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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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Georgia On My Mind
Michael Bublé
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...