Chords for Brian Wilson - The Warmth of the Sun
Tempo:
61.3 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
D
Eb
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
One of my favorites is Warmth of the Sun.
And here's a case where he takes a really stock pattern,
which is, I mean, the stock version is this.
[Am] [G] This is [C] familiar to every 50s rock and roller.
And he takes it and he decides to break it apart
into two ways.
One is, [Eb] the second part is,
[Cm] which is basically the same chord change,
but it's put at a different level.
He puts them together,
[Am] [Cm] and then he makes a [Dm] turnaround.
It comes right [G] back.
The really neat experimental aspect of this
is the chord change shift
is by the most difficultly possible.
I mean, [A] here's the root of the first [Eb] chord,
root of the second chord.
That's really [F] tough.
Usually when we hear that sound,
[Bb] this is how those chords wanna go.
He makes them go completely differently.
[Am] [Eb] [Eb] So this is the composer deciding,
I wanna try new chord changes.
He puts it in the studio with his lush background vocals
and his own falsetto.
And you have this incredible gem of a composition.
JFK got shot to death.
And so we were like a little bit despondent about it.
He called me up and I said,
well, what do you think?
I thought it was terrible.
And he goes, well, do you wanna write a song
in tribute to JFK tonight at your office?
I said, sure.
So we met at my office around six o'clock,
seven o'clock in the evening,
just when the sun was going down,
a very spiritual night.
We had windows, my office had a lot of windows.
So you could see a view, panoramic view of the city and stuff.
So we got going and I don't know, a mood took over.
It was like a,
something took us over.
I can't explain it.
It was like,
[C] sort of,
[Eb] [Cm] ♪ That grows into [Dm] you, dearie.
[G] [C] ♪
You know, it just,
it was a vibration or a mood or whatever you wanna call it.
And Mike flipped out.
He said, that song is,
it's one of the most spiritual songs I've ever heard.
I said, thanks.
And I said, those lyrics are beautiful.
He wrote the lyrics.
And I was like,
[G] whew, you know,
I mean, stuff like that happens [Bb] every 20 years.
You know, it doesn't [Gm] happen every day
that JFK gets [Am] shot to death.
And the Beach Boys can go ride,
go ride a,
[D] a adorned with the sun.
♪ [G] What good is [Em] the dawn, [Gm] that grows [Am] into day.
[D] [G] ♪
♪ At [Em] night, [Gm] or living [Am] this way.
[D] ♪
[B] ♪ For I have [E] the warmth of the sun, [Em] [A] within me [D] at night.
♪
[G] ♪ The love of [Em] my life, [Bb] she [Gm] bled me [Am] one day.
[D] ♪
♪ [G] I cried when [Em] she said, [Bb] I [Gm] don't feel the [Am] same way.
[D] ♪
♪ [B] Still I have [E] the warmth of the sun, within me at night.
♪
♪ [Em] The [A] love of my life, she bled me [D] one day.
♪
♪ I [Ab] dream of [Fm] her [B] arms, [Abm] and though they're [Bbm] not real.
[Eb] ♪
♪ [Ab] Just like she's [Fm] still there, [B] the [Abm] warmth of my life.
♪
[Bbm] [N]
And here's a case where he takes a really stock pattern,
which is, I mean, the stock version is this.
[Am] [G] This is [C] familiar to every 50s rock and roller.
And he takes it and he decides to break it apart
into two ways.
One is, [Eb] the second part is,
[Cm] which is basically the same chord change,
but it's put at a different level.
He puts them together,
[Am] [Cm] and then he makes a [Dm] turnaround.
It comes right [G] back.
The really neat experimental aspect of this
is the chord change shift
is by the most difficultly possible.
I mean, [A] here's the root of the first [Eb] chord,
root of the second chord.
That's really [F] tough.
Usually when we hear that sound,
[Bb] this is how those chords wanna go.
He makes them go completely differently.
[Am] [Eb] [Eb] So this is the composer deciding,
I wanna try new chord changes.
He puts it in the studio with his lush background vocals
and his own falsetto.
And you have this incredible gem of a composition.
JFK got shot to death.
And so we were like a little bit despondent about it.
He called me up and I said,
well, what do you think?
I thought it was terrible.
