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Written By Carole King & Toni Stern
Performed By The Monkees for "Head"
Performance Notes: Singing and playing this can be a little tricky if you're not comfortable with phrasing in
5/4, such as the intro and verses for this song. It shifts to a swinging 3/4 for the choruses, but most of
the song is in 5. Deceptively brilliant harmonization in the chords, giving it a very laid back, jazzy vibe.
Dadd4add9 is played by holding the C chord fingering and sliding your hand up to the fifth fret, making 
sure to let the open G and high E strings ring out.
All chord names and positions are relative to capo (so A is fretted but Bb is what you hear).
Capo 1st fret
[Intro]
    A      Dx9
[Verse 1]
I can Atell by yoDur face,
AThat you're looking to fDind a place,
To Asettle your A7mind and reDveal who you Esus4are.
And you sAhouldn't Dbe shy,
  AFor I'm not Dgonna try,
To Ahurt you, or A7heal you, or sDteal your sAsus4tar.A  
[Chorus]
A7Open your Amaj7eyes, get Dup off your Achair,
There's Cso much to dDadd4add9o in the  Asunlight.
A7Give up your Dsecrets,
And A7let down your Dhair,
And Asit with me here by the DfireAsus4light.
[Interlude]
    A      Dx2
[Verse 2]
AWhy think aD-bout,
AWho's gonna Dwin out?
We'll Amake up our A7story Das we go aEsus4long.
AThere's so littDle time,
AFor us to tDry to rhyme,
And Aso many hA7ighways to Dtravel uAsus4pon.A  
[Chorus]
A7Open your Amaj7eyes, get Dup off your Achair,
There's Cso much to Dadd4add9do in the Asunlight.
A7Give up your Dsecrets,
And A7let down your Dhair,
And Asit with me here by the DfireAsus4light.
[Outro]
    A      Dx9
(fade out)
There are numerous guitars layered on here, I'm pretty certain there's one capoed much higher up
that plays the arpeggiated triads during each chorus. If you wish to add them in with this guitar
the tab would be:
e|--------12---------12---------12----------12----------12----------12-|
B|----10---------10---------10----------10----------10----------10-----|
G|-9----------9----------9----------11----------11----------11---------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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As We Go Along

by The Monkees

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Esus4

Asus4

Amaj7

Dadd4add9

Written By Carole King & Toni Stern

Performed By The Monkees for "Head"

Performance Notes: Singing and playing this can be a little tricky if you're not comfortable with phrasing in

5/4, such as the intro and verses for this song. It shifts to a swinging 3/4 for the choruses, but most of

the song is in 5. Deceptively brilliant harmonization in the chords, giving it a very laid back, jazzy vibe.

Dadd4add9 is played by holding the C chord fingering and sliding your hand up to the fifth fret, making

sure to let the open G and high E strings ring out.

All chord names and positions are relative to capo (so A is fretted but Bb is what you hear).

Capo 1st fret

[Intro]

A D

[Verse 1]

A D

I can tell by your face,

A D

That you're looking to find a place,

A A7 D Esus4

To settle your mind and reveal who you are.

A D

And you shouldn't be shy,

A D

For I'm not gonna try,

A A7 D Asus4 A

To hurt you, or heal you, or steal your star.

[Chorus]

A7 Amaj7 D A

Open your eyes, get up off your chair,

C Dadd4add9 A

There's so much to do in the sunlight.

A7 D

Give up your secrets,

A7 D

And let down your hair,

A D Asus4

And sit with me here by the firelight.

[Interlude]

A D

[Verse 2]

A D

Why think a-bout,

A D

Who's gonna win out?

A A7 D Esus4

We'll make up our story as we go along.

A D

There's so little time,

A D

For us to try to rhyme,

A A7 D Asus4 A

And so many highways to travel upon.

[Chorus]

A7 Amaj7 D A

Open your eyes, get up off your chair,

C Dadd4add9 A

There's so much to do in the sunlight.

A7 D

Give up your secrets,

A7 D

And let down your hair,

A D Asus4

And sit with me here by the firelight.

[Outro]

A D

(fade out)

There are numerous guitars layered on here, I'm pretty certain there's one capoed much higher up

that plays the arpeggiated triads during each chorus. If you wish to add them in with this guitar

the tab would be:

e|--------12---------12---------12----------12----------12----------12-|

B|----10---------10---------10----------10----------10----------10-----|

G|-9----------9----------9----------11----------11----------11---------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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