WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Barenaked Ladies - Tonight Is The Night I Fell Asleep At The Wheel Chords | Ver. 1
This is a really great and easy song to play. Definitely one of my favorites. It
can be played on an acoustic guitar, or a banjitar (how BNL play it). It's off the
2000 album "Maroon".
-Standard Tuning-
-Capo 2nd Fret-
The chords are played as follows"
*All chords relative to the capo
G: 320033
D: xx0232
Cadd9: x32033
Am: x02210
Esus: 022200
E: 022100
Em7: 022033
Gsus: 3x0013
D6: xx0202
C6: x32210
C: x32010
D7sus: xx0213
D7: xx0212
[Intro]
G, D, Cadd9, D (x2)
[Verse 1]
G D Cadd9 D
Driving home to be with you
G D Cadd9 D
The highway's dividing, the city's in view
Am Esus E
As usual, I'm almost on time
Am Esus E
You're the last thing that's on my mind
G D Cadd9 D
I wish I could tell you the way that I feel
Em7 G D G
But tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
[Verse 2]
No commotion, no screaming brakes
Most of it's over before I awake
While out my window, the horizon does flips
The worst part was hitting the ground -
Not the feeling so much as the sound
Can't help but wonder if all this is real
Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
[Verse 3]
Rubberneck traffic and passersby
And Slow Motion Walter the fire engine guy
Stand around with their mouths open wide
I heard some idiot ask if someone's inside
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
With the Jaws of Life they tried and they tried
Nobody here can know how I feel
Cause tonight is the night I fell asleep at the wheel
[Bridge]
G D Cadd9 D
I guess it's over now
G
Cause I've never seen so much
D Cadd9
Never seen so much, never seen so much
D
Never seen so much
G D Cadd9 D
I guess it's over now
G
Cause I've never seen so much
D Cadd9
Never seen so much, never seen so much
D (Strum rapidly, then let ring)
Bloooooooood!
[Verse 4]
In all the confusion, there's something serene
I'm just a posthumous part of the scene
Now I'm floating above looking in
As the radio blares and wheels spin
I can see my face slump with a grin
D
And you...
[Coda]
G D Cadd9 D
You're the last thing on my mind
G D Cadd9 D
You're the last thing on my mind
G D Cadd9 D
You're the last thing on my mind
G D Cadd9 D
You're the last thing on my mind
Gsus, G, D6, D, C6, C, D7sus, D7
G (Strumming rapidly)
Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!