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Brian Wilson Chords

Music by: Barenaked Ladies
Genre Folk / World Views 819
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[Verse 1]
[G]Drove dow[D]ntown in the rain
[Am]Nine-thirty on a Tuesday night[G]
Just to [D]check out the late-night
[Bm]record shop[Am]
[G]Call it impul[D]sive, call it compul[Am]sive
Call it insane
[G]But when I'm surrou[D]nded I just can't
[Bm]stop[Am]
[G]It's a matter of ins[D]tinct
It's a matter of con[Am]ditioning
and a matter of fact
[G]You can cal[D]l me Pav[Bm]lov's Dog[Am]
[G]Ring a bel[D]l and I'll salivate
[Am]How'd you like that?
[G]Dr. Lan[D]dy tell me
you're [Bm]not just a peda[Am]gogue

[Chorus 1]
'Cause right now I [G]am lying in [D]bed
Just like [Am]Brian Wilson did
Well I [G]am I'm lying in [D]bed
Just like Brian

[Interlude 1]
[Em](Wilson [Em]did)
[Em][Em]

[Verse 2]
[G]So I'm lyi[D]ng here
[Am]Just staring at the ceiling tile[G]s
And I'm [D]thinking about,
[Bm]oh what to think abo[Am]ut
[G]Just lis[D]tening and relis[Am]tening
To Smiley [G]Smile
And I'm [D]wondering if this is
[Bm]some kind of [Am]creative drought

[Chorus 2]
becau[G]se lying in [D]bed
Just like [Am]Brian Wilson did
Well I [G]am lying in [D]bed
Just like Brian

[Interlude 2]
[Em](Wilson [Em]did) whoa
[Em][Em]

[Bridge 1]
[Am]And if you want to find [D]me
I'll [F]be out in the [Em]sandbox
[Am]Just wondering where[D] the hell all the
[G]love has gon[F]e
[Am]I'm playing my guitar [D]and building
[F]Castles in the [Em]sun, oh oh [Am]oh
And [D]singing "Fun, Fun, Fun"

[Chorus 3]
[G]I'm lying in bed[D]
Just like [Am]Brian Wilson did
Well I [G]am lying in [D]bed
Just like Brian

[Interlude 3]
[Em](Wilson [Em]did) whoa
[Em][Em]

[Bridge 2]
[Am]I had [E]a drea[Am]m
That I was [E]three hundred [Am]pounds
And [E]though I was very [Am]heavy
I [E]floated 'til I couldn't see the [Am]ground
I [E]floated 'til I [Am]couldn't see the [E]ground
[Am]Somebody, [E]I couldn't see the ground
[Am]Somebody, [E]I couldn't see the ground
[Am]Somebody help [E]me

[Chorus 4]
Because I'm
[G]lying in bed[D]
Just like [Am]Brian Wilson did
Well I [G]am lying in [D]bed
Just like Brian

[Interlude 4]
[Em](Wilson [Em]did) yeah

[Verse 3]
[G]Drove dow[D]ntown in the rain
[Am]Nine-thirty on a Tuesday night[G]
Just to [D]check out the late-night
[Bm]record shop [Am](Late night record shop)
[G]Call it impul[D]sive call it compul[Am]sive
You can call it insane, oh oh
[G]But when I'm surrou[D]nded
I just [Bm]can't [Em]stop

[Outro 1]
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