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Song title:      Daydream Believer
Original Album:  The Birds, The Bees And The Monkees

Words and Music by John Stewart
Copyright © 1967 Colgems Records
Published by RCA

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
The Monkees version starts on G but I've transposed everything to C,
as it's easier for me to sing it in that key.


INTRO:
Chords:
C  x32010
F  x33211

[play: | C | F |]  [x2]


VERSE:
Chords:
C  x32010    Cmaj7 022010    G7 320001
Dm xx0231    Am    x02210
Em 022000    D7    xx0212
F  x33211    G     320003

            C               Dm            Em              F
Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings, of the bluebird as she sings
    C           Cmaj7 Am               D7    G
The six o'clock a  -  larm would never ring

       C           Dm             C     Csus4  C     F
But it rings and I rise, wipe the sleep out    of my eyes
    C       Am      Dm    G7     C
The shavin' razor's cold, and it stings


LEAD-IN TO CHORUS:
Notes:
Single strums.

Chords:
C  x32010
G5 3x0030
F  x33211

[play: C-G5-C-F-C-G5-C]


CHORUS:
Chords:
F  x33211    Am  x02210
G  320003    C   x32010
Em 022000    D7  xx0212
G7 320001

F         G      Em    F       G7     Am    F
Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean, to a

C            F            C      Am     D7     G
  Daydream believer and a   home-coming queen?


VERSE:
You once thought of me, as a white knight on his steed
Now you know how happy I can be
Oh, and our good times start and end,  without dollar one to spend
But how much baby do we really need?


[repeat LEAD-IN TO CHORUS]

[repeat CHORUS]  [x2]


[INSTRUMENTAL over: | C | F |]  [x2]


[repeat CHORUS]  [x2] and fade