And he goes, well, do you wanna write a song
in tribute to JFK tonight at your office?
I said, sure.
So we met at my office around six o'clock,
seven o'clock in the evening,
just when the sun was going down,
a very spiritual night.
We had windows, my office had a lot of windows.
So you could see a view, panoramic view of the city and stuff.
So we got going and I don't know, a mood took over.
It was like a,
something took us over.
I can't explain it.
It was like,
[C] sort of,
[Eb] [Cm] ♪ That grows into [Dm] you, dearie.
[G] [C] ♪
You know, it just,
it was a vibration or a mood or whatever you wanna call it.
And Mike flipped out.
He said, that song is,
it's one of the most spiritual songs I've ever heard.
I said, thanks.
And I said, those lyrics are beautiful.
He wrote the lyrics.
And I was like,
[G] whew, you know,
I mean, stuff like that happens [Bb] every 20 years.
You know, it doesn't [Gm] happen every day
that JFK gets [Am] shot to death.
And the Beach Boys can go ride,
go ride a,
[D] a adorned with the sun.
♪ [G] What good is [Em] the dawn, [Gm] that grows [Am] into day.
[D] [G] ♪
♪ At [Em] night, [Gm] or living [Am] this way.
[D] ♪
[B] ♪ For I have [E] the warmth of the sun, [Em] [A] within me [D] at night.
♪
[G] ♪ The love of [Em] my life, [Bb] she [Gm] bled me [Am] one day.
[D] ♪
♪ [G] I cried when [Em] she said, [Bb] I [Gm] don't feel the [Am] same way.
[D] ♪
♪ [B] Still I have [E] the warmth of the sun, within me at night.
♪
♪ [Em] The [A] love of my life, she bled me [D] one day.
♪
♪ I [Ab] dream of [Fm] her [B] arms, [Abm] and though they're [Bbm] not real.
[Eb] ♪
♪ [Ab] Just like she's [Fm] still there, [B] the [Abm] warmth of my life.
♪
[Bbm] [N]
Key:
Am
G
D
Eb
Em
Am
G
D
One of my favorites is Warmth of the Sun.
And here's a case where he takes a really stock pattern,
which is, I mean, the stock version is this.
_ [Am] _ _ [G] This is [C] familiar to every 50s rock and roller.
And he takes it and he decides to break it apart
into two ways.
One is, _ [Eb] the second part is,
_ [Cm] _ which is basically the same chord change,
but it's put at a different level.
He puts them together,
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Cm] and then he makes a [Dm] turnaround.
It comes right [G] back.
The really neat experimental aspect of this
is the chord change shift
is by the most difficultly possible.
I mean, [A] here's the root of the first [Eb] chord,
root of the second chord.
That's really [F] tough.
Usually when we hear that sound,
[Bb] _ _ this is how those chords wanna go.
He makes them go completely differently.
[Am] _ _ [Eb] _ [Eb] So this is the composer deciding,
I wanna try new chord changes.
He puts it in the studio with his lush background vocals
and his own falsetto.
And you have this incredible gem of a composition.
JFK got shot to death.
And so we were like a little bit despondent about it.
He called me up and I said,
well, what do you think?
I thought it was terrible.
And he goes, well, do you wanna write a song
in tribute to JFK tonight at your office?
I said, sure.
So we met at my office around six o'clock,
seven o'clock in the evening,
just when the sun was going down,
a very spiritual night.
We had windows, my office had a lot of windows.
So you could see a view, panoramic view of the city and stuff.
So we got going and I don't know, a mood took over.
It was like a, _
_ something took us over.
I can't explain it.
It was like,
[C] sort of,
_ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] ♪ That grows into [Dm] you, dearie.
[G] _ [C] ♪
You know, it just,
it was a vibration or a mood or whatever you wanna call it.
And _ Mike flipped out.
He said, that song is,
it's one of the most spiritual songs I've ever heard.
I said, thanks.
And I said, those lyrics are beautiful.
He wrote the lyrics.
And I was like,
[G] whew, you know,
I mean, stuff like that happens [Bb] every 20 years.
You know, it doesn't [Gm] happen every day
that JFK gets [Am] shot to death.
And the Beach Boys can go ride,
go ride a,
[D] a adorned with the sun.
