-6-5-x
Gmaj9: x-10-9-11-10-x
C#m7:  x-4-6-4-5-x
F#7#5: 2-x-2-3-3-x
E7:    0-2-2-1-3-x

Chords in interlude
D:     x-5-7-7-7-x
F#m7/C:x-4-4-6-5-x
F#9:   2-x-2-3-2-x
Cdim:  x-3-4-5-4-x
C#:    x-4-6-6-6-x

[Intro] A Em7 A Em7 [Verse 1]

A        F#9/A#       Bm7       F#9/C#
I took a walk and sat down in a park

    Bm7/A           Dmaj9       Gmaj9           Dmaj9
The gard'ner walked out and the sprinklers went on

     Gmaj9       Dmaj9      C#m7  F#7#5 Bm7   E7
They watered the lawn and I went  to    sleep

[Verse 2]

A          F#9/A#      Bm7   F#9/C#
Ten-thirty I turned my radio on

Bm7/A          Dmaj9     Gmaj9   Dmaj9
Some group was playing a musical song

   Gmaj9      Dmaj9      C#m7  F#7#5 Bm7   E7
It wasn't too long and I went  to    sleep

[Interlude] A Em7 A Em7 A D F#m7/C# Bm7 F#9 Bm7 Cdim C# E7 [Verse 3]

 A           F#9/A#    Bm7         F#9/C#
Again at the park on a nice summer day

Bm7/A    Dmaj9       Gmaj9        Dmaj9
High up above me the trees gently sway

  Gmaj9      Dmaj9     C#m7  F#7#5 Bm7   E7
A bird flew away and I went  to    sleep

[Outro] A Em7 A Em7