Golden Slumbers Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays486

Golden Slumbers by Elbow is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm, G, C, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
verse 1 
Am 
Once there was a way 
              Dm 
To get back homeward 
G 
Once there was a way 
             C 
To get back home 

 
Em              Am            Dm 
Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry 
G                C 
I will sing a lullaby 
C        F                 C 
Golden slumbers fill your eyes 
C       F                  C 
Smiles awake you when you rise 
Em              Am            Dm 
Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry 
G                  C 
And I will sing a lullaby 
G                  C 
And I will sing a lullaby 

verse 2 
Am 
Once there was a way 
              Dm 
To get back homeward 
G 
Once there was a way 
            C 
To get back home 

 
Em                Am          Dm 
Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry 
G                  C 
And I will sing a lullaby 
C        F                 C 
Golden slumbers fill your eyes 
C       F                  C 
Smiles awake you when you rise 
Em              Am            Dm 
Sleep, pretty darling, do not cry 
G                  C 
And I will sing a lullaby 
G                  C 
And I will sing a lullaby 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante