Golden Slumbers Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays510

Golden Slumbers by Paul McCartney is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am7, Dm7, G7, C, Em, Am, Dm, F, G, C/G, F7M, E, A, D, B, F#7, A7 and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			GOLDEN SLUMBERS / CARRY THAT WEIGHT 
PAUL McCARTNEY 
  
Intro (piano arranged for guitar) 

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1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &                 

Am7			          Dm7 
Once, there was a way to get back homeward 
G7				   C 
Once, there was a way to get back home 
  Em	     Am                Dm 
Sleep pretty darling, do not cry, 
G7	   	      C 
And I will sing a lullaby 

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

-- incidental (Carry that weight) 

Am7                   Dm 
I never give you my pillow 
 G                     C/G 
I only send you my invitations 
F7M                     Dm E 
And in the middle of the celebrations 
Am7             G 
I break down... 

C                  G 
Boy, you gonna to carry that weight 
                     C 
carry that weight a long time 
                   G 
Boy, you gonna to carry that weight 
                     C       Em 
carry that weight a long time 

-- incidental (The End) 

A   D           B    E 
Oh Yeah All Right 
A                       F#7      A                   A7            D7 A7 D7 
Are you gonna be in my dreams tonight 
 A7      D7 
Love You Love You 
       A7          D7 
In the end, in the end 
       A7          D7 
In the end, in the end 
A 
And in the end 
     G 
The love you take 
      F  G7      F  G7    C 
Is equal to the love you make. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante