Written by Van Dyke Parks/Brian Wilson
Verse Gm7/D A diamond necklace played the pawn Hand in hand some drummed along, oh Dm7/G To a handsome man and baton Gm7/D A blind class aristocracy Back through the opera glass you see Dm7/G The pit and the pendulum drawnverse 2 Gm7/D Hung velvet overtaken me dim chandelier awaken me Dm7/G To a song dissolved in the dawn Gm7/D The music hall a costly bow The music all is lost for now Dm7/G To a muted trumperter swanBb Gm7 F/C C7 D/C Columnated ruins do mi no G/D A/G Canvass the town and brush the backdrop D/A Are you sleeping?Verse Ab6 Dove nested towers the hour was Eb/Bb Strike the street quicksilver moon Ab6 Carriage across the fog Eb/Bb Two-Step to lamp lights cellar tune Dm7 Gm7/C C7 F The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne Dm7 The glass was raised, the fired rose Gm7/C C7 Edim7 F The fullness of the wine, the dim last toast- ing Dm7 Gm7/C C7 F While at port adieu or die Dm7 A choke of grief heart hardened I Gm7/C C7 Edim7 F Beyond belief a broken man too tough to cry Coda Ab6 Surf's Up Eb/Bb Aboard a tidal wave Ab6 Come about hard and join Eb/Bb The young and often spring you gave Dbmaj7 I heard the word Cm7 Wonderful thing Fm7 Cm7 Bb Cm7 A children's song Fm7 Cm7 Bb Cm7Bb Gm7 F/C C7 D/C Columnated ruins do mi no G/D A/G Canvass the town and brush the backdrop D/A D Em7 Gm/F D/F# Are you sleeping, Brother John?