♪ [G] What good is [Em] the dawn, [Gm] that grows [Am] into day.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] ♪
♪ At [Em] night, [Gm] or living [Am] this way.
_ _ [D] ♪
[B] ♪ For I have [E] the warmth of the sun, [Em] _ [A] within me [D] at night.
_ _ ♪
_ [G] ♪ The love of [Em] my life, [Bb] she [Gm] bled me [Am] one day.
_ [D] ♪
♪ _ _ [G] I cried when [Em] she said, [Bb] I [Gm] don't feel the [Am] same way.
_ _ [D] ♪
♪ [B] Still I have [E] the warmth of the sun, within me at night.
♪
♪ [Em] The [A] love of my life, she bled me [D] one _ day.
♪
♪ I _ [Ab] dream of [Fm] her [B] arms, [Abm] and though they're [Bbm] not real.
_ [Eb] ♪
♪ _ _ [Ab] Just like she's [Fm] still there, [B] the [Abm] warmth of my life.
♪
_ [Bbm] _ [N] _
And here's a case where he takes a really stock pattern,
which is, I mean, the stock version is this.
_ [Am] _ _ [G] This is [C] familiar to every 50s rock and roller.
And he takes it and he decides to break it apart
into two ways.
One is, _ [Eb] the second part is,
_ [Cm] _ which is basically the same chord change,
but it's put at a different level.
He puts them together,
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Cm] and then he makes a [Dm] turnaround.
It comes right [G] back.
The really neat experimental aspect of this
is the chord change shift
is by the most difficultly possible.
I mean, [A] here's the root of the first [Eb] chord,
root of the second chord.
That's really [F] tough.
Usually when we hear that sound,
[Bb] _ _ this is how those chords wanna go.
He makes them go completely differently.
[Am] _ _ [Eb] _ [Eb] So this is the composer deciding,
I wanna try new chord changes.
He puts it in the studio with his lush background vocals
and his own falsetto.
And you have this incredible gem of a composition.
JFK got shot to death.
And so we were like a little bit despondent about it.
He called me up and I said,
well, what do you think?
I thought it was terrible.
And he goes, well, do you wanna write a song
in tribute to JFK tonight at your office?
I said, sure.
So we met at my office around six o'clock,
seven o'clock in the evening,
just when the sun was going down,
a very spiritual night.
We had windows, my office had a lot of windows.
So you could see a view, panoramic view of the city and stuff.
So we got going and I don't know, a mood took over.
It was like a, _
_ something took us over.
I can't explain it.
It was like,
[C] sort of,
_ _ [Eb] _ [Cm] ♪ That grows into [Dm] you, dearie.
[G] _ [C] ♪
You know, it just,
it was a vibration or a mood or whatever you wanna call it.
And _ Mike flipped out.
He said, that song is,
it's one of the most spiritual songs I've ever heard.
I said, thanks.
And I said, those lyrics are beautiful.
He wrote the lyrics.
And I was like,
[G] whew, you know,
I mean, stuff like that happens [Bb] every 20 years.
You know, it doesn't [Gm] happen every day
that JFK gets [Am] shot to death.
And the Beach Boys can go ride,
go ride a,
[D] a adorned with the sun.
♪ [G] What good is [Em] the dawn, [Gm] that grows [Am] into day.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] ♪
♪ At [Em] night, [Gm] or living [Am] this way.
_ _ [D] ♪
[B] ♪ For I have [E] the warmth of the sun, [Em] _ [A] within me [D] at night.
_ _ ♪
_ [G] ♪ The love of [Em] my life, [Bb] she [Gm] bled me [Am] one day.
_ [D] ♪
♪ _ _ [G] I cried when [Em] she said, [Bb] I [Gm] don't feel the [Am] same way.
_ _ [D] ♪
♪ [B] Still I have [E] the warmth of the sun, within me at night.
♪
♪ [Em] The [A] love of my life, she bled me [D] one _ day.
♪
♪ I _ [Ab] dream of [Fm] her [B] arms, [Abm] and though they're [Bbm] not real.
_ [Eb] ♪
♪ _ _ [Ab] Just like she's [Fm] still there, [B] the [Abm] warmth of my life.
♪
_ [Bbm] _ [N] _