Brian Wilson
by Bare Naked Ladies
The original key uses a Capo on the 3rd fret. This ChordPro format puts the chords "in-line" with the lyrics of the song. It can be used in various iPhone, iPad and Android apps to display your chords anf lyrics together. If it is easier, the Verse Chords are: G D Am7 G D Bm C x2 and the Chorus Chords are; G D Am7 G D Em/C Em/C# Em/C
[G]Drove [D]downtown in the ra[Am7]in nine-thirty on a Tuesday [G]night,
just to [D]check out the late-nigh[Bm]t record [C]shop.
[G]Call it im[D]pulsive, call it com[Am7]pulsive, call it insane,
[G]but when I'm sur[D]rounded I just can't[Bm] sto[C]p.
It's a matter of instinct, it's a matter of conditioning, it's a matter of fact.
You can call me Pavlov's dog.
Ring a bell and I'll salivate. How'd you like that?
Dr. Lendy tell me you're not just a pedagogue, cause right now I am
Chorus
[G]Lying in [D]bed just like [Am7]Brian Wilson did
Well I'm [G]lying in [D]bed just like Brian [Em]Wilson did. [Em/C] [Em/C#] [Em/C]
So I'm lying here, just starting at the ceiling tiles.
and I'm thinking about, oh, what to think about.
Just listening and relistening to Smiley Smile,
and I'm wondering if this is some kind of creative drought, because I am
Chorus
[Am]And if you want to [D]find me I'll be [F]out in the s[Em]andbox,
just [Am]wondering [D]where the hell all t[G]he love has [F]gone.
[Am]Playing my gui[D]tar and building [F]castles in the [Em]sun,
[Am]and [D]singing "Fun, Fun, [G]Fun."
Chorus
[Am] [E7]I had a [Am]dream that I was [E7]three hundred [Am]pounds, and though I was very heavy,
I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground, I floated 'til I couldn't see the ground
Somebody help me, I couldn't see the ground, Somebody help me, I couldn't see the ground
Somebody help me because I'm
Chorus
Drove downtown in the rain nine-thirty on a Tuesday night.
Just to check out the late-night record shop.
Call it impulsive, you call it compulsive, you call it insane;
but when I'm surrounded I just can't stop.