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Daybreaker – Electric Light Orchestra, From 1973’s On the Third Day
An instrumental ELO piece written by Jeff Lynne.
The big weird cluster chord at the end of the bridge has an Am in the piano part,
but the notes stack up as A C E Bb Eb G#, C7+(add#13)/A (or whatever you want to call it),
if you're interested. An Ammaj7 works well as a substitute (notes A C E G#).
In 12/8 time (or 4/4 swung triplets), except for outro, which is in 7/4.
Also note that the bar of Ammaj7 at the end of the intro is a bar of 2/4.
[Intro] ~80bpm
|  Dm|  Fm6|  Dm|  Fm6|
|  Am   Fmaj7/A|  Am6   Am7|  Ammaj7|
(Guitar plays 2 bars of A note at 0:19): tempo ~147bpm, now in 12/8
[Verse]
|   Am|   Em|   Gm|   Dm|
|   Fm|   Cm|   Em|   Bm|   Dm| 0:37 (Strings start sliding down between chords)
|   Am|   Em|    Gm|   Dm|
|   Fm|   Cm|    Em|   Bm|  Dm| 0:52 (Strings play new line)
|  Am|    Em|     Gm|    Dm|
|  Fm|    Cm|     Em|    Bm|     Dm|   D| 1:09
[Chorus]
|    G|  Am/G|   Am7-5/G|   G    D    C   Adim|     1:16
|    G|  Am/G|   Am7-5/G|   G    D    C   Adim|     1:22
|    G|  Am/G|   Am7-5/G|   G    D    C   Adim|     1:29
|   G|   Am/G|   Am7-5/G|    F|
|  Dm|     Am|        Em|    G| %  |          1:43
[Bridge]
|     C|    G|     Bb|     F|
|    Ab|   Eb|  G(with chromatic steps down)| %  |  1:56
|     C|   F7|     Bb|   Eb7|
|    Ab|  Db7|
|   D/E   Eb/E|   E   F/E|   F#/E   G/E|   Ab/E   A/E|    2:12
|    F| %   |   F#| %   |   G| %  |   Ab| %   |    A|   Ammaj7|  2:29
[Verse]
|   Am|    Em|     Gm|    Dm|
|   Fm|    Cm|     Em|    Bm|    Dm|  2:43
|   Am|    Em|     Gm|    Dm| 
|   Fm|    Cm|     Em|    Bm|    Dm|    D| 3:01
[Chorus 2]
|     G|   Am/G|  Am7-5/G|   G    D    C   Adim|  3:07
|     G|   Am/G|  Am7-5/G|
[Outro] (in 7/4)
|   F|    Dm|   Am|    Em|    D|   Am|    E|                  3:30 (Single version ends here)
There is some music at the end, but it isn’t really over any chords - it’s just part of the fade out.

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Daybreaker

by Electric Light Orchestra

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fm6

Fmaj7/A

Am6

Am7

Ammaj7

Am/G

Am7-5/G

Adim

Eb7

Daybreaker – Electric Light Orchestra, From 1973’s On the Third Day

An instrumental ELO piece written by Jeff Lynne.

The big weird cluster chord at the end of the bridge has an Am in the piano part,

but the notes stack up as A C E Bb Eb G#, C7+(add#13)/A (or whatever you want to call it),

if you're interested. An Ammaj7 works well as a substitute (notes A C E G#).

In 12/8 time (or 4/4 swung triplets), except for outro, which is in 7/4.

Also note that the bar of Ammaj7 at the end of the intro is a bar of 2/4.

[Intro] ~80bpm

Dm Fm6 Dm Fm6

| | | | |

Am Fmaj7/A Am6 Am7 Ammaj7

| | | |

(Guitar plays 2 bars of A note at 0:19): tempo ~147bpm, now in 12/8

[Verse]

Am Em Gm Dm

| | | | |

Fm Cm Em Bm Dm

| | | | | | 0:37 (Strings start sliding down between chords)

Am Em Gm Dm

| | | | |

Fm Cm Em Bm Dm

Am Em Gm Dm

| | | | |

Fm Cm Em Bm Dm D

| | | | | | | 1:09

[Chorus]

G Am/G Am7-5/G G D C Adim

| | | | | 1:16

G Am/G Am7-5/G G D C Adim

| | | | | 1:22

G Am/G Am7-5/G G D C Adim

| | | | | 1:29

G Am/G Am7-5/G F

| | | | |

Dm Am Em G

| | | | | % | 1:43

[Bridge]

C G Bb F

| | | | |

Ab Eb G

| | | (with chromatic steps down)| % | 1:56

C F7 Bb Eb7

| | | | |

Ab Db7

| | |

D/E Eb/E E F/E F#/E G/E Ab/E A/E

| | | | | 2:12

F F# G Ab A Ammaj7

| | % | | % | | % | | % | | | 2:29

[Verse]

Am Em Gm Dm

| | | | |

Fm Cm Em Bm Dm

| | | | | | 2:43

Am Em Gm Dm

| | | | |

Fm Cm Em Bm Dm D

| | | | | | | 3:01

[Chorus 2]

G Am/G Am7-5/G G D C Adim

| | | | | 3:07

G Am/G Am7-5/G

| | | |

[Outro] (in 7/4)

F Dm Am Em D Am E

There is some music at the end, but it isn’t really over any chords - it’s just part of the fade out.

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