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Golden Slumbers

Golden Slumbers is part of a medley on the B-side of The Beatles Abbey Road album and is based on a poem by Thomas Dekker. McCartney found the poem in a lullaby in his stepfathers book and composed the music around it, adding a melody that differed from the original poem.

Key: A

Introduction: C    

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Unchained Melody
Andy Williams
Am7                      Dm7  
Once, there was a way    to get back homeward
Em                      C  
Once, there was a way to get back home
Em                    Am                                              F7+      G7  
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
                                C  
  And I will sing a lullaby
             F7+              C  
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
                        Fm7                         C  
Smiles awake you when you rise
Em                         Am                                            F7+    G7  
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
                        C  
And I will sing a lullaby
Am7                      Dm7  
Once, there was a way    to get back homeward
Em                      C  
Once, there was a way to get back home
Em                    Am                                              F7+    G7  
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry
                     C  
And I will sing a lullaby

Other versions

Golden Slumbers |||||

(The Beatles)

Once, there was a way to get back homeward Once, there was a way to get bac...

Golden Slumbers |||||

(Jane Monheit)

Once, there was a way to get back homeward Once, there was a way to get bac...