Daydream Believer Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Daydream Believer chord chart by The Monkees. This was a request from some of the students in my private Facebook group that’s part of the online course. So here it is!
Overall, not too bad of a song. There is a Bm chord and we are using a bit of swing rhythm here on the verse so learning a little more towards beginner/intermediate realm.
If you know how to do block picking, you could also do that on these verse parts since we are trying to mimic the piano a bit here.
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Daydream Believer Guitar Chords:
Daydream Believer Strumming Patterns:
Verse Strumming: Swing time Tempo: 126 bpm
G
1 + a 2 + a 3 + a 4 + a
D U D U D U D U
When we get to the chorus, I would move more to a downbeat and syncopated strumming. If the syncopation is too much, you can always add the down strum on the third beat for the second measure of the strumming pattern.
Chorus Strumming:
C D Bm
1 2 + 3 4 + 1 2+ 3+ 4+
DDU D DU DDU U DU
Daydream Believer Guitar Lesson:
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Daydream Believer Chord Chart:
Intro:
G D7 G D7
Verse:
G Am
Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings
Bm C
Of the bluebird as she sings
G Em A D7
The six-o-clock alarm would never ring.
G Am
But it rings and I rise
Bm C
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes
|G Em | |Am D7 | G G
My shaving razor's cold and it stings.
Chorus:
|C D | Bm
Cheer up sleepy Jean
|C D | |Em C |
Oh what can it mean to a
G C |G Em | A7 D7
daydream believer and a homecoming queen.
Verse:
G Am
You once thought of me
Bm C
As a white knight on his steed.
G Em A D7
Now you know how happy I can be.
G Am
Oh, and our good times start and end
Bm C
without dollar one to spend,
|G Em | |Am D7 | G G
but how much baby do we really need
Chorus:
|C D | Bm
Cheer up sleepy Jean
|C D | |Em C |
Oh what can it mean to a
G C |G Em | A7 D7
daydream believer and a homecoming queen.
|C D | Bm
Cheer up sleepy Jean
|C D | |Em C |
Oh what can it mean to a
G C |G Em | A7 D7
daydream believer and a homecoming queen.
Interlude: G D7 G D7
Chorus and Outro:
|C D | Bm
Cheer up sleepy Jean
|C D | |Em C |
Oh what can it mean to a
G C |G Em | A7 D7
daydream believer and a homecoming queen.
|C D | Bm
Cheer up sleepy Jean
|C D | |Em C |
Oh what can it mean to a
G C |G Em | A7 D7
daydream believer and a homecoming queen.
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
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