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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: C

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intermediate |||||
Summertime
George Gershwin
 Am7                                         Dm7 
Once, there was a way          to get back homeward
 G7                                          C 
Once, there was a way          to get back home
 E                Am            D9 
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry,
 G7                       C 
 And I will sing a lullaby

 C        F9               C 
Golden slumbers fill your eyes
 C        F9               C 
Smiles awake you when you rise
 E                Am            D9 
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry,
 G7                      C 
And I will sing a lullaby

 Am7                                         Dm7 
Once, there was a way          to get back homeward
 G7                                          C 
Once, there was a way          to get back home
 E                Am            D9 
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry,
 G7                       